The Boston Foundation has announced the 2013 Brother Thomas Fellows, receiving unrestricted awards of $15,000: Ambreen Butt, visual artist Lorraine Chapman, choreographer Sean Fielder, tap dance artist Ekua Holmes, visual artist Matti Kovler, composer Megumi Naitoh, ceramics artist The awards are part of the legacy of Brother Thomas Bezanson, a Benedictine monk whose … [Read more...]
How Do You Use Online Platforms as an Artist?
From Bruce Myren's THE FORTIETH PARALLEL project There are numerous online platforms artists can use to share, promote, sell, or otherwise advance their work. Each platform presents many possible uses, making the task of navigating how best to use them ever more complex. We asked artists in different disciplines, What is your strategy for using online platforms, as an … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Sep 13
Take a break from back-to-school shopping (pencils pencils need more pencils!) and check out this month's news from past MCC Fellows/Finalists. The show Pedigree at the New Art Center includes Elizabeth Alexander, Caleb Cole, Cynthia Consentino, Joo Lee Kang, and Shelley Reed, among others. The show is curated by Liz Devlin of FLUX.Boston and runs 9/16-10/14. The New … [Read more...]
MFA Offers Free E-books Download
You have until this Thursday, August 1, 2013 to download two free E-books from the Museum of Fine Arts. The books are available for free download on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Books must be read on an iOS device. The books offered are MFA Highlights: Musical Instruments Collection and the Arts of Korea. … [Read more...]
12 Tone Compositions Made Easy to Understand
With some sharpie markers, a keyboard, and a humorous intellect, Victoria Hart, commonly known as Vi Hart, a self-described Recreational Mathemusician, has done something quite remarkable. Watch Vi Hart uses her video magic to demystify Stravinsky and Schoenbergs 12 tone compositions. Who says math isn't fun? … [Read more...]