A few months back, there were a spate of headlines suggesting that the website Kickstarter had exceeded the National Endowment of the Arts in dollars supporting the arts. Presented this way, the two models - crowdfunding and grants-based funding - might seem to be in opposition (the blog Createquity recently had a thoughtful exploration of why they're not). Many individual … [Read more...]
What’s the Essence of a Portrait? Part Two
We've been asking artists about issues they encounter in their work, and we recently asked three artists currently exhibiting portraits: What's the most essential element you try to capture in your portraiture? Always interested in a multi-disciplinary take on things, we put the same question to a photographer, a filmmaker, and a composer. Stephen DiRado (Photography … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 12
March goes in like a line (drawn), out like an iamb with our monthly news/notes from past Artist Fellows/Finalists: Nell Breyer and Jeff Warmouth both have large-scale media art illuminating the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center LED marquee. Laura Chasman, Andrea Sherrill Evans, and Helena Wurzel exhibit Portraits at Drive-By in Watertown (3/1-4/7). Read about … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 12
Phil saw his shadow - six more weeks to enjoy Winter arts in MA. Here's the news from past MCC Fellows/Finalists, for Feb. Visualize data with Reese Inman (Drawing Fellow '08) and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '09) in Random Access at Montserrat Art Gallery (thru 3/31, artist talk 2/28, 11:30 AM). On the Border Line between crafts and contemporary … [Read more...]
How Much Art Do You Give Away?
Artists and creative individuals are often asked (or decide) to make their work available for free. ArtSake guest blogger Bren Bataclan, for instance, gives away all of his Smile Boston Project paintings; playwright Charles Mee makes the full texts of his plays available online for other artists to "remake." Others might choose to not share any work without direct … [Read more...]