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New Work New England

March 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has announced an exciting new grant opportunity for New England performing artists: New Work New England. What does it fund? New performing arts work in New England. It awards grants of $7,500-$15,000 to support the creation of new work that has the potential to engage multiple New England communities. The program has a special … [Read more...]

Balla Kouyaté In the Spotlight

September 27, 2019 1 Comment

The National Endowment for the Arts just named Massachusetts Traditional Artist Fellow Balla Kouyaté as a 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellow. … [Read more...]

Jodie Michael: Sticking With It

April 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

Jodie Michael is a drummer currently studying in the Global Jazz Masters program at Berklee College of Music. ArtSake recently caught up with her to learn more about her experiences as a student and being a jazz instrumentalist. Why drums? Why not drums?! The drums were always an instrument I felt a connection to, prior to making it my career. When I decided to take it up I … [Read more...]

Mary Bichner: Seeing Music

August 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

Mary Bichner is a composer, orchestrator, and performer whose opera-in-progress, The Memoirs of Antonina, will have a special concert reading at Central Square Theater (Sep 2, 2018, 7 PM, free but reservations required). We asked the artist about her unique musical mind, the support she's earned from funders and organizations, and what's next in her intriguing and colorful … [Read more...]

Fellows Notes – Apr 17

April 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

In April, a shower of news from past and present Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship awardees. LEFT ON PEARL Preview/Trailer from Susan Rivo on Vimeo. Natalie Alper, Anne Neely, Jo Ann Rothschild, and Maxine Yalovitz-Blankenship are part of the group exhibition Expanding Abstraction: New England Women Painters from 1950 to Now at the deCordova Museum … [Read more...]

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