It's June! Paper plate holders, baked bean mounds, and "picnic" (as a verb) are all emerging from their winter slumbers. Here are this sun-shiny month's news and notes from MCC awardees. At Gallery NAGA, Sophia Ainslie, Masako Kamiya, David Moore, and Randal Thurston join John Guthrie in the exhibition On the Wall, and Harold Reddicliffe has work in the group show Color … [Read more...]
Mass Cultural Council Announces 37 Awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2014 Artist Fellowship awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Nineteen artists and one collaborative duo will receive fellowships of $10,000, and 17 artists will receive $500 finalist awards. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 14
Exhibitions, events, awards - and a festival of poets in Salem. MCC Fellows/Finalists are a-bloom with news in May. The Massachusetts Poetry Festival (May 2-4, 2014, Salem, MA) is a multi-faceted celebration of poetry in the Commonwealth and in the wider literary community. Among the many talented and renowned poets participating are MCC Fellows/Finalists Denise Bergman, … [Read more...]
Spring Open Studios Gallery
Among the life forms springing forth this time of year: an abundance of Massachusetts open studios. For artists participating in one of the numerous open studios in April, May, and June, it's a time to welcome friends, fans, and strangers into your work space to see your art (for some advice when doing so, read a past ArtSake post). For others, artists and art-lovers alike, … [Read more...]
How Do You Define Success as an Artist?
Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, How do you define success, as an artist? Ronan Noone, playwright and screenwriter 1: If I were a farrier I would like to be the farrier that is always called out to put the shoes on the horse, which means I am recognized as the best farrier in the … [Read more...]