The ninth annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held May 5-7, 2017 in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. The festival is a schedule of events, workshops, performances, and readings organized by Mass Poetry. Not to be missed: a reading by Mass Cultural Council Poetry Fellows Scott Challener, Aaron Krol, Richard Michelson, Sarah Sousa, and Elizabeth Witte on Saturday, May … [Read more...]
What Is Your Greatest Need as an Artist?
Periodically, we pose questions to artists about issues they face in their work and lives. This month, we asked practitioners in a variety of disciplines, What is your greatest need, as an artist? Michelle Marroquin, choreographer My needs, if all things were possible? 1. Funding that would be earmarked specifically for dancers to engage in new work. Residencies might … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Apr 17
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...]
Literary Awardees Read at Porter Square Books
Every two years, Mass Cultural Council awards grants to some of the most talented writers and poets working in the Commonwealth. Literary artists awarded through the Artist Fellowships Program will share work at Porter Square Books on Friday, April 21, 2017, 7 PM. Friday, April 21, 2017, 7 PM Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge MA Readers: Colleen … [Read more...]
What Do You Strive to Avoid in Your Art?
Periodically, we pose questions to artists about issues they face in their work and lives. We were curious about ruts, pitfalls, or other counter-productive things from which artists make a conscious effort to steer clear. So we asked, What do you work hardest at trying to avoid in your work? The answers range from technical or material concerns, issues of art history, … [Read more...]