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Three Stages

Artists shed light on their creative process by focusing on three stages in the development of one work of art.

Three Stages: B. Lynch

December 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

B Lynch, AFTER THE SHOW, LILY IN THE BALLROOM (2020), digitally constructed photograph, printed 5 x 7 in.

Some creative projects begin without a map. In this Three Stages post, artist B. Lynch traces the journey of her Reds and Greys multimedia art (now on view in New Gilded Age at the College of the Holy Cross), which has grown into a richly detailed, sci-fi influenced world. Gather Commencing a new project is a mysterious process for me. In 2012, I was bumbling in the … [Read more...]

Three Stages: Hortense Gerardo

July 7, 2020 1 Comment

The nurses' dance from THE MEDFIELD ANTHOLOGY by Hortense Gerardo (Dramatic Writing Fellow '21)..

In this Three Stages post, Hortense Gerardo discusses her experience as Artist-in-Residence of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, writing and premiering the play The Medfield Anthology despite exceptional challenges. I saw the grounds of the former Medfield State Hospital (MSH) for the first time on Monday, March 4, 2019. It was dusk, and I was brought there by my … [Read more...]

Three Stages: Stefan Lanfer

January 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

In this Three Stages post, Stefan Lanfer explores his play An Education in Prudence, which will premiere in February (Feb 9-24, 2018), produced by Open Theatre Project at St. Johns Church in Jamaica Plain. In February 2015, I was named a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellow for early work on my new play, An Education in Prudence. At that point, I had been working on it … [Read more...]

Three Stages: Lainey Schooltree

August 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

In Three Stages, artists explore one work of art through three stages in its development. Composer and musician Lainey Schooltree has undergone a years-long journey to create her rock opera Heterotopia. Heterotopia will have a concert performance and book release for its illustrated libretto on Friday, September 29, 2017, at OBERON in Cambridge. Here, she traces its … [Read more...]

Three Stages: Sarah Bliss and Rosalyn Driscoll

July 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

Moving image artist Sarah Bliss and sculptor Rosalyn Driscoll (Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Fellows '13) have just premiered their latest collaborative project, a four-channel, 30-minute, immersive sculptural video installation, Blindsight (6/11 – 7/19/15 at Boston Sculptors Gallery). Here, they retrace their journey through its maze. Inspiration Sarah Bliss: We … [Read more...]

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