It's been a while since we've rounded up assorted arts splendors from throughout our fair land (so there's a lot to round up!). Here's the latest miscellany. Veterans Day Arts The Way We Get By, a documentary about a devoted group of troop greeters in Bangor, Maine (featured on ArtSake) will have its PBS premiere on POV tomorrow night (Nov. 11, 2009). Check local listings … [Read more...]
Tips
Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009
Free to Be You and Me Do you compose songs using a pentatonic scale, paint autumnal landscapes with cadmiums, or write poems that purposely don't rhyme? Perhaps you shoot photographs using film or make illustrations using an app on your cell phone. No matter what your discipline, you are welcome to attend the free professional development program taking place Sat., November 7 … [Read more...]
Webcast tips for Performing Artists
Here's an interesting and informative article about creating a work-in-progress webcast. The piece is written by Jaki Levy, a New Media Consultant and Founder of Arrow Root Media. Be sure to check out the webcasts he has created with Misnomer Dance Theater. … [Read more...]
Artist Opportunities Slow and Steady
FREEBIES: Here's something of interest to filmmakers: A free tax credits workshop for Massachusetts filmmakers, including how to prepare for them and what's required for the mandatory audit, with a Q & A session to follow on Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the FC office, 397 Moody St., 2nd floor, Waltham, MA. CPA Irene Wachsler from Tobolsky and Wachsler will be … [Read more...]
A Primer on Grants & Residencies by Mira Bartók
Through a combination of need and resourcefulness, writer/artist Mira Bartok has learned the ins and outs of grants, awards, and residencies. Add to that a spirit of goodwill, and the result is Mira's List, her thorough and useful website on opportunities for individual artists. We invited her to share her background in applying for funding as well as her pragmatic insights on … [Read more...]