Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. The April 1, 2011 weather may be a Fool's Day snow-prise, but the following list of April awards, honors, news, and announcements is pure sunshine. We're thrilled to share that Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro's (Playwriting Fellow '11) play Before I … [Read more...]
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Artist to Artist: Lise Haines and Elizabeth Searle, Part Two
In January, we shared the first half of a conversation between Lise Haines and Elizabeth Searle, where they talked about recent projects, like Lise's novel Girl in the Arena and Elizabeth's rock opera Tonya and Nancy, and otherwise explored the writing life and their life as writers. In this second part of the two-part conversation, they discuss new trajectories in their … [Read more...]
Slow Food for the Soul: Boston Theatre Conference and TCG State of the Artists
Meals and theater spring from, reinforce and invigorate community. Food is sustenance, a necessity that can be elevated to an art and is most special when delivered with love. Theater is sustenance, necessary to souls and intellect. Both are repositories of history and hope and visions for the future. From Heart, Head & Hands: Food/Theater/Community Part 1 by Candelaria … [Read more...]
Artadia Curatorial Panel in Boston
How does our seemingly endless access to information, as a culture, affect contemporary art practice? How does it change the way curators research and advance their work? These questions and more will be at the heart of the Curatorial Panel on Contemporary Art Research, a discussion organized by the national arts service organization Artadia. The panel discussion, hosted by … [Read more...]
Kickstarting DocYard
This is what happens when interesting ideas get together and make interesting idea babies. In the past, we've talked about The DocYard; it's a documentary film screening/networking series based at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, designed to foster the Boston-area filmmaking community. Among the films screened in DocYard's first season was Today the Hawk Takes One … [Read more...]