Crowdfunding (fundraising through a network of individual donors, often using the Internet) is a model with increasing potential for artists looking to realize creative projects. Some projects - usually those with a DIY ethos - are natural fits with the self-driven crowdfunding model. Recent success stories like The Big Hammock project in Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway and … [Read more...]
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Voice Your Support of Arts Education
IF you believe that: A. schools matter B. art matters and furthermore... C. that it matters that art is taught, celebrated, supported, and fostered in schools... ... THEN we believe you may want to tell your legislators about it. It is, after all, Arts in Education Week (September 12-18, 2010). Furthermore, it's election season. Combine the two and you have an ideal … [Read more...]
Ask an Arts Attorney
This is our second installment of Ask an Arts Attorney, in which arts and entertainment lawyer Jenny Milana of DangerMilana answers your questions on legal issues relating to work in the arts. Incidentally, if you have any arts law questions, send them our way for a future "Ask an Arts Attorney" post. Please note: this post is for informational benefit only and should not … [Read more...]
Monica Nydam and Big RED and Shiny
In the latest issue of Big RED & Shiny, independent curator, artist, and film producer Jim Manning contributes a terrific video profile of Monica Nydam (Painting Fellow '10). In it, Monica speaks about her affection for the local art scene and shares the origins of her intriguing horse portraits. She also tells the story of learning she won an MCC fellowship: the night … [Read more...]
Signs of the times: a roundup
What discoveries await you in this fan blog about Williamstown writer Jim Shepard? A. the above video. B. news of a new collection coming out March 2011, and that The Millions thinks You Think That's Bad'll be really, really good. And C. that a Project X movie may be on the way. (I guess I just spoiled all your discoveries. Sorry. But still go check out the blog.) Boston … [Read more...]