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Fellows Notes – Aug 21

August 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Fellows Notes is a monthly listing of the latest news from awardees in our Artist Fellowships Program.

Roya Amigh (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '20, Detail of LISTEN TO THE DISTANT VOICE (2021), paper, thread, lace, and pieces of cloth and mirror, 60x49x15 in.

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John Gianvito (Film & Video Fellow ’15), Jessica Hankey (Film & Video Fellow ’19), and Adam Mazo (Film & Video Fellow ’21) are among the New England filmmakers who received awards through the Summer 2021 Moving Image Fund from the LEF Foundation.

Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Fellow ’17, ’09) and Laura Petrovich-Cheney (Crafts Fellow ’21) are among the artists exhibiting in CraftsBoston: Fiber Stories, an online exhibition hosted by the Society of Arts+Crafts (thru 8/29). There will be a shop tour online event 8/4, 12 PM ET.

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Roya Amigh (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow ’20) has a solo exhibition, Absolutism and Sexuality, at Boston Sculptors Gallery (thru 8/15).

Pelle Cass (Photography Finalist ’15) is among the artists featured in the article 8 Contemporary Artists Taking Fresh Approaches to Sports on Artsy.

Madge Evers (Photography Finalist ’21) has a solo exhibition, The New Herbarium, at ArtsWorcester (8/19-9/19, reception 9/2, 6-9 PM ET). She also has work in the group exhibition Whistling in the Dark, at Kingston Gallery (thru 8/29).

Tsar Fedorsky‘s (Photography Fellow ’15) work is featured in the online arts journal Nowhere Diary.

Congratulations to Magdalena Gómez (Dramatic Writing Fellow ’01), who was awarded a Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. The awards support US Poets Laureate (Magdalena is the Poet Laureate of Springfield) with $50,000 grants.

Sara Hendren (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow ’18) published the essay A Free Tool to Improve Cities in the New York Times Opinion Section.

Marky Kauffmann‘s (Photography Fellow ’17) work and life are featured in the magazine Analog Forever. Two of her works from her Dressing Project are featured in The Hand magazine. Also, she received an Honorable Mention for work from that series in the exhibit open/unbound at the A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas.

Caitlin McCarthy (Dramatic Writing Fellow ’21) and her screenplay Wonder Drug feature prominently in a Sunday Post article about Diethylstilbestrol (DES).

Daniel Ranalli (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow ’10) has a solo exhibition, Retro-Active, at Preservation Hall in Wellfleet (thru 8/21). He is Artist-in-Residence (virtual) at Arts Cabinet and The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society.

Abraham Ravett‘s (Film & Video Fellow ’09) recent film 24 Cards will be shown at the 2021 Mimesis Documentary Festival (8/4-8/10). The film will be displayed as part of an installation that includes the yearly post cards sent to the filmmaker by Donald Richie.

Cam Terwilliger (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow ’08) received an Artist Fellowship from NYFA/NYSCA.

 

Read past Fellows Notes. If you’re a current or past fellow/finalist with news, let us know.

Image: Roya Amigh (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow ’20, Detail of LISTEN TO THE DISTANT VOICE (2021), paper, thread, lace, and pieces of cloth and mirror, 60x49x15 in.

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