In September, past MCC fellows/finalists venture into imagined flora, faraway lands, outer space, the impermanent, the temporary, and the nearly not. (For starters.) And now, we venture into our monthly round-up of the news of past awardees of our Artist Fellowships Program. Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow '11) will be honored by the Institute of Contemporary … [Read more...]
Three Stages: Dawn Lane
In Three Stages, we ask Massachusetts artists to shed light on their art-making process by focusing on three stages in one work of art. Here, Dawn Lane (Choreography Fellow '10) traces her new dance piece "one potato, two potato" from its inspiration, to its juxtapositions, to the collaborations that have led to its premiere at Jacob's Pillow in Becket, MA, September 2 and … [Read more...]
Moving Company at the VSA Festival in DC
Above, Moving Company artists perform "common ground" at the International VSA Festival in Washington, D.C. The piece, performed this past June, was choreographed by Dawn Lane (Choreography Fellow '10), who runs the Moving Company as Artistic Director of Community Access to the Arts (CATA). CATA, based in Great Barrington, nurtures and celebrates the creativity of people with … [Read more...]