Artists and creative individuals are often asked (or decide) to make their work available for free. ArtSake guest blogger Bren Bataclan, for instance, gives away all of his Smile Boston Project paintings; playwright Charles Mee makes the full texts of his plays available online for other artists to "remake." Others might choose to not share any work without direct … [Read more...]
Going for the Gold
You might view the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan story as a key to understanding the scandal-devouring nature of American culture - a kind of tabloid Rosetta Stone. Or you might view it as an occasion to rock. In either case, you'd be right: Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, returns the the A.R.T.'s Club Oberon in Cambridge for six performances July 18-21, 2011. In early … [Read more...]
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...]
Artist to Artist: Lise Haines and Elizabeth Searle
Both authors have made careers of writing highly-acclaimed literary fiction; most recently, Lise Haines wrote Girl in the Arena and Elizabeth Searle wrote the novella and story collection Celebrities in Disgrace. And both authors find their creative lives veering in intriguing new trajectories — working with genres, forms, and subjects previously uncharted in their writing … [Read more...]