If you watch the Mass Cultural Council's 40 Years of Fellowships videos, which tell the stories of some of the incredible artists we've funded since 1975, the over-arching story (as we see it, anyway) is that when a community supports artists, the impact is wide-ranging and profound. But the project also tells a parallel story: each video features music by a past MCC Music … [Read more...]
Sean Greene: Painting and Dealing with It
Sean Greene's painting is driven by freedom, feeling, and, above all, exhilarating color. That's the case whether he's painting in his toothbrush-factory art studio, on the walls at Facebook's office, or propped up recovering from a life-altering skateboarding accident. He paints, and he deals with it. Video features music by past Music Composition Fellow Eric … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 12
Wake up, hibernatin' creatures! May is a-flutter with news from past MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists: Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Film & Video '11) and Nicky Tavares (Film & Video '11) both received awards from the LEF Foundation's Spring 2012 Moving Image Fund. Janet Echelman (Crafts and Sculpture/Installation '09) and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation '09) … [Read more...]
How Much Art Do You Give Away?
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...]
Gallery Glimpse: Eric Hofbauer
Your browser does not support the audio element. Today's glimpse from our gallery of past MCC Fellows/Finalists: an excerpt from Eric Hofbauer's (Music Composition Fellow '09) Surely Some Revelation Is At Hand. The innovative jazz composer and guitarist, acclaimed for his solo guitar work, also collaborates in a number of projects, including The Infrared Band, Pablo … [Read more...]