James Rutenbeck's latest film-in-progress, The Clemente Project, explores the The Clemente Course in the Humanities, a tuition-free, college-level course targeting adults from disadvantaged backgrounds. The film tells the stories of participants in Dorchester, such as Kafi Dixon, a recently evicted MBTA bus driver, and Carl Chandler, a father/grandfather/mentor in a struggling … [Read more...]
LEF New England for Nonfiction Filmmakers
Congratulations to the Spring 2015 recipients of the LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund awards. As a funder and resource for nonfiction filmmakers in New England, the LEF Foundation has helped bring to life an amazing - and important - array of nonfiction films (see a sampling in their highlight reel). Among the most recent LEF grantees is past MCC awardee James Rutenbeck … [Read more...]
How Does Place Impact Your Art?
Place is a key element of any work of art, but how it shapes, transforms, or (as the case may be) becomes the work depends on the intentions and explorations of the artist. For instance, in Elizabeth Graver's new novel The End of the Point, place "is a kind of central character - the rocks, the paths, the land in nature and outside of it. People... beg, borrow, steal, gift, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Mar 13
In our March list of news from past MCC Fellows/Finalists, we come in like a (drawn) line, out like an iamb.* Congratulations to Caitlin Berrigan and Kelly Carmody, both recently selected for the Assets for Artists Program. Linda Bond, Jan Johnson, Masako Kamiya, and Lydia Kann Nettler are among the artists in the 2013 Wheaton Biennial Show, Drawing Out of Bounds … [Read more...]
Gallery Glimpse: James Rutenbeck
Our Gallery@MCC shares samples of the outstanding work of past Artist Fellowships awardees, and we just added video and audio clips for the 2011 fellows/finalists. So, the time seems right for a glimpse of that Gallery excellence. Here, we feature James Rutenbeck, a 2011 Film & Video Finalist for his moving, beautiful filmed documentary Scenes from a Parish, about a … [Read more...]