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How Much Art Do You Give Away?

February 2, 2012 5 Comments

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...]

The Reading Series That Was

April 20, 2011 Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, April 5, we held the last event in our 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series, and Regie O'Hare Gibson, David Lovelace, Tova Mirvis, Leslie Williams, and Lara JK Wilson proffered poetry and prose to the delight and invigoration of the assembled Newtonville Books audience. Working at the Mass. Cultural Council has many terrific aspects, but getting to do events like the … [Read more...]

Fellows Notes – April 11

April 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. The April 1, 2011 weather may be a Fool's Day snow-prise, but the following list of April awards, honors, news, and announcements is pure sunshine. We're thrilled to share that Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro's (Playwriting Fellow '11) play Before I … [Read more...]

Jendi Reiter, on Winning

March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

The 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series of events with MCC writers and poets continues this week with a reading at Forbes Library in Northampton on Wednesday, March 23, 7 PM. One of the featured writers at the Forbes is Jendi Reiter (Poetry Fellow '10), who recently won the Anderbo Poetry Prize. Once a practicing lawyer in New York City, she now writes - and champions - poetry … [Read more...]

Fellows Notes – Mar 2011

February 28, 2011

Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. March comes in like a lion with readings, exhibitions, awards, books, world premieres, and more. (I have a feeling that when it comes to artists, March will defy proverb and go out leonine, too.) MCC is honored to have two opportunities to … [Read more...]

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