For the past year+, the Massachusetts Cultural Council has celebrated 40 Years of Fellowships, exploring the stories of some of the amazing artists the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has funded since 1975. We've assembled some highlights: The video features excerpts from our interviews with Melinda Lopez, Sean Greene, Carl Phillips, Lisa Nilsson, and Yary Livan. It … [Read more...]
Melinda Lopez: A Soaring Theatrical Voice
We're celebrating 40 Years of Fellowships by sharing video interviews with some of the extraordinary artists who have received Artist Fellowships since the program's inception in 1975. For playwright Melinda Lopez (Dramatic Writing Fellow '03), several opportunities came together in short succession, which opened doors, which led to other opportunities... All the while, her … [Read more...]
March Fellows Notes+
A few Fellows Notes to add to our afore-blogged March '12 Notes: Amanda Barrow's solo show Chakras and Other Images is at Hope & Feathers Gallery in Amherst (3/1-3/31), and she has work at the New York Open Center (3/3-3/31). Alice Bouvrie screens her film Thy Will Be Done at the Nyack (NY) Library (3/11); Brandeis University (3/13); First Church in Oberlin, OH … [Read more...]
What Do You Try to Instill in Emerging Artists?
On the blog, we've had the chance to exchange ideas with dozens of Massachusetts artists, exploring their work and the way they make it. A number of these artists, along with creating their own work, also teach. What do they try to instill in emerging artists? Here, we share some of their insights into the creative life. Melinda Lopez, playwright Break your characters. … [Read more...]
Plays All Day
Since 1999, the Boston Theater Marathon (May 21-22, 2011) has been like a day-long birthday party for new plays, thrown in vigorously good spirits by a game New England theater community. In 2009, the festival's winning model - 50 short plays performed by 50 theater companies in one day at the Boston Center for the Arts - was augmented with the Warm-up Laps, a slate of free … [Read more...]