We're happy as a clam/lark/dog with two tails to congratulate Massachusetts authors Maya Jasanoff (Harvard historian), Edith Pearlman (Brookline novelist and short story writer), and Mira Bartok (memoirist, arts blogger, and past ArtSake guest writer) for winning National Book Critics Circle Awards at yesterday's ceremony in NYC! Read NBCC's awards announcement. And, … [Read more...]
Vote Now for the New England Art Awards
Vote early and often in the New England Art Awards! (Actually, vote just once: "Cheaters will be banished," says the voting announcement.) Organized by Greg Cook and the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, the New England Art Awards honor art made in this region - perfectly in line with the blog's Yokelist beliefs. Now in its fourth year, the Awards include such … [Read more...]
A Different Vote
This just in from Greg Cook over at the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research blog: I’m writing to ask you to invite your audience to vote in the 2009 New England Art Awards, which I organize via The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research to honor the best art made here and exhibits organized here last year. And I’d like to invite you to vote as well. To vote, go here: … [Read more...]