Some news from MCC's past fellows/finalists, to read by the light of the rockets red glare. Massachusetts Cultural Council Awards to FAWC Fellows: The Importance of Artists Among Us, an exhibition featuring Linda Bond, Nathalie Miebach, Jim Peters, and Nicky Tavares, curated by Daniel Ranalli, is at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown this month. The exhibition is in … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 12
Phil saw his shadow - six more weeks to enjoy Winter arts in MA. Here's the news from past MCC Fellows/Finalists, for Feb. Visualize data with Reese Inman (Drawing Fellow '08) and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '09) in Random Access at Montserrat Art Gallery (thru 3/31, artist talk 2/28, 11:30 AM). On the Border Line between crafts and contemporary … [Read more...]
What Makes for a Good Day Job as an Artist?
As an artist, is it better to earn your living in a field related to your creative work? Unrelated to your creative work? Solely through your creative work? In our conversations with artists, we've asked: What's the best/worst day job you've ever had? Artists' answers often provide insight to the conundrum of how to make money while thriving as an artist. Among some of … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – September 11
In September, past MCC fellows/finalists venture into imagined flora, faraway lands, outer space, the impermanent, the temporary, and the nearly not. (For starters.) And now, we venture into our monthly round-up of the news of past awardees of our Artist Fellowships Program. Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow '11) will be honored by the Institute of Contemporary … [Read more...]
Picture Books, Visit Patio, Go Left on Pearl
We didn't forget you! We were just, um, saving these announcements. To build suspense. Seriously, though, sometimes there are so many events featuring our past awardees that we miss some in our monthly roundup. Here are three to add to our recently posted June Fellows Notes: Rebecca Doughty (Painting Finalist '10), Eric Gottesman (Photography Fellow '09), Frances Hamilton … [Read more...]