This weekend (Sunday, April 7, 2013, 4 PM), the Commonwealth Reading Series continues at Gulu-Gulu Cafe. The series features Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows/Finalists in literature. Here: a brief sampling of work by Sunday's featured writers and poets... July, air thick as soup but clear as cold water, I step hard on a spade's edge and push it into Iowa's … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jan 13
Woo hoo! It's a new year, meaning a new start, a blank canvas, and twelve new chances to share the news/notes of past MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists. Here's January '13. Carrie Bennett and Cheryl Clark Vermeulen both have poetry in the new issue of Caketrain. Sandy Litchfield and Sage Sohier both have solo shows opening at Carroll and Sons Gallery (1/4-2/16, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Sept 12
It's a back to school edition of Fellows Notes. Curriculum includes Emily Dickinson, Boston history, woodshop, and other recent works (and news) from past MCC Fellows and Finalists... Sophia Ainslie and Mary Bucci McCoy are included in the exhibition XXX: Kingston Gallery Annual Members' Exhibition, celebrating thirty years as an artist run gallery (9/5-9/30, opening … [Read more...]
Art in Response to Art
It can be a slow burn or a lightning strike: the spark of an idea for a new work of art. Sometimes it starts with an image, or a memory, or a misheard fragment of speech. Or it may start when one artist experiences another artist's work, a journey of imagination as an art audience that leads to an exploration as creator. We're interested in art made in response to other … [Read more...]