Part of the thrill of making art is discovering how your audience interacts with your work. In our conversations with artists in numerous disciplines, we've asked: What's the most surprising response to your work you've ever received? Kathleen Volp, visual artist I have been under the impression that the subject of many of my pieces was a deeply textured cantaloupe. I was … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jan 11
Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. From the looks of it, the new year will be rich with great art! Peter Brown (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '06) reads from his new short story collection A Bright Soothing Noise at Brookline Booksmith, on Tuesday, January 11, 7 PM. The … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Mass. Guggenheim Fellows
Congratulations to all Massachusetts artists and scholars who received 2010 Guggenheim Fellowships! We note in particular: Shelby Lee Adams of Pittsfield (photographer), Paul Harding of Georgetown (writer), Salvatore Scibona of Provincetown (writer), and Steven Kazuo Takasugi of Waban (composer). Stray notes/observations: According to the Guggenheim website, the … [Read more...]
Salvatore Scibona wins Whiting Award
We are thrilled to announce that Salvatore Scibona, an MCC Artist Fellow in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction in 2006 and author of the novel The End (just out in paperback), has received a prestigious Whiting Writers Award. The awards - $50,000 each - are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays, based on accomplishment and promise. In … [Read more...]
Willie Alexander and Henry Ferrini
Listen up. Here's a video interview by Chava Hudson of Gloucester's very own punk-rocker/rock and roll extraordinaire Willie Loco Alexander and Henry Ferrini, the independent filmmaker with the poetic eye. It's a wonderful conversation about about music, art, writing, and the work of Gloucester's poet laureate Vincent Ferrini. Added bonus, at the end of the interview, Willie … [Read more...]