On the eve of the big storm, a blizzard of good news: Feb's notes and honors from MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists. Recent MCC awardee Caitlin O'Neil reviews George Rosen's short story collection The Immanence of God in the Tropics for Ploughshares: "he writes with such stark, unadorned clarity that distant places snap into focus." Sophia Ainslie has a solo show, in … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – July 12
It's July: cue the John Philip Sousa and make way for a march of news from MCC Fellows/Finalists. Sophia Ainslie and Stacey Alickman are in the group show NET work: A drawing and mixed media installation at Kingston Gallery (7/5-7/28, reception 7/6, 5:30-7:30 PM), in which individual works by the show's artists have a variety of interconnections. Intra Country: … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Stacey Alickman
Recent MCC Drawing awardee Stacey Alickman has launched a USA Projects campaign* to support her fascinating painting project, and here, she offers a look into her studio and process. I'm currently working on a project called Pulling The Legs Off Bugs Was a Cruel, Harmless Waste of Time. This poetic phrase came into my head almost ten years ago and its meaning is layered; … [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...]