Tis the season (for great news from past fellows/finalists of our Artist Fellowships). Hark! Steve Almond (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '08) blesses readers with God Bless America readings, including a co-event with the also-awesome Elizabeth Searle (12/6 at Stellina in Watertown). Steven Barkhimer (Playwriting Fellow '11) puts on his director’s hat for Merry … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – October 11
Contrary to popular belief, artists don't pack up their practices for the month of October so they can concentrate solely on churning out witch-crashed-into-a-tree decorations for Halloween. No, they keep doing great stuff like this. Here's what past MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists are up to this month: The Boston Book Festival, taking place on Saturday, October 15, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 2011
Spring is a-bloom, allergens are omnipresent, and Massachusetts artists are being their usual awesome. Here's this month's news from past MCC fellows/finalists. This month, the Massachusetts Poetry Festival takes place in Salem, Massachusetts (you’ll see events featuring past fellows/finalists throughout this month’s notes). But we wanted to be sure to draw your … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 11
Here's the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program. In February, our past awardees roll with rock book clubs, pack for Rome residencies, go walking (and dancing) in Memphis, and lots more. Five MCC Artist Fellowship Program awardees in Painting, Vico Fabbris (Fellow '06), Christopher Faust … [Read more...]
Page to Screen, Part II
Further adventures in movies Yesterday, we talked about adapting novels to film and past MCC awardees who have done so. Today, ArtSake returns to Hollyword (i.e. the special place movies of books get made). The following is a list of books by past state fellows in literature that have been made into movies. Andre Dubus (Fellow '76) wrote Finding a Girl in America (1980). … [Read more...]