No foolin'! Here's the April news & notes from past MCC fellows/finalists. Three MCC awardees are showing films in the 2014 Boston Cinema Census at the Brattle Theatre (4/10, 8 PM): Kimberly Forero-Arnias (Hay Algo Y Se Va), Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Buena Fe), and Robert Todd (LOVESONG). Elizabeth Alexander has a solo show, Mary Mary, at Jane Deering Gallery in … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Feb 13
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 11
Set off some dazzling fireworks (naturally, I mean safely and legally) - it's time to celebrate July's news and notes from past MCC fellows/finalists. Shakedown, an exhibition at DODGE Gallery in NYC, includes work by Taylor Davis (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '99), Sheila Gallagher (Drawing Finalist '10), and Laurel Sparks (Painting Fellow '04). The show also features … [Read more...]
The Lorraine Hansberry Documentary Project: An Artist/Activist’s Story
Tracy Heather Strain and Randall MacLowry (Film & Video Fellows '07) have a remarkable thing going with the Lorraine Hansberry Documentary Project (currently in-progress with collaborator Chiz Schultz). It's the first feature length documentary about Hansberry, and given her impact as a mid-20th century African American artist and activist, the project is an opportunity to … [Read more...]