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Why fund artists? Massachusetts has been awarding Artist Fellowships for excellence since 1975, and the reason why is that each award is just the beginning of an incredible trajectory.
This video highlights some of the stories of artists funded in the past 40+ years, including playwright Melinda Lopez, painter Sean Greene, poet Carl Phillips, paper artist Lisa Nilsson, and master potter Yary Livan.
Could I only write what I knew had happened, or could I also write what I knew hadn't happened?
writer Karen Shepard, exploring What Do We Owe to History in Our Art?
"The one well of support I keep returning to is my community of fellow artists." - Eric Gottesman, on what forms of support have been most crucial.
Image: Eric Gottesman, Car and Maple Tree (2010), from the Studio Karmen series, inkjet print, 30x40 in
Doctors, scientists, & paper art enthusiasts were all early fans of Lisa Nilsson’s art. That led to a TEDMED talk, a new gallery, and widespread recognition of her astounding sculptures from folded paper.
Forms, molds, and structures have been central to the artistic practice of Niho Kozuru, but lately she’s been guided by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi: asymmetry, happenstance, and impermanence.
A disgruntled audience member, a fire alarm, and a spontaneous ending - you have GOT to read MCC Fellow John Kuntz’s most memorable theatre experience. Photo: John Kuntz and Stacy Fischer in Necessary Monsters by John Kuntz, produced by SpeakEasy Stage, 2014.
During the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s, Yary Livan‘s training in traditional Cambodian ceramics put his life in dire peril. But later, it also saved him - and a centuries-old tradition found new roots in Lowell, Massachusetts.
“I remember the excitement when I composed the staccato melody and began working on its fragmentation and sonic modulations, when I started interweaving the half-tone legato lines and rhythmic section. I still remember the joy while working on it.“ - composer Laura Andel on her memories of composing Sao Dao, almost 20 years later. Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff
