Running from September 18, 2015 to October 17, 2015 in the Main Gallery
The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and the New Art Center in Newton (NAC) join together to present the MCC Artist Fellows and Finalists in Crafts, Sculpture, Installation & New Genres, from September 18 through October 17, 2015 at NAC, 61 Washington Park, Newton. The exhibition will showcase the MCC’s 2015 awardees – a selection of the Commonwealth’s most talented artists. This show brings artists from the crafts category together with those in the sculpture, installation and new genres category to blur the lines separating them and to explore the relations between them.
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 7-9PM
MCC Support for Individual Artists: A Presentation with Kelly Bennett & Dan Blask: Wednesday, September 30, 7-8:30PM
“It is an honor, once again, to partner with the Massachusetts Cultural Council to present this year’s awardees in Crafts, Sculpture, Installation and New Genres. Following the lead of the artists, this exhibition will lower barriers and remove boundaries between disciplines and allow audiences to create new categories for themselves,” said New Art Center Executive Director, Daniel Elias.
The exhibition will include work from the following artists:
CRAFTS:
MCC Artist Fellows
Stephanie Chubbuck (Princeton)
Kristina W. Madsen (Southampton)
Warren E. Mather (Weston)
Lisa Nilsson (North Adams)
Jenine Shereos (Jamaica Plain)
and MCC Fellowship Finalists
Leigh Craven (Duxbury)
Melissa Finelli (Boston)
Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer (Somerville)
Duncan Gowdy (Holden)
Jennifer McCurdy (Vineyard Haven)
These awardees were selected from a pool of 128 applicants by panelists Sadie Bliss (Executive Director, Main Crafts Association), Fabio Fernández (Executive Director, The Society of Arts and Crafts), Kathryn King (Director of Education, Harvard Ceramics Program), and Pam Weeks (Binney Family Curator, New England Quilt Museum).
SCULPTURE/INSTALLATION/NEW GENRES:
MCC Artist Fellows
Dana Filibert (Shelburne Falls)
Kelly Goff (Norton)
Amy Podmore (Williamstown)
Samuel Rowlett (Haydenville)
Patricia Shannon (Dorchester)
and MCC Fellowship Finalists
Sachiko Akiyama (Boston)
Angela Cunningham (Somerville)
Anne M. Lilly (Cambridge)
Sage Schmett (Allston)
Gina Siepel (Greenfield)
Deb Todd Wheeler (Newton)
These awardees were selected from a pool of 294 applicants by panelists Georgie Friedman (artist), Beth Galston (artist), Denise Markonish (Curator, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art); and reader Alise Upitis (Assistant Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center).
MCC Artist Fellowships provide direct assistance to Massachusetts artists working across a range of disciplines, to recognize exceptional work and to support the further development of their talents. Artist Fellowships give individuals the financial ability to hone and deepen their craft.
“MCC is excited to once again partner with the New Art Center to showcase its recent fellows and finalists,” said MCC Executive Director Anita Walker. “This year marks the 40th anniversary of MCC’s Artist Fellowship Program, and what better way to celebrate that milestone than to present work from some of our state’s finest visual artists.”
