The Walter Feldman Fellowship is a special opportunity awarded to emerging artists that provides them with professional development support and an opportunity to exhibit their work. The fellowship goes further than typical monetary awards by providing a hands-on guidance and teaching artists the business tools they need to facilitate the public’s access to their art….
Interview conducted on September 23, 2020. Photo above by Colgan Johnson. Natalie: Could you introduce yourself, what you do and what you’re passionate about? Stephanie: My name is Stephanie Houten. I’m a multimedia multidisciplinary artist. I do primarily filmmaking and photography, and I also do installations, creative production, and event production. I’m very politically active, and I’m…
David Guerra is the owner and director of A R E A Gallery and an independent curator here in Boston. His recent endeavor has been to organize AREA CODE, an online art fair created in response to the COVID pandemic to support local artists. Looking forward, he wants to create a new model for art…
Chanel Thervil, the multi-faceted artist and educator behind the current exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Boston, titled “Warm & Fuzzy Feels”, recently bought her first tricycle. She takes it out for a joy ride twice a week (at most) to breathe new life into her creative works in the midst of COVID-19. “It’s been…
What does a socially distanced dance company look like? Marsha “Mar” Parrilla, founding artistic director of Boston-based dance company Danza Orgánica, has a few ideas. Danza Orgánica held its last in-person rehearsal on March 13th, but with the opportunity to continue meeting via Zoom, progress for the company has not slowed down. Rather, it has…