Film and Mixed Media
| The Diaries and Artwork of Ruth Henshaw Bascom | Mary Eileen (Egan) Fouratt and Maureen Egan have created ruthhenshawbascom.com to introduce "Ruthy" -- Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772-1848). Ruthy created more than 1,700 life- size cut-paper and pastel profiles throughout New England in her unique style. About 230 are known to survive in private collections and museums including the Smithsonian, the Worcester Art Museum, Old Sturbridge Village, Historic Deerfield, Winterthur and many more. |
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| The Second City, TV pilot script | In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire burns the city to the ground. When a murderous convict escapes from the burning prison and is roped into joining the Chicago Police Department, he must juggle a double identity, manage criminal associates and corrupt cops and muscle his way to the top of Chicago politics. |
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| Mouth & Toes: The World of 19th-Century Silhouette Artists with Disabilities | Mouth & Toes: The World of 19th Century (Performative) Silhouette Artists with Disabilities is an illustrated and animated hybrid book, to be completed through a Jay and Deborah Last Creative Artist Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society. The book tells the stories of the performative world of disabled and atypically figured artists working in the very popular and affordable alternative to portraiture, the silhouette. Artists include Martha Ann Honeywell, Sarah Rogers, and Nellis Saunders. |