Local art blogger wins major award

Greg Cook, who covers New England arts news on his New England Journal of Aesthetic Research (including some scoops on the Rose Art Museum situation), has won a $30,000 grant from the Creative Capital and Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program:

Representing a range of genres from scholarly studies to self-published blogs, the twenty-six selected projects are united by their dual commitment to the craft of writing and the advancement of critical discourse on contemporary visual art.