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October 2020
Panel: Indigenous-Led Cultural Regeneration + Commemoration
Tufts University Art Galleries presents the panel discussion, "Indigenous-Led Cultural Regeneration + Commemoration," in conjunction with its current exhibition "Ecologies of Acknowledgment," an artist project that focuses on the land use history of Deer Island in the Boston Harbor. Artists Sarah Kanouse and Nicholas Brown will be in dialogue with Faries Gray and Elizabeth Solomon, both of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, and Kristen Wyman (Natick Nipmuc) and Nia Holley (Nipmuc) with the Eastern Woodland Rematriation collective, on the present-day…
Find out more »February 2021
Tufts Art Galleries: Index
On February 1, Tufts University Art Galleries will reopen only to the Tufts community for the Spring 2021 semester. The general public continues to be able to view exhibitions and programming virtually. Today also brings the opening of an extension of the ongoing exhibition “Jibade-Khalil Huffman: Now That I Can Dance” called “Index,” a dialogue between Huffman and video artist ariella tai. “Index,” which is organized by Huffman, will be on view in the Koppelman Gallery in Medford to March…
Find out more »March 2021
‘The Hardest Part of Being Black is Dying Only Once’
Tufts University Art Galleries present “The Hardest Part of Being Black is Dying Only Once,” a faculty talk with Dr. Kimberly Bain, the John Holmes Associate Professor in the Humanities, Tufts Department of English. What do we do with the question of time and Blackness? Again and again, it seems that Black people never have enough time. When Black people are, always, out of time, how do we find spaces to have time enough—to live, to breathe, to die only once? In this talk,…
Find out more »Tufts Art Galleries Conversation: Beverly Semmes and Camilo Alvarez
Tufts University Art Galleries presents a Collection Highlight conversation with alumna and collection artist Beverly Semmes, and curator and Samsøñ founder and owner Camilo Alvarez, as they discuss Semmes’ "House Dress," 1990, now on view as part of the exhibit "Making Marks, Making Change: Feminisms at Tufts." Register here: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOuuqD8jHtw6gcqFMDfv8gzdAEzdGrZT Note: This event was rescheduled from March 10.
Find out more »July 2021
Jewelry Sale/Art Exhibit at Colleen’s
Colleen's of Medford Square invites you to stop by this weekend to support local artists and makers! Medford youngster Malik Harding is holding his first art show at Colleen’s now through August 15. On Saturday, July 31, Kolby Rhiannon will be popping up with her handmade earrings for sale from 1 to 4 p.m.
Find out more »August 2021
Scoopadees Kickoff at Colleen’s
Colleen's of Medford Square invites you to stop by at meed young Medford artist Malik Harding, whose art is on display in the shop through August 15. Today from noon to 3 p.m., Malik also will be selling his ice cream game, Scoopadees!
Find out more »Tufts Art Galleries Fall Exhibitions Opening
Tufts University Art Galleries reopens to everyone today with a new season of exhibitions. The Galleries begin the year with a look at feminist art practices from the 1970s to now. “Staying with the Trouble” brings together an intergenerational group of artists from Judy Chicago and Faith Wilding to Cauleen Smith, Paula Wilson and MPA to draw out a lineage of artists who have turned to the land and its deep set of knowledges to find a way forward. An…
Find out more »September 2021
Ice Cream Social/Art Celebration
Medford's young artists are invited to enjoy a sweet scoop of ice cream in front of City Hall and a tour of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn's office as a thank you to all the kids who submitted inspiring artwork during the pandemic and brought some joy during a difficult time. Please bring your artwork to be displayed. In order to ensure safety, please RSVP to Daria Tejera in the Mayor's Office at dtejera@medford-ma.gov as guests will be spaced out for tours…
Find out more »Tufts Art Galleries Fall Exhibitions Reception
Tufts University Art Galleries presents a public reception of its fall exhibitions at Aidekman Arts Center. "Staying with the Trouble" looks at feminist art practices—from the 1970s to now—that ask us to “stay with the trouble” and imagine a new future. "Connecting Threads / Survivor Objects" explores the kaleidoscopic world of Armenian liturgical textiles from the collections of the Armenian Museum of America and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Unsettling the Archive: Exploring Tufts’ Relationships with Land" uses materials…
Find out more »October 2021
Tufts Art Galleries Tour: Land History
What is our relationship to the land we occupy? How do we interact with our natural environments? How do artists and archivists present counternarratives and possibilities for change via alternate landscapes? Join Tufts University Art Galleries for a special tour of TUAG’s fall exhibitions through the lens of land where we will begin to grapple with these questions. With special guest Dr. Ninian Stein from the Tufts Environmental Studies Program. The fall exhibitions include "Unsettling the Archive: Exploring Tufts’ Relationships…
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