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October 2019
Tufts Gallery Talk: Chantal Zakari
Tufts University Art Galleries presents Chantal Zakari, Professor of the Practice in Graphic Arts, for a lunchtime talk titled “Democratizing the Art Object: Navigating Self-Publishing.” Zakari is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and art educator. In her work she draws upon contemporary social issues by making connections through personal narratives, history, and popular culture. She will trace self-publishing’s origins from a subversive act by artists in the 1960s, through the digital revolution of the 1990s, to mass customization in the 21st…
Find out more »Exhibition Tour: Bookworks
Tufts University Art Galleries invites you to a tour of its "Bookworks" exhibit, led by Tufts Art Galleries Director and Chief Curator Dina Deitsch. "Bookworks" presents a wide-ranging exploration of the practice of artist-made books, drawing on the contemporary artists’ books and special collections at Tufts. Following the tour, join in an interactive Risograph demonstration. The Risograph is a digital duplicator designed for high-volume copying and printing and used to self-publish zines and more. The exhibit will be on display in the Tisch and…
Find out more »Gallery Tour: Bookworks
Tufts University Art Galleries invites you to a tour of its "Bookworks" exhibit, led by graduate fellow Emily Chun. "Bookworks" presents a wide-ranging exploration of the practice of artist-made books, drawing on the contemporary artists’ books and special collections at Tufts. Following the tour, join in an interactive Risograph demonstration. The Risograph is a digital duplicator designed for high-volume copying and printing and used to self-publish zines and more. The exhibit will be on display in the Tisch and Koppelman Galleries through Sunday,…
Find out more »Royall House Tours Closing Day
The Royall House & Slave Quarters concludes its 2019 guided tour season today. Tours are offered on the hour at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. (Tours also are offered on Saturday, October 26, at the same times.) Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $5 for students; $2 for EBT or WIC cardholders; and free for children age 12 and under. Admission to the Slave Quarters, which also houses the archaeological exhibit, gift…
Find out more »November 2019
Art and Inspiration: Unearthing Traces
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with first-year graduate students from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University whose group exhibition, "Unearthing Traces," is on display at the Sanctuary Gallery through December 5. Approaching with diverse practices, participating artists came together in an intimate space of Sanctuary UCC, creating an environment for converging ideas and relations. "Unearthing Traces" is a site of connecting explorations that fuel individual artists' research. From works that…
Find out more »December 2019
Exhibit Opening: Winter Kaleidescope
Medford Arts Center, Inc. (MACI) presents its second exhibit at the Lighthouse Cafe in Medford Square. Winter-themed large works by Will Tenney, Susan Altman, Lisa Sears, Margot Slowick, Nancy Leslie, Peg Kane, Adele Travisano and Sarah Gerould will be on display at the restaurant from Saturday, December 7, to Saturday, February 29. Restaurant hours are 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Find out more »Fall Exhibit Closings: Tufts Art Galleries
Today is the final day to view three fall exhibitions at the Tufts University Art Galleries: “Bookworks,” which presents a wide-ranging exploration of the practice of artist-made books, drawing on the contemporary artists’ books and special collections at Tufts. "Sanford Biggers," the first exhibition focused on the artist’s BAM series, begun in 2015, which memorializes and honors unarmed black victims of police gun violence in America “Student-Facing, Student-Focused,” celebrating 50 years of black excellence at Tufts centered on the efforts of…
Find out more »January 2020
Artist Reception: Sarah Gerould
Washvault Lab, the reimagined laundromat on Boston Avenue, invites you to a reception with Medford artist Sarah Gerould, whose work is featured in Washvault's first art exhibition, "So Human a Vegetable." Gerould's whimsical paintings depict the tales and travails of vegetables as they are away from prying eyes. What happens to the Japanese eggplant when the crisper door is left open? How exactly do onions control their unruly manes? Who comes running when a gourd is injured on the soccer…
Find out more »Exhibit Opening: Angels In Human Skin
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents the exhibit "Angels in Human Skin" with Dirkje Legerstee, which will be on display in the Sanctuary Gallery until February 16. Legerstee created her installation, with an accompanying story presentation, to honor and remember her family’s survival through World War II as “Nazi War Victims.” Her father was a Dutch Christian who was forcibly taken by the Nazis as a Labor slave; her mother, a Polish Jew, survived the Shoah by hiding in the…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Dirkje Legerstee
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Dirkje Legerstee, whose exhibit "Angels in Human Skin" is on display in the Sanctuary Gallery from January 7 until February 16. Legerstee created her installation, with an accompanying story presentation, to honor and remember her family’s survival through World War II as “Nazi War Victims.” Her father was a Dutch Christian who was forcibly taken by the Nazis as a Labor slave; her mother, a Polish Jew, survived the…
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