Tufts University invites you to an opening reception for "Stigma Unstuck: A Mental Health Art Series." This event highlights the installation of "The Many Faces of Mental Health," conceived of by artist Lynda Cutrell working in collaboration with partners from science and journalism, to address issues of stigma and mental illness. Large-scale portraits, three-dimensional sculptures, video installations and paintings, as well as white boards for capturing viewers reactions, will be on view across all four floors of the Collaborative Learning…

Howe Creative Studio & Gallery presents a reception featuring the artists whose work is featured in the winter exhibit "ARTchitecture - The Art of Buildings and Buildings as Art." The exhibit will feature photography, paintings, prints and other visual media that celebrate the built environment as a form of art. Exhibit dates are February 11 through March 24. View some of the pieces on exhibit in this short video.    

Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with artist Haleh Fotowat, whose paintings are displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout March. Haleh was born in Tehran, Iran, and obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering there before moving to the United States to pursue master's and a PhD in Neuroscience. Art has always been an integral part of her life, and she has played the musical instrument called the Kanun for 29 years. She studied creative painting…

Today is the final day to visit Howe Creative Studio & Gallery's winter exhibit "ARTchitecture - The Art of Buildings and Buildings as Art." The exhibit features photography, paintings, prints and other visual media that celebrate the built environment as a form of art. Exhibit dates are February 11 through March 24. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. View some of the pieces on exhibit in this short video.    

The Medford Historical Society and Museum concludes its exhibit "Lydia Maria Child: Author & Abolitionist." The exhibit tells the story of how Child, a Medford-born daughter of a baker, became one of the most important writers and activists in nineteenth-century America. The MHSM is open on Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Additional tours by special arrangement.

Howe Creative Studio & Gallery opens its spring exhibit "Pareidolia: Illusions in Plain Sight." Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon that allows you to see familiar shapes and faces (hear sounds and voices, too) where they do not actually exist. Visual examples are the “man” in the moon and animal shapes seen in cloud formations. The exhibit will feature photography, paintings, prints and other visual media that expose (or allow the viewer to find) the faces and shapes that speak to us on a subconscious level. Exhibit…

Howe Creative Studio & Gallery presents a reception featuring the artists whose work is featured in the spring exhibit "Pareidolia: Illusions in Plain Sight." Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon that allows you to see familiar shapes and faces (hear sounds and voices, too) where they do not actually exist. Visual examples are the “man” in the moon and animal shapes seen in cloud formations. The exhibit will feature photography, paintings, prints and other visual media that expose (or allow the viewer to find) the faces…