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July 2023
Lakota YouthStay Youth Photography and Poetry Exhibit
Lakota YouthStay is hosting an exhibit, “We Are All Related: Photographs and Poems by Lakota and Medford Youth,” at The Gallery at Sanctuary. Come meet the Native American youth visiting Medford this summer from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and see photos taken by them around Boston during the 2023 YouthStay program week. Also featured will be Medford youth and their poems written during a July 14 workshop led by poet Terry E. Carter titled "Let's Make a…
Find out more »August 2023
Exhibition Closing: Space Exploration
Today concludes the yearlong exhibition "Space Exploration: In Rejection of Frontiers" on display at the Tisch Library at Tufts University. The title refers to the built space, not outer space, and the complexities and subtleties at play in the deceptively simple task of inhabiting spaces. The exhibition mines Tufts University Art Galleries' permanent collection for representations that subtly and powerfully confront reductive, spatial frameworks with nuance and curiosity.
Find out more »Exhibition Closing: Nora Sears Quilts
The Medford Public Library concludes its art exhibition for July-August, a rotating display of handmade quilts by Nora Sears in the second-floor gallery. Sears' quilts display vibrant colors and patterns and are made from mostly reclaimed and recycled fabrics. For September-October the library gallery will feature the exhibition "Autumnal Equinox" featuring works by ArtsMedford members. That exhibit will open on Monday, September 11.
Find out more »September 2023
Exhibition Opening: Véxoa: We Know
Tufts University Art Galleries today opens "Véxoa: We Know," a survey exhibition of living Indigenous artists of Brazil. Véxoa, which means “we know” in the Terena language, reaffirms Indigenous agency and struggle for self-determination as well as Indigenous contributions to the richness and diversity of Brazilian visual culture. Developed by curator and educator Naine Terena (member of the Terena Indigenous people of the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul), the exhibition argues for new aesthetic criteria to reflect the…
Find out more »EventThem Gallery Opening: Art by Phree
EventThem Studios presents its second gallery opening, featuring the captivating works of Art By Phree. The evening also will feature live performances of spoken word by Phree and some special guests. Snacks, cold drinks, and wine and beer on tap (21+) also available. Admission is $25 and includes one drink. Purchase tickets through Eventbrite.
Find out more »Exhibition Opening: Autumnal Equinox
The Medford Public Library opens its art exhibition for September-October, "Autumnal Equinox," featuring works by members of ArtsMedford. The autumnal equinox is celebrated in a variety of ways around the world. Visit the exhibit on the library's second-floor gallery during regular hours to see how ArtsMedford artists embrace autumn and what it means to them. The exhibit will be on display through October 26. A reception with the artists will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14. …
Find out more »Artist Reception: Autumnal Equinox
The Medford Public Library is hosting a reception for the ArtsMedford members whose works are featured in the library's September-October exhibition, "Autumnal Equinox." The equinox is celebrated in a variety of ways around the world. Come see and hear how ArtsMedford artists embrace autumn and what it means to them. The exhibit will be on display through October 26 in the second-floor gallery.
Find out more »Reception and Artist Program: Véxoa
Tufts University Art Galleries presents a reception and artist program for its new exhibition "Véxoa: We Know," a survey exhibition of living Indigenous artists of Brazil. Originally organized for the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in 2020, "Véxoa" was the first exhibition curated by an Indigenous person to be shown in an art museum in Brazil. Tufts University Art Galleries welcomes these artists and collectives in collaboratively rewriting an art history that recognizes diversity among Indigenous peoples, the power of…
Find out more »October 2023
Exhibit Opening: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar
As Tufts University prepares to inaugurate its 14th president, Sunil Kumar, the Tisch Library presents the exhibit, "The Charge and the Challenge: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar." Drawn from the collections of the Tufts Archival Research Center, it offers a glimpse of all the Tufts presidents and the highlights of their tenures. Following President Kumar's inauguration ceremony, archivists will be on hand to discuss exhibit highlights and present a selection of presidential artifacts from the Tufts Charter to Jumbo's…
Find out more »IamMigration Art Circle: Haitian Colors
The Gallery at Sanctuary invites you to the first of two "Art Circles," an online discussion of the new multimedia exhibition "Haitian Colors," part of the gallery's IamMigration Series. Wonder together about the shared human experience of migration. We have all experienced it – sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes with support, and sometimes alone in the dark. "Haitian Colors" reflects the experience of four Haitian artists -- Michele David, Bitho Faustin, Myriam Pitte and Sylvestre Telfort -- whose journey and…
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