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 »Workshop: Risograph Printing
Tufts University Art Galleries invites you to come and explore the Risograph printer, a hybrid between the photocopier and screen printing, in a workshop led by Chantal Zakari, Professor of the Practice in Graphic Arts at Tufts. The Risograph is a digital duplicator designed for high-volume copying and printing and used to self-publish colorful zines and more. Distribute your art and message, in color, and change the world! Presented in conjunction with the exhibit "Bookworks," a wide-ranging exploration of the practice of artist-made books, drawing…
Find out more »November 2019
Black Studies Reading Room: Crafting a Black Public Sphere
What’s the role of publications in community-building? How have black publications helped shape the possibilities of political and cultural engagement for their readers? How do various media — books, textiles, videos, sculpture, painting — offer different ways of existing within and reimagining the world around us? Join the Black Studies Reading Room at Tufts University for a workshop and public reading dedicated to the world-making capacities of black publications. The Black Studies Reading Room is a monthly conversation on black…
Find out more »Edible Books Workshop
Tufts University Art Galleries presents "Eat Your Words: Binding Techniques & Edible Books," a workshop led by Anne Pelikan, a book artist and conservator, as well as a lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Bookworks," on view at the Aidekman Arts Center on the Medford campus through December 15. Free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please RSVP to artgallery@tufts.edu.
Find out more »February 2025
Impossible Music: Playing the Imaginary
As part of the ongoing "Impossible Music" exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries, the Tufts New Music Ensemble — with special guest John McDonald — will perform a selection from Tom Johnson’s "Imaginary Music" series (1974-1975, 1993). Containing a total of 104 scores, these drawings of musical symbols or loose suggestions of notes promote non-linear interpretations, and Johnson used them as tools to imagine new musical possibilities. Free and open to the public with no tickets required. On view until April…
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