June 2023
IAmMigration Reception
The Gallery at Sanctuary invites you to an open house, performances and reception celebrating its current installation, "IAmMigration: A Lived Experience." The installation features a wide-ranging collection of visual art, fabric art, poetry, collage, and music from local artists who have lived the experience of migrating to the United States. Contributors include Sylvestre Telfort and Bitho Faustin, two visual artists from Haiti; Thaer Abdallah, a Palestinian artist from Iraq; and Anna Thai, an embroidery artist from Vietnam. Other artists come…
Find out more »July 2023
Exhibition Closing: IAmMigration
Today is the final day to view The Gallery at Sanctuary's installation, "IAmMigration: A Lived Experience." The exhibit features a wide-ranging collection of visual art, fabric art, poetry, collage, and music from local artists who have lived the experience of migrating to the United States. Contributors include Sylvestre Telfort and Bitho Faustin, two visual artists from Haiti; Thaer Abdallah, a Palestinian artist from Iraq; and Anna Thai, an embroidery artist from Vietnam. Other artists come from China, Guatemala, Iran, Brazil,…
Find out more »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 »October 2023
Artists Reception: Haitian Colors
The Gallery at Sanctuary presents a reception with four local Haitian artists whose work is featured in a new multimedia exhibition, "Haitian Colors," the second installment in the gallery's IamMigration Series. The internationally recognized artists -- Michele David, Bitho Faustin, Myriam Pitte and Sylvestre Telfort -- each unique in their use of form and color, express the powerful vision and beauty of the world seen through the Haitian artists’ eyes. The exhibition is on view throughout October; hours are Thursdays…
Find out more »Art Circle: Haitian Colors Spoken Word with Jean Dany Joachim
The Gallery at Sanctuary invites you to the second of two "Art Circles" to discuss the current multimedia exhibition "Haitian Colors," part of the gallery's IamMigration Series. This evening's session will feature reflections and conversation with spoken word artist Jean Dany Joachim. The poet in residence at First Church in Cambridge, he also created the Many Voices Project, a series of readings and follow-up poetry workshops inspiring conversations about race and equality. Participation also is available via Zoom; visit The…
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