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Art + Meditation Workshops (free)

RELAX through guided meditation. REFLECT through journaling. REPLENISH, and CONNECT through contemplative creativity. April 3: Collage April 10: Abstract Drawing  April 17: Watercolors May 1: Mono Prints + Rubbings  May 8: Nature Art May 15 + May 22 : Weaving 1 and Weaving 2 May 29: Mixed Media  *Attend one or all with the exception […]

Twilight at MAAM: Birthday Party

You’re invited to MAAM’s 5th birthday party–join us for beverages, beats, and birthday cake! Enjoy festive surprises, hands-on activities, and wish MAAM well with a birthday message for the future. FREE! Advance registration required Ticketing Notice This event is free with advance registration. MAAM may accommodate unregistered walk-up guests on the evening of this event […]

Twilight at MAAM: Time Capsule

At Twilight at MAAM: Time Capsule experience MAAM’s newest exhibition, Future Fossils, offering a possible future view of the present. Create a rubbing using future fossil-like objects in the Barkan Family Big Ideas Studio or contribute to an imaginative time capsule collage on the Art Overlook. And enjoy small bites with beer, wine, and mocktails from the bar.  […]

Twilight at MAAM: Lights Out

As we approach the darkest evening of the year and the final days of our current exhibition, Displacement, embrace the night at Twilight at MAAM: Lights Out. Featuring an immersive, sensory-awakening performance by percussionist, composer, and digital media artist Maria Finkelmeier. Her dynamic performance on marimba, percussion, and electronics will offer moments of reflection juxtaposed with moments of […]

“Father and Son Reading” public conversation

John Wilson’s monumental Father and Son Reading models how tenderness and familial nurture dispel violence and communal distress. Learning to care matters, not just in families but also in the larger community. No work could better demonstrate this truth about learning together where one teaches another across generations. Come gain new insights into this major […]

Twilight at MAAM: Earth Studies featuring Skooby Laposky

Experience the museum through all of your senses. Join sound designer and artist Skooby Laposky for Earth Studies: Ancient/Future Sounds, a soundscape created in real time utilizing a pop-up garden teaming with ancient and future life. Create a work of art with natural and found materials in the Studio. And activate your tastebuds with a craft-your-own […]

“On Justice and the African Mask” public conversation

The Museum of The National Center of Afro-American Artists invites you to a public conversation “On Justice and the African Mask” at The Judge, a monumental sculpture by Vusumuzi Maduna in front of The Roxbury District Courthouse (85 Warren Street. Boston, MA 02119) at 1pm on Saturday, October 26th. Questions to think about! Who is our […]

Twilight at MAAM: Noodle & Doodle featuring Doctor Gasp

The category is eco-spooky!  Come in your best environmentally-friendly, spooktacular costume and doodle to live music featuring New England legend, Doctor Gasp. Enjoy a complimentary Autumnal mocktail while you’re here. This event is co-produced by MAAM and Associate Professor of Illustration Robert Maloney ’96, M’14 with the Illustration Department. Collaborator Bios Doctor Gasp  doctorgasp.com | @danblakesleemusic Beneath […]

Twilight at MAAM: Fall Party

Reconnect with friends after a summer away, or make new connections, during Twilight at MAAM: Fall Party. Featuring MAAM’s current exhibition: Displacement with Boston favorite, DJ Dayglow serving an eclectic mix of pop and disco vibes throughout the galleries. Start the evening by awakening your senses during an activation of Katie Paterson’s artwork, To Burn, Forest, Fire, beginning promptly at 6:30pm*. Get creative in […]

Pop-Up: Ingrid Scheibler

New paintings and drawings by visual artist Ingrid Scheibler in a Pop-Up show at Gallery 444, 444 Commercial St, Provincetown, Ma. May 8-14, M-T 11-5, W-Sun 11-8 pm. Opening Reception Friday, May 10th, 6-8 pm 

Art + Meditation Workshops FREE at Roxbury BPL

Art + Meditation Workshops with Contemplative & Healing Arts Practitioner Faith Johnson RELAX through guided meditation. REFLECT through journaling. REPLENISH through contemplative creativity. EXPLORE: April 4: Collage April 11: Watercolor April 25: Rubbings and Stamps May 2: Weaving – Part 1 May 9: Weaving – Part 2 For Weaving, please sign up for Part 1 […]

The Other Face

Join us at Urbanica Gallery for an incredible art exhibition featuring the works of Iranian artist Susan Jafari. “The Other Face” promises to be an extraordinary showcase of artistic talent, offering a captivating glimpse into Iranian society through the eyes and brush of Jafari. Her creations are a symphony of color, and movement, inviting attendees […]