February 19–August 21, 2011
Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Co-curated by students Chelsea Coon and Stephen St. Francis Decky this exhibition presents work by five Museum School artists whose highly distinct visions suggest the unlimited potential for new life forms and tap into our long history of invented beings. Sofya Belinskaya, Amanda Bonaiuto, Chelsea Coon, Stephen St. Francis Decky and Cara Mayo.
Artist Talk: March 9, 6–7 pm.
March 30–April 30, 2011
Grossman Gallery
A multimedia exhibition of work by three artists completing the Fifth Year Certificate program: Lynda Michaud Cutrell, Senem Karvak and David Pappas.
Artist Talk, April 13, 12:30–2 pm.
March 30–April 30, 2011
Anderson Auditorium
Since 1899, this award program has supported post-graduate work and travel for select SMFA artists. Exhibition showcases work by the 2009 recipients: Nathan Boyer, David D'Agostino, Ariel Kotker and Kate Sinnott, featuring installations and videos.
"Here We Are, Who Cares?"
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition/Group Show
April 1–30, 2011
NK Gallery
460A Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Hours: Wednesday–Saturday 11 am–4 pm, Sunday–Tuesday by appointment
Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 5–8 pm
"Here We Are, Who Cares?" implies a variety of readings. It is at once breezily flippant and a shrug of indifference at the world's follies and clashes. Subtly sarcastic, this is an ironic announcement of a group of artists whose work ranges from absurd humor to profound pathos. Rooted in accumulated narratives, migratory paths and fragmented evidence alluding to collective memory, "Here We Are Who Cares?" permits viewers to inhabit several little universes, where things belong to no one and, paradoxically, everyone.
Featuring:
Dell M. Hamilton
Heather M. La Force
Daisy Patton
Sofia Botero
Ingrid Sanchez
Rethinking Art History and Visual Culture: Nine Presentations by Young Scholars
The Third Annual Boston Area Undergraduate Art History Symposium
Sponsored by the Visual Culture Consortium, Boston
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Reception to follow at SMFA
This symposium brings together undergraduate students from across the area to present their research on a diverse array of topics relating to Art History and Visual Culture.
Program: Benjamin Austin (Tufts University/SMFA ): "The Postmodernism of Gulf War I and Jarhead ."
Kevin Benisvy (University of Massachusetts, Boston ): "The New Digital Frontier: Commentaries in Contemporary Digital Art on Mapping and the Internet."
Carly Boxer (Tufts University ): "A Fire in My Browser: David Wojnarowicz and the Meaning of Censorship in the Digital Age."
Jason Brain (Harvard University Extension School ): "Property/Propriety."
Sophie Buonomo (Boston University ): "Jimmie Durham Speaks in the Present Tense –An American Indian Artist and Globalization."
Gabriela Camacho (Stonehill College ): "Sebastiano Ricci's Phineas and the Sons of Boreas ."
Jack M. Ferdman (Emmanuel College ): "Thomas Cole, Shedding His Leaves."
Kelsey Jarboe (Mass. College of Art + Design ): "Head Over Heels: Miscegenation, Racial Fantasy, and Sexual Agency in Early American Topsy-Turvy Dolls."
Hannah A. Keck (Wellesley College ): "The Orient in the Erotic Stereoscopic Daguerreotype: The Fantasy of Realism in Nineteenth-Century France."
This event is open to the public. Please enter the MFA via the Huntington Avenue entrance and check in with a consortium volunteer.
