Wednesday, January 30–Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery
Organized in the form of a continued dialogue and culminating with the production of a multimedia publication, "Histories of Now: A Space for Dialogue, Art and Activism" transforms the gallery into a site of international and local exchanges focusing on current events in Egypt, and using these events as a means of discussing a multiplicity of contemporary social movements.
Room B209, SMFA
Adina Bar-On`s work holds a discourse about conflicts of identity and conflicting identifications. Bar-On has been an active performer since 1973 when she started as a student at the Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Over the years she has presented her work in Israel`s major art museums and galleries. Making it her business to emphasize her political and social stands, she has regularly performed at social and political events. In recent years, she has felt a growing urgency to channel her creative talent towards educational initiatives as well. Their purpose has been to promote another way of discussing differences. The workshop Social and Cultural Manifestations in Art has been an alibi to organize workshops for Polish, Palestinian and Israeli art students. In 2001 she was awarded a major prize for her contribution to Israeli art by the American Israel Cultural Foundation, and a biographical book written by Idit Porat, Adina Bar-On, Performance Artist, was published.
Bar-On will offer a public performance on Friday, February 22 at 7 pm at Mobius, 55 Norfolk St., Cambridge.
Weems Atrium + Project Space, SMFA
The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library
Horticultural Hall, 2nd Floor
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-369-3385
Hours: Monday–Friday, 1–5 pm, except major holiday
The MFA's William Morris Hunt Memorial Library has collaborated with SMFA for 14 exhibitions of student work. On view February 11–April 19, 2013, the current exhibition features artists' book produced with print-on-demand technology.
Curated by SMFA faculty members Hillary Binda and Chantal Zakari, it features work by: Avery Bazemore, Rachel Bernardini, Haley A. Bishop, Paul Butler, Heisue Chung, Crystal Fenner, Geoffrey Hewer-Candee, Kristen Hoops, Ximena Izquierdo, Kate Kincaid, Sarah Kroll, Phyllis Labanowski, Elçin Marasli, Kelly McDermott, Elizabeth Noftle, Jessica Thistlewaite, Rebecca Volynsky and Ben Wu.
