SMFA, Main building

This private reception is for graduating students and their friends and family. It is a chance to explore the graduating student exhibitions and celebrate with food, drink and great company.

Tufts University Art Gallery @ Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave Medford, MA 02155
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm and Thursdays until 8pm

Case Hathaway‐Zepeda's film explores the notion that reality continues to distort with each death; Paul Ishii's work twists the traditional structure of self-help brochures found in counseling centers to focus on quirky disorders, illnesses and/or conditions; Ryan Kish's paintings explore his interpretation of the world around him within a continuum of representation and abstraction; Liza Lynch's paintings speak to the stringent way collections can be displayed and the obsessive nature of collecting; Vanessa Michalak explores ideas about escapism and adventure with her landscape paintings which synthesize memories, imagination and found photos; John Neylan's End The Confusion explores American history through the lenses of the conspiracy theorist, the artist, the historian and the hoarder; DMH RICHMOND's"Pop up Palace", Talm Yom Good brings visitors product promotions, freebies, contests, film screenings, celebrity guests and franchise opportunities.


May 2-19, 2013
Reception + artist talks: May 2, 5–8 pm

Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm

Timothy McCool's These Things Take Time is a collection of stream of consciousness drawings that recreate the experience of what it's like to live in a world where there's too much information and no one knows exactly what to do with all of it.

May 3–June 1, 2013
Receptions: First Friday, May 3; May 30, 5:30–7:30 pm

Howard Art Project, 1486 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122
Gallery hours: Saturday 10 am-6 pm

On view view May 9–25 at Howard Art Project, "Human & Machine, Retrace & Depart" featuring MFA student Valerie Ng and artist Andy Lauzier, examines motorbike subcultures and the meditative act of the ride. Featuring photographic portraits of people within the moped subculture, a video installation with footage shot from motorcycle rides in Indonesia, Malaysia and the USA plus a sound performance using discarded moped parts, the exhibition maps out human attachment to objects, times and places.

May 9–26, 2013
Reception: May 9, 6–8 pm

Fourth Wall Project Art Space, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Friday 1 pm–6 pm; Sunday 1 pm–5 pm

Visit Fourth Wall Project May 16–-30 to view the diverse thesis presentations of Jess Anderson, Lauren Coulson, Megan Herwig, Neerja Kothari, Katherine Romero and Nicole Rosato.

May 16–30, 2013
Reception: Friday, May 17, 7–10 pm