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Faculty Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons to Exhibit at the 2013 Venice Biennale

Saturday, June 1, 2013
For over a century, the Venice Biennale has been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Since its founding in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organizing international events in contemporary arts from dance, art and film, to architecture, music and theater. The 55th International Art Exhibition will take place June 1–November, 24 2013 featuring artists from over 80 countries, among them SMFA faculty Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons who will represent her native country, Cuba.

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Kate Gilbert's "Hide:Seek"

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
On view May 28–June 1 at Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, Kate Gilbert's "Hide:Seek," presented as a pop-up retail environment, combines clothing, sculpture and media to portray the artist's perspective on self-actualization as a non-hierarchical journey of being alone together.

Critic and Curator Hou Hanru Named 2013 Commencement Speaker

Sunday, May 19, 2013
International art critic and curator Hou Hanru will deliver the commencement address to SMFA's 225 graduates on Sunday, May 19 at 6 pm in the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

MFA Thesis Film + Video Exhibition

Thursday, May 16, 2013
On May 16 and 17 in the Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Renee M. Browne, Lauren Coulson, Bug Davidson, Case Hathaway-Zepeda, Timothy Mearini, B Milder and K. Tyler will present their theses in film and video focusing on topics ranging from the process of painting to a small prairie town in North Dakota.

MFA Thesis Exhibition at Fourth Wall

Thursday, May 16, 2013
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.

SMFA Metals Area Honored by the IPMI

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Congratulations to the SMFA Metals Area which recently received an Institutional Award at the 23rd Annual Jewelry Design Competition hosted by the New England Chapter of the International Precious Metals Institute (NE IMPI).

"Ridley Howard: Field and Stripes"

Saturday, May 11, 2013
On view May 11–October 27, 2013 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), "Ridley Howard: Fields and Stripes" presents the first solo museum exhibition of the SMFA alumnus and Traveling Fellow. Debuting new paintings created since 2011, when the SMFA awarded the artist with a prestigious Traveling Fellowship to research works by early Renaissance and Modernist painters in Italy, "Field and Stripes" is organized by Jen Mergel, Beal Family Senior curator of Contemporary Art.

MFA Thesis Show: "Human & Machine, Retrace & Depart"

Thursday, May 9, 2013
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.

MFA Thesis Performance by Cathy McLaurin

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
On May 7 at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion @ the Boston Center for the Arts, Cathy McLaurin's performance No place like home will combine documentary, lecture and storytelling. The narrator weaves together images and sound through the story of the rural town of Siler City, North Carolina. Drawing from an archive of material compiled through off-site research and visits to the town, the narrator peels back a veneer of complexity to reveal undercurrents of power, desire and histories that intertwine with contemporary issues of race, immigration and industrial decline.

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Tim McCool's "These Things Take Time"

Friday, May 3, 2013
On view at Carroll and Sons Art Gallery May 3–June 1, 2013, 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.

"Total Absorption" MFA Thesis Exhibition at Tufts

Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Tufts University Art Gallery at the Shirley and Alex Aidekman Arts Center presents "Total Absorption,"  the third of three MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the 2012-2013 academic year, featuring works by seven MFA candidates in the joint degree program of Tufts and SMFA. The exhibition is on view May 2–19, 2013.

"Collections: Organizing and Interpreting an Environment," MFA Library Exhibition

Thursday, April 18, 2013
 22 SMFA artists are showing in "Collections: Organizing and Interpreting an Environment" within sister art libraries of the MFA and SMFA. Curated by SMFA student Julie Weaver, the work in Collections explores collecting as a way of interpreting culture and the environment. It will be on view at MFA's William Morris Hunt Memorial Library April 18–May 31, 2013 and at SMFA's W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library April 23–May 31, 2013. Opening receptions with light hors d'oeuvres and extended viewing hours will be held at each location: April 18, 2013, 5–7 pm at the SMFA Library; and April 23, 2013, 5–7 pm at the Hunt Memorial Library.

MFA Thesis Exhibition: "Ray of Dark"

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
 In "Ray of Dark," Laura Harrison, Eugene Larochelle, Maia Lynch, Karmimadeebora McMillan, Tim Mearini and Ivette Salom investigate contemporary cultural norms and an array of predicaments with humor and surrealism.

Skowhegan Summer Fellowship + Ann and Graham Gund Scholarship Recipient

Thursday, April 11, 2013
 Jaime Eduardo Restrepo (BFA, '13) has been accepted to the 2013 Skowhegan Summer Studio Program and is the recipient of the Ann & Graham Gund Scholarship, a full-tuition award given to outstanding SMFA students who are accepted to this highly competitive, intensive nine-week summer residency program. This year there were 2,297 applicants to the Skowhegan program, and Restrepo is one of only 65 emerging visual artists selected to attend. The program, established in 1946, seeks each year to bring together a diverse group of individuals demonstrating a commitment to art-making and inquiry for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction and growth.

2013 Rose Hill Performance Art Award Winners

Thursday, April 11, 2013
In recognition of their outstanding bodies of work, Daniel Embree (MFA '13) and Jessica Borusky (MFA '13)  received the 2013 Rose Hill Performance Art Award. Their work will be exhibited in this year's "Graduating Students and Award Recipients Exhibition" on view April 16–May 18, 2013.

2013 Will and Elena Barnet Painting Award

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
In recognition of his excellent work, the 2013 Will and Elena Barnet Painting Award was awarded to Ryan Hawk, a BFA student, for his performance Balance. His work will be included in this year's "Graduating Students and Award Recipients Exhibition" on view April 16–May 18, 2013. An excerpted video of his whole performance is available online. 

2013 Dana Pond Competition Winners

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
In recognition of their outstanding work, the 2013 Dana Pond Awards in Painting honored Andrea Barone, a Post-Baccalaureate student, for Let It Shine; Cody Justus, an MFA student, for Sign; and Jason Wallace, an MFA student, for Happiness. Honorable mentions went to Miro Hoffman, a BFA student, for I – 10; Neerja Kothari, an MFA student, for Bound; and Juan Travieso, an MFA student, for Friend Request the Dropout. Their work will be exhibited in this year's "Graduating Students and Award Recipients Exhibition" on view April 16–May 18, 2013.

2013 Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography Recipients

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
In recognition of their excellent work, the 2013 Yousuf Karsh Prize was awarded to Carol Gander (first prize); Chelsea Coon (second prize) and Allison Cekala (third prize). Their work will be exhibited in this year's Graduating Students and Award Recipients Exhibition; additionally, a reception for the artists will be held the evening of April 18.

SMFA Announces 2013–14 Springborn Fellows

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SMFA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013–14 Springborn Fellowships: Madeleine Kobold and Simon Remiszewski. Dr. Robert and Carolyn Springborn (BFA '76) generously established this scholarship program to annually support undergraduate students who have proven themselves to be excellent and highly motivated artists. This year's jury of arts profesionals, which unanimously selected Kobold and Remiszewski, included: Lorie Hamermesh, artist; Karen Haas, The Lane Collection Curator of Photographs, Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Emily Zilber, Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

"Students Curate Students: Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts" March 9–August 18, 2013

Saturday, March 9, 2013
Each year SMFA students have the unique opportunity to exhibit at the Museum through the Students Curate Students program. Selected from a range of curatorial proposals, this year's exhibition features five students whose work explores the threats to meaningful human connections in today's social media-focused world.

SMFA Artists in MFA's "New Blue and White" Exhibition

Thursday, February 21, 2013
Alumna Molly Hatch (BFA '00) and faculty member Mark Cooper (MFA '80) have work included in the new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, "New Blue and White." The exhibition showcases inventive works in blue and white by 40 international artists and designers; nearly 70 objects in contemporary sculpture, ceramics, fashion, glass, furniture and more offer a new twist on age-old imagery.