| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Art Flicks at Concord ArtPresented by Concord Art Association at Concord Art Association January 18-May 16, 2012 THE ART OF THE STEAL
This gripping documentary chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm, free and open to the public.
Upcoming films:
WHAT REMAINS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF SALLY MANN
Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's photogrpahy, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent... | Concord Art Association | 01/18/12-
05/16/12 | Concord |
Photograph Exhibition - Fado Vadio, Movie Exhibition - FadosPresented by Boston Portuguese Festival May 16, 2012 Photo exhibition of a typical type of Fado, the Fado Vadio, sung in the old bohemian Lisbon, Portugal.
Fado, a portuguese music style, was recently designated World Intangible Heritage Patrimonium by UNESCO. | Boston Portuguese Festival | 05/16/12 | Boston |
An Evening with Robert Downey Sr.Presented by The Brattle Theatre at The Brattle Theatre May 16, 2012 In conjunction with the release of the Criterion Collection’s new box set, Up All Night With Robert Downey Sr., the Brattle is pleased to welcome this legendary subversive filmmaker to our stage for an evening of film and conversation. Beginning with a screening of NO MORE EXCUSES, Downey’s look at Manhattan’s singles scene of the late sixties, and ending with an onstage conversation with Downey himself in person, this is sure to be a fascinating and revealing evening with... | The Brattle Theatre | 05/16/12 | Cambridge |
The Early Films of Robert Downey Sr.Presented by The Brattle Theatre at The Brattle Theatre May 16-May 17, 2012 Wed 5/16: BABO 73 and CHAFED ELBOWS (9:30). Thu 5/17: BABO 73 and CHAFED ELBOWS (5:00); PUTNEY SWOPE (7:30); NO MORE EXCUSES and TWO TONS OF TURQUOISE TO TAOS TONIGHT (9:30) • Rarely do landmark works of cinema seem so… wrong. Robert Downey Sr. emerged as one of the most irreverent filmmakers of the New York underground of the sixties, taking no prisoners in his rough-and-tumble treatises on politics, race, and consumer culture. In his midnight-movie mainstay PUTNEY SWOPE, an... | The Brattle Theatre | 05/16/12-
05/17/12 | Cambridge |
Highfield Hall: Senioritis/Senior Artists ReceptionPresented by Highfield Hall at Highfield Hall May 17, 2012 The senior artists welcome everyone to view the final exhibition of their high school careers. The students will provide soft drinks and snacks. Admission is free and all are welcome to this very special Falmouth event. | Highfield Hall | 05/17/12 | Falmouth |
Woody Sez Live Outdoor SimulcastPresented by Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard May 17, 2012 On May 17th, the American Repertory Theater’s production of Woody Sez will be simulcast live on the Plaza, just outside the Science Center. Sponsored by the A.R.T and the Common Spaces program, this will be the first live outdoor simulcast of a theatre production outside of New York. Woody Sez is a performance that incorporates Woody Guthrie’s words and songs, performed by four singers and instrumentalists, and transports the audience through Guthrie’s fascinating life.... | Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard | 05/17/12 | Cambridge |
Oceanic VersesPresented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA May 18, 2012 Composed by Paola Prestini, this multimedia opera follows four separate arcs musically painting a picture of Italy as it once was, a cross section of cultures expressed through song. A Sailor (Claudio Prima) gets lost at sea A Scholar (Helga Davis) investigating immigration loses her suitcase A Mother goes hungry and finds her voice A Soldier (Chris Burchett) crawls through a war zone and finds his love. The story is derived from lost languages, texts of ancient songs, and found poems,... | MASS MoCA | 05/18/12 | North Adams |
Sarah Zell Young: Occupy SanhedrinPresented by Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center March 29-May 18, 2012 The fourth annual Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) Artist-in-Residence, Sarah Zell Young, works in photograph, sculpture, installation and film to explore issues of justice, Judaism and the body.
Her exhibition for the HBI/WSRC, Occupy Sanhedrin, will examine roles - both religious and secular - for Jewish women from the period of the Second Temple to the present and will explore how bodies can become hazarded in the pursuit of justice. The exhibition will feature a... | Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center | 03/29/12-
05/18/12 | Waltham |
Our World Foreign Film SeriesPresented by Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council May 4-May 18, 2012 The 4th annual Our World Foreign Film Series offers distinguished films from foreign directors. All are shown in their original language with English subtitles. This year's lineup:
May 4; Local Hero, Scottish film directed by Bill Forsyth
May 11; Bliss, Turkish film directed by Abdullah Oguz
May 18; The Wedding Banquet, Chinese film directed by Ang Lee | Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council | 05/04/12-
05/18/12 | Acton |
Trás-os-MontesPresented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 18, 2012 Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. With Ilda Almeida, Rosalía Comba, Luis Ferreira
Portugal 1976, 35mm, color, 111 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
“For me, this film reveals a new cinematographic language.”
– Jean Rouch
Reis and Cordeiro’s undisputable masterpieceexploded the meaning and possibilities of ethnographic cinema with its lyrical exploration of the still resonant myths and legends embodied... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/18/12 | Cambridge |
Rite of SpringPresented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 18, 2012 Directed byManoel de Oliveira. With Nicolau Nunes Da Silva, Ermelinda Pires, Maria Madalena
Portugal 1962, 35mm, color, 94 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
While location shooting for another film, Oliveira stumbled upon the subject for Rite of Spring, the annual passion play enacted in a village in the same remote northern region of Portugal that would inspire Reis’ most important work. Intrigued by the ritualistic and incantatory qualities of the vernacular... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/18/12 | Cambridge |
Artists’ Plein Air Day at Cogswell's GrantPresented by Historic New England May 19, 2012 Artists and painters are invited to Cogswell's Grant for a day of plein air painting. Join fellow artists from all over the North Shore to paint beautiful vistas including the Essex River and the Great Marsh, farm fields and landscapes, and our eighteenth-century historic house and barns. Free beverages and snacks will be available during the day. Artists can tour the museum, which features one of the country's most celebrated collections of American folk art. | Historic New England | 05/19/12 | Essex |
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine remastered and re-released!Presented by Regent Theatre, Arlington at Regent Theatre May 10-May 19, 2012 The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored in 4K digital resolution - all done by hand, frame by frame. Come experience this groundbreaking animated adventure filled with peace, love, hope, and music - including “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “When I’m 64”, “Eleanor Rigby”, and of course “Yellow Submarine”! | Regent Theatre, Arlington | 05/10/12-
05/19/12 | Arlington |
Neighboring SoundsPresented by ArtsEmerson May 18-May 19, 2012 This gripping debut sets a security firm in a middle-class neighborhood, its presence a catalyst for the “unease of a society that remains unreconciled to its troubled past and present inequities” (FSLC). Winner, FIPRESCI Award, Rotterdam Film Festival. | ArtsEmerson | 05/18/12-
05/19/12 | Boston |
OsloPresented by ArtsEmerson May 18-May 19, 2012 Joachim Trier second feature, a compelling study of a young man’s existential crisis, premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and was selected for the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art’s 2012 New Directors/New Films festival. | ArtsEmerson | 05/18/12-
05/19/12 | Boston |
alter-ego ii—a photographic exploration of all things not digitalPresented by The Nave Gallery at The Nave Gallery April 28-May 19, 2012 Photography has almost as many celebrated artists as it does technical processes. It is an art that has become ubiquitous with digital media and cell phone technology; having over a billion images created around the world on a daily basis. However, imagery has also seen resurgence and inventiveness in many analogue techniques. This exhibition has invited 18 artists who are still using toy cameras, lens-less photographs and alternative processes to create imagery in our increasingly... | The Nave Gallery | 04/28/12-
05/19/12 | Somerville |
4 x 4: Artists For EducationPresented by The Brush Art Gallery & Studios at Brush Art Gallery May 19, 2012 Over 100 little 4" x 4" inch pieces of original art will be sold to benefit our art scholarship program. Scholarships go to a Lowell resident who attends any high school anywhere and who has been accepted at an accredited college, university or art school.
One $20.00 ticket entitles you to choose one piece of original artwork. Tickets sold at the door. We will not sell more tickets than we have artwork, so you are guaranteed a piece of art. You are encouraged to... | The Brush Art Gallery & Studios | 05/19/12 | Lowell |
Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition 2012Presented by Endicott College May 1-May 19, 2012 The Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition includes undergraduate and graduate presentations which fill the Center for the Arts hallways and the Carol Grillo Art Gallery with the work by graduating seniors of the School of Visual and Performing Arts. Visual thesis projects by students studying Creative Arts Therapy, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, and Studio Art, and M.F.A. Interior Design are represented in this exhibit. Throughout the two-semester Senior Thesis students spend their... | Endicott College | 05/01/12-
05/19/12 | Beverly |
AnaPresented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 19, 2012 Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. With Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Manuel Ramalho Eanes, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras
Portugal 1985, 35mm, color, 114 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
More than a decade after their first feature, Reis and Cordeiro returned once more to the Trás-os-Montes region, using the breathtaking landscape as the evocative setting for an intergenerational portrait of family as a variation of the poetically non-linear time... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/19/12 | Cambridge |
Change of Life (Mudar de Vida)Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 19, 2012 Directed by Paulo Rocha. With Geraldo del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso
Portugal 1966, 35mm, b/w, 90 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
The second and arguably most important film by Paulo Rocha (b. 1935), one of the central figures of the Novo Cinema, Change of Live is a direct response to Oliveira’s Rite of Spring (and, indirectly, to Varda’s Pointe Courte) and an important precursor to the radical documentary-shaped fiction of Trás-os-Montes and, much... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/19/12 | Cambridge |
Natalia Zukerman & Adrianne Gonzalez: Art.Is.Song TourPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim May 19, 2012 Art.is.Song blurs the boundaries and intersections of visual art and music. Join us at Club Passsim on Saturday, 5/19 for live music and a visual art exhibition.
Songwriters and artists Adrianne Gonzalez and Natalia Zukerman met four years ago at a music festival and had an immediate musical connection. Relying on imagery to convey emotions, both artists' songwriting... | Club Passim | 05/19/12 | Cambridge |
Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) February 17-May 20, 2012 Color is a daily experience, from the colors we wear, the subway lines we ride, the food we eat, and the flags we fly. We use colors to describe our emotions: we are green with envy, turn crimson with shame, and on a sad day, we feel blue. Color produces a nonverbal form of communication as we clothe ourselves in colors that convey our mood, our profession, our cultural status, and our team affiliations. These gestures both form the basis of and help us to express our emotional... | Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) | 02/17/12-
05/20/12 | Boston |
Opening Reception for Senior Project ExhibitionPresented by Boston College at Devlin Hall May 20, 2012 A celebration of the creative work from graduating seniors who are Studio Art majors and minors at Boston College. The exhibition will be open from Tuesday, May 15th through Monday, May 21st on the 4th floor of Devlin Hall. | Boston College | 05/20/12 | Chestnut Hill |
Prints by Janet FishPresented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art February 10-May 20, 2012 This special installation features prints from the SCMA collection by Smith College artist-alumnae Janet Fish (b. 1938). The prints in this exhibition span thirty years of Fish’s career and include a rare view of her lithographic and screenprinting process through several working proofs for Winsom’s Shells (1985), created at the Smith College Print Workshop. These proofs display the evolution of the print as a work-in-progress and are on view for the first time since they were... | Smith College Museum of Art | 02/10/12-
05/20/12 | Northampton |
4th Annual Town-Wide Open Studios Arts and CraftsPresented by Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at Lexington Arts and Crafts Society May 19-May 20, 2012 We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Town-wide Lexington Open Studios, Art and Fine Crafts. Artists who live, work or are affiliated with the art community in Lexington will participate on May 19 & 20, 2012, from 11am-5pm. This year promises to be the best yet as 78 artists and art organizations will display, discuss, demonstrate and sell their creations in Home Studios, Community Space at 2027 Massachusetts Avenue, The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at 130 Waltham Street and... | Lexington Arts and Crafts Society | 05/19/12-
05/20/12 | Lexington |
Nancy Selvage and Sarah Hutt ExhibitionPresented by Boston Sculptors Gallery at Boston Sculptors Gallery April 18-May 20, 2012 Working in response to the function and significance of providing light, Nancy Selvage presents luminous sculptures and sculptural lamps fabricated with perforated aluminum and light. The interpretation of dreams has fascinated people for thousands of years. Brief fragments of dreams can offer powerful clues about who we are, where we are, and what brought us here. The new exhibition "In Your Dreams" by Sarah Hutt expands on her earlier dream work, exploring the link between dreams... | Boston Sculptors Gallery | 04/18/12-
05/20/12 | Boston |
Shoebox Tour: A Juggling ShowPresented by MIT Student Juggling Club at MIT's Wong Auditorium May 20, 2012 Two of the world’s best jugglers stop in Cambridge on their American tour!
Shoebox Tour, a modern juggling show that has played in Canada, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Japan, and Iceland, returns to America this spring with a new cast. International Jugglers’ Association Gold Medal winners Wes Peden and Jay Gilligan created and perform this year's show. Erik Nilsson, a graduate from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, provides a live original soundtrack on... | MIT Student Juggling Club | 05/20/12 | Cambridge |
Bold Colors, Bright Sounds! A Musical Celebration of the Art of Roger KizikPresented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery May 20, 2012 A Musical Celebration of the Art of Roger Kizik by musicians of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra.
Featuring flutist Vanessa Holroyd and harpist Barbara Poeschl-Edrich | Dedee Shattuck Gallery | 05/20/12 | Westport |
WorldFest WoburnPresented by Social Capital Inc May 20, 2012 Come join us at WorldFest Woburn! - a multicultural festival celebrating diversity. This year's festival will take place on the lawn of the Woburn Public Library. There will be food, activities, music, arts and crafts, traditional dress, and performances from many different countries. Fun for all ages! Sponsored by Social Capital Inc and the YMCA International Learning Center. | Social Capital Inc | 05/20/12 | Woburn |
Ladies Who Cycle About featuring BMX BANDITSPresented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 20, 2012 Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. With David Argue, John Ley,
Nicole Kidman
Australia 1983, digital video, color, 88 min.
A young, pouffy-haired Nicole Kidman stars as one of three young BMX-ers who get into trouble when they discover a cache of stolen police radios. As any red-blooded Australian kid would do, they try to turn a profit on the loot. Naturally, hijinx, high comedy, and BMX tricks ensue when the kids are pursued by the bad guys. This early 80s Ozploitation... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/20/12 | Cambridge |
Jaime & The Sand RosePresented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 20, 2012 Jaime
While working at Lisbon’s famed Miguel Bombarda sanatorium, psychologist Margarida Cordeiro discovered a series of arresting drawings by the subject of her first film with Reis, a recently deceased former patient and paranoid schizophrenic named Jaime Fernandes. Keeping a deeply respectful yet never tentative distance from the asylum world as a realm of unfathomable mystery, Reis and Cordeiro linger over Fernandes’ remarkably expressive drawings, assembling a... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/20/12 | Cambridge |
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society Open StudiosPresented by Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at Lexington Arts and Crafts Society May 19-May 20, 2012 We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Town-wide Lexington Open Studios, Art and Fine Crafts. Artists who live, work or are affiliated with the art community in Lexington will participate on May 19 & 20, 2012, from 11am-5pm. This year promises to be the best yet as 78 artists and art organizations will display, discuss, demonstrate and sell their creations in Home Studios, Community Space at 2027 Massachusetts Avenue, The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at 130 Waltham Street and... | Lexington Arts and Crafts Society | 05/19/12-
05/20/12 | Lexington |
2012 East Boston Open StudiosPresented by HarborArts May 19-May 20, 2012 Please join the artists of East Boston for the 2012 East Boston Open Studios event on May 19th and 20th, happening at the following locations:
HarborArts, Inc.
256 Marginal St.
Artists Studios
80 Border St.
ZUMIX
260 Sumner St.
(Saturday Only)
Works By: Elsa Campbell, Nick Costopoulos, Darlene DeVita, JD Eliot, Dennis Fox, June Krinsky-Rudder, Maureen O’Connor, Matt Pollock, Traverse Robinette, Ashley... | HarborArts | 05/19/12-
05/20/12 | East Boston |
Newton Open Studios 2012!Presented by Newton Open Studios at Newton Cultural Center May 19-May 20, 2012 180 emerging and established artists, at 53 locations across Newton, invite you to browse and explore, and buy art, jewelry, and beautifully crafted objects directly from local artists. Many handicap access locations, and free parking at all sites. Red Balloons mark the locations.
A full-featured website and printed guide make it easy to chose locations to visit. Pick up a Map & Guide at the Newton Free Library or Download one from the website. NewtonOpenStudios.org.... | Newton Open Studios | 05/19/12-
05/20/12 | Newton |
March 19- May 21: "Snow on the Brain: Living with Multiple Sclerosis"Presented by VSA Arts of Massachusetts March 26-May 21, 2012 VSA Massachusetts presents a unique exhibition of original acrylic paintings by Newton based artist Marguerite McDonald. The paintings chronicle the artist’s experience of living with Multiple Sclerosis. A collection of poems by poet Marylou DiPietro compliments and interprets the paintings.
Soon after being diagnosed with MS thirteen years ago, artist Marguerite McDonald began keeping a "visual journal" to interpret the impact of the disease on all aspects of... | VSA Arts of Massachusetts | 03/26/12-
05/21/12 | Boston |
Bringing Up BabyPresented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre May 21, 2012 "The screwiest of screwball comedies." - Andrew Sarris
Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn exude all the charm and wit of Hollywood's Golden Age in director Howard Hawk's timeless screwball comedy. Grant plays Dr. David Huxley, a mild-mannered paleontologist who finds his orderly world turned upside down by Hepburn's delightfully madcap heiress. | Coolidge Corner Theatre | 05/21/12 | Brookline |
Que Viva Mexico!Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 21, 2012 Directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov. With Félix Balderas, Sara García, Martín Hernández
US/USSR/Mexico 1931-32, 35mm, b/w, 88 min. Russian with English subtitles
In Los Angeles in 1930, after his attempts to make a film in Hollywood had come to naught, Eisenstein found in author Sinclair Lewis a patron for a proposed project in Mexico. The film was meant to present a historical pageant of Mexico in several episodes, from the... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/21/12 | Cambridge |
East Boston Open StudiosPresented by East Boston Artists Group May 21-May 22, 2012 Come explore East Boston—don't miss our great restaurants, unique art scene,
beautiful parks, and the best harbor views in the city.
Dozens of Open Studios around these East Boston locations!
Atlantic Works Building: 80 Border Street
100 Condor Street
175 McClellan Highway
Harbor Arts: 256 Marginal Street - Boston Harbor Shipyard
| East Boston Artists Group | 05/21/12-
05/22/12 | |
Watercolors in Nature: Spring Series 1 Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary April 24-May 22, 2012 Let nature inspire you! Explore the use of lines, colors and textures and more. Bring your own painting wish list. As warmer weather approaches we will begin to explore the outdoor world as weather allows. Small class size for individual attention. All levels welcome! Relax, enjoy and create! Pre-registration required. | Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary | 04/24/12-
05/22/12 | Natick |
Teen Sketch CrawlPresented by swampscott public library May 22, 2012 Teen Art Class at Swampscott Public Library TUESDAY MAY 22nd 6:00pm TEEN SKETCH CRAWL for 5th-12th graders Join the latest craze in drawing and go on a sketch crawl inside and outside the library. A sketch crawl is when a group of people travel around together sketching buildings, objects and people. We will warm up for drawing by doing some exercises. Then we’ll wander around the library and even go outside and draw. Everyone will get a free sketchbook and Italian pencil, and... | swampscott public library | 05/22/12 | Swampscott |
Art in the Garden CemeteryPresented by Mount Auburn Cemetery at Mount Auburn Cemetery May 23, 2012 Join Mount Auburn’s Curator of Historical Collections, Meg L. Winslow, for a walking tour of funerary sculpture set within the horticultural beauty of Mount Auburn’s landscaped setting. We will look at works of fine art by the first generation of American sculptors as well as several examples of vernacular art by unknown carvers.
| Mount Auburn Cemetery | 05/23/12 | Cambridge |
Highfield Hall: Senioritis, Senior Artists: Artwork from the Falmouth High School Senior ClassPresented by Highfield Hall at Highfield Hall May 2-May 23, 2012 An energetic display of art works completed by Falmouth High School seniors during this academic year. Pieces include self-portraits, watercolors, prints, graphic design, sculpture and other media … a remarkable display of young talent and creativity, and an annual tradition at Highfield Hall! Highfield Hall is fully handicap accessible. | Highfield Hall | 05/02/12-
05/23/12 | Falmouth |
Masterpiece Lecture Series: Robert D. Mowry, Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard Art MuseumsPresented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum May 24, 2012 Isabella Gardner’s collection was surprisingly diverse and largely influenced by her travels across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. These precious objects were painstakingly installed – and often in ways that might surprise 21st century visitors to the museum – with masterworks tucked into intimate nooks waiting to be discovered. Such is the surprising encounter we might have today with the magnificent Chinese Buddhist stele placed in the narrow Chinese Loggia, a poetic... | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | 05/24/12 | Boston |
Harvard Thesis Exhibition 2012: AttachedPresented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts April 27-May 24, 2012 Exhibition of thesis projects by seven graduating seniors in Harvard's art department, including painting, drawing, installation, and video. Artists: Rebecca Levitan, Juliet Macchi, Ingrid Pierre, Scott Roben, Chappell Sargent, Sara Stern and Dan Yavuzkurt. | Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts | 04/27/12-
05/24/12 | Cambridge |
CRLS 36th Annual Photography ExhibitPresented by Cambridge Rindge and Latin School May 4-May 24, 2012 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Visual and Performing Arts Department & Gallery at the Piano Factory present 36th Annual Student Photography Exhibit May 4 - 24 Gallery at The Piano Factory 791 Tremont St. Boston RECEPTION: Thursday, May 10th 5-7:30 PM | Cambridge Rindge and Latin School | 05/04/12-
05/24/12 | Boston |
Infinity: Works from the 2012 Senior Concentration SeminarPresented by Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross April 26-May 25, 2012 Each spring semester the Cantor Art Gallery mounts an exhibition of work by graduating seniors enrolled in the “Senior Concentration Seminar” offered by the visual arts department and studio art faculty. Infinity senior student artists include Jennifer Bautista, Taylor Blackwell, Kate Cassidy, Marcy Kenney, Kelsey Long, Craig Martin, Rachel McMahon, and Moniqua Williams. The two-semester course is designed to provide students with the unique opportunity to work for extended... | Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross | 04/26/12-
05/25/12 | Worcester |
This Side of Resurrection Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 25, 2012 Directed by Joaquim Sapinho. With Pedro Sousa, Joana Barata, Sofia Grillo
Portugal 2011, digital video, color, 116 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
A meditative study of loneliness and longing, the latest film by Joaquim Sapinho (b. 1964) tells the story of a brother and sister coming to terms with the dissolution of their family. A former champion surfer who spends his days in pursuit of the most dangerous waves, the young man is torn between the Estoril beaches and the... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/25/12 | Cambridge |
Blood (O Sangue)Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive May 25, 2012 Directed by Pedro Costa. With Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira,
Inês de Medeiros
Portugal 1989, 35mm, b/w, 95 min. Portuguese with English subtitles
A lushly stylized romantic fable, Costa's auspicious debut demonstrates his love and knowledge of classical Hollywood and European art cinema. With poignant echoes of Nicholas Ray, Robert Bresson and F.W. Murnau, Costa explores the plight of two brothers and a young kindergarten teacher being pursued by some unseemly... | Harvard Film Archive | 05/25/12 | Cambridge |
Maps: Pathways to RussiaPresented by Museum of Russian Icons February 28-May 26, 2012 As an icon offers the devout worshipper tangible evidence of the intangible heavenly world, an early map confirms the reality of a far-away land that lies outside the observer's sensory experience. In this unique exhibition Maps: Pathways to Russia, we trace the West’s discovery of Russia through a carefully selected sequence of original maps and atlases, printed in Europe during the 15th – 18th centuries.
This special selection of 32 maps and artifacts, never before... | Museum of Russian Icons | 02/28/12-
05/26/12 | Clinton |
"ABSTRACT"Presented by Gallery Seven at Gallery Seven April 17-May 26, 2012 Gallery Seven presents “Abstract” paintings by Arlene Chaplin, Becky Kisabeth Gibbs, Linda Grom, Wilson L. Hunt, Jr. and Heather McClurg. In this exhibition 5 artists display five unique abstract visions using a variety of techniques and inspirations.
ARTISTS' RECEPTION: Saturday, April 28th from 7-9 p.m.
Free & Open to the public.
Image Caption: "Jazz Alley" by Heather McClurg | Gallery Seven | 04/17/12-
05/26/12 | Maynard |
