5 Things To Do This Week – 02/02/22

5 Things To Do This Week – 02/02/22

Newton Cultural Alliance | Highlights Arts & Culture | Things To Do |

*NCA Individual Creative Member and photographer Howard E. Fineman, along with many other Newton artists, exhibits work at the UNQUIET exhibition. This Newton Open Studios exhibit at Galatea Fine Arts runs through February 27 with an opening reception on Friday, February 4 at 6:00 p.m. For more UNQUIET information and a loud sneak peek of the work visit the gallery website here.

*Join Newton Art Association for a virtual opening reception of Human Being/Being Human: Experience. Reflection. Engagement on Friday, February 4, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Just installed this week at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston, Human Being / Being Human is in collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry. The NAA’s first open juried show includes 33 artists—including 18 NAA members—and 45 artworks.  Experience, reflect, and engage here for more information.

*The Scandinavian Cultural Center hosts a concert by Stenmark and Råberg on Saturday, February 5 at 1:00 p.m. This concert invites you to listen to an intimate conversation where Bruno’s Bass pairs with Oskar’s Horn. The duo uses the small orchestration to create a large canvas where improvisation has an important role, the program consists of compositions by some of Sweden’s greatest jazz artists. Witness the intimate conversation of bass and brass here.

*Celebrate the Lunar New Year at the New Art Center on Sunday, February 6 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. New Art Center and the Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture present a Cultural Community Day filled with family-friendly events in honor of the Year of the Tiger. Drop in to make some art including Chinese red couplets, tiger bookmarks, and tiger mobiles, and stay for traditional Jiujie Whip demonstrations by Claire Fillon and a Wu-Shu demonstration by Zunlong Li. Bring out your tiger and experience this grrreat event with the New Art Center.

*Newton Art Association presents a Demonstration by Yo Ahn Han on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 p.m. His work on paper collages plays on negative and positive space while using diaphanous patterns. Han calls his work a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality that speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (a rare medical condition) and to his bifurcated cultural identity. Don’t suppress your desire to attend this workshop.