The Newton Free Library Presents: How Art Reflects Adversity
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The Newton Free Library Presents: How Art Reflects Adversity
The Newton Free Library Presents: How Art Reflects Adversity
Michael Frank, Curator-in-Chief of the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA), will examine key works from their collection to discern how art reflects adversity. The Museum is the only institution in the world that is dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition, and celebration of bad art in all its forms. This program is supported in part…
Historic Newton presents Exploring ‘Defective Delinquency’ Laws
Historic Newton presents Exploring ‘Defective Delinquency’ Laws
Between 1911 and 1971 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – and dozens of states like it – passed a series of laws that empowered officials to indefinitely imprison people with intellectual disabilities who the state believed were “likely to commit crimes.” These people were designated as “defective delinquents,” and, in Massachusetts, most were sent to the…
New Art Center presents Artist Talk: Marlon Forrester
New Art Center presents Artist Talk: Marlon Forrester
Dates: 4/14 Details: Thursday, 1 Session Times: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM The rise of NFTs has radically changed how we see the future of art. Painting, drawing, and sculpture must find ways to push into a space in which both spectacle and society embrace a new digital currency. Join Marlon Forrester for a conversation…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Betsy Silverman | Collage
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Betsy Silverman | Collage
Working in a collage style that she calls “fragmented realism,” Betsy Silverman trains her eye upon discarded magazines – which she selects, cuts, and glues to a canvas, in order to transform the old images and text into unique, multidimensional portraits, still lifes, cityscapes, and representations of New England – especially the Boston area. A…