SMFA Highlights

Our SMFA community includes faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are accomplished working artists, scholars, researchers, and activists. Below is a running listing of some of their many recent exhibitions, awards, publications, and other notable accomplishments.

Serena Feingold, BFA '18, has been hired as a Curatorial Assistant at the Jewish Museum where Tufts alum Liz Munsell serves as the Barnett & Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art.

Professor of the Practice Riccardo Giacconi has been selected as the 2024-25 recipient of the Harvard Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship.

Liz Shepherd, MFA ’06, presents Look Don’t Look at Boston Sculptors Gallery. The show is currently on view with an opening reception on September 14 from 5-8 pm.

JooLee Kang, MFA '11, has a solo exhibition titled Shiny Shelters at Gallery NAGA in Boston, on view now through September 28. A reception will be held on September 5, from 5 to 7 pm.

Heather Cox, MFA '98, has artwork featured in Art Lives Here: Collecting, an art fair at Westbeth Gallery, New York. The exhibition showcases the work of 52 contemporary artists from the U.S., London, Berlin, and Buenos Aires. The fair is open now through September 15, curated with a focus on the journey of collecting contemporary art and building a collection over time.

Associate Director of Graduate Programs Kenson Truong will present his upcoming exhibition, Usurper, at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, on view from August 29 through September 29. Notable events include a First Friday reception on September 6 from 5-8:30 pm and a Closing Reception on September 28 from 5-8 pm, with an artist talk beginning at 6 pm. For more details on Truong's work, please refer to the Sampan article available here.

Professor of the Practice Ethan Murrow will present his upcoming solo exhibition, Twig, at Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York. The show opens on September 5, with a reception from 6-8 pm.

Professor of the Practice Chantal Zakari was interviewed by B&H Photo & Video podcast about her new book. Listen to the episode titled "Pictures from the Inside: Seeing Fascination Everywhere with Chantal Zakari & Nigel Poor" here.

The SMFA Faculty Research and Travel Fellowship awardees are Professors of the Practice Tanya Crane, Riccardo Giacconi, Ihnmi Jon, Claudia Mattos Avolese, Lauren O’Connor Korb, Jenn Schmidt, and Mary Ellen Strom. Awardees will present their work to the SMFA community upon completion.

Professor of the Practice Neda Moridpour was recently awarded the MUSE Grant for Archiving Political Resistance - Woman Life Freedom (WLF) Online Museum.

Professor of the Practice Kendall Reiss was recently awarded $2000 FRAC Grant-in-Aid to attend KORU8 in Finland.

Professor of the Practice Ethan Murrow has a solo show opening at Winston Wachter NYC on September 5 from 6-8 pm. Ethan has been commissioned for a new mural for the Broad Institute Clinical Labs, which will be the feature of their new HQ in Burlington, MA. Working with two assistants who are SMFA alums, Nicolas Papa and Lei Zong, this mural will be completed by the end of August 2024. Ethan is also participating in two art fairs over the summer with Winston Wächter Fine Art (New York / Seattle). The fairs are Seattle Art Fair and the Intersect Aspen.