SMFA Highlights
Professor of the Practice Laurel Nakadate will deliver an artist talk at George Mason University on February 24 in advance of the opening of MOTHER, a group show she co-curated at the university's gallery, alongside a solo show of her photo series, The Kingdom.
Lecturer Pamela Bower-Basso has three mixed media pieces included in the Empowerment vs. Exploitation exhibition at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA through March 26.
Lecturer Tina Wasserman has recently published an essay entitled "Still Lives: Tableaux Vivants, Moving Images and the Digital Uncanny" in the journal Quarterly Review of Film and Video. E-print copies are available here.
Lecturer Vin Caponigro is a recipient of IPCNY's Artists in Residence grant. During their remote residency, Caponigro will create a new body of work based around the non-consensual extraction of natural materials in Northeastern Pennsylvania and their return to the earth.
Ellen Gallagher, MFA '92, will be featured in the 2022 Whitney Biennial from April 6 through September 5.
Lecturer Kata Hull has work in the Arts Connect at Catamount Arts Juried Show on view at the Rankin-Fried Galleries through April 10 at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Visit catamountarts.org for more information or view a virtual tour of the show.
Professor of the Practice Mags Harries and Lecturer Thyra Heder are featured in the Offshoot Collaborations and Exquisite Corpse Invitational at the Gallery Kayafas in Boston through March 5. A reception will be held on March 4.
Professor of the Practice Jane Gillooly's film, Where the Pavement Ends, is being broadcast on February 8 at 8 pm on America Reframed, World Channel and is streaming now here. Where The Pavement Ends transports viewers to the Missouri towns of Kinloch and Ferguson, examining the shared histories and deep racial divides affecting both. The film looks at the lasting wounds of segregation and reminds viewers of the countless American neighborhoods, separated by mere blocks, whose residents live worlds apart.
Professor of the Practice Tanya Crane has been awarded a one-month Artist Residency at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine. This year's cohort represents the commitment to supporting the artistic practices of Black women from across the African Diaspora, celebrating their voices and vision as integral to the Global Art Canon.
Professor of Art History at Texas State University Dr. Erina Duganne has co-curated an exhibition for the Tufts University Arts Galleries with TUAG Curator & Head of Public Engagement Abigail Satinsky. Entitled Art for Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities, the exhibit is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue and runs through April 24. Dr. Duganne has also been named a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
Lecturer Maya Erdelyi-Perez is showing her film Pareidolia as part of the Reviewing The Past exhibit at the Schlosberg Gallery at the Montserrat College of Art through March 19.
Former SMFA faculty member Abigail Child's film Origin of the Species is showing as part of the Boston Sci Fi Festival on Friday, February 18 at 5 pm at the Somerville Theater. Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies faculty member Jennifer Burton produced the film and Professor of Computer Science Matthias Scheutz is also featured in the film. View the trailer here. The film is available virtually through the Boston Sci Fi Festival.