SMFA Highlights
Lecturer Milcah Bassel is participating in the group show Going To The Meadow at ArtYard in Frenchtown, New Jersey through December 26.
Lecturer Emily Gephart's essay Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective appears in a newly released anthology of contributions to the expanding field of ecocritical studies, published by Princeton University Press.
Lecturer Eva Lundsager's painting As Beginning, made in the year 2000, was recently acquired by the permanent collection of the Dallas Art Museum.
Professor of the Practice Kendall Reiss is one of two artists from the U.S. included in the Tincal Lab Challenge 2021: Jewelry & Nature. The exhibition runs through December 31 at Tincal Lab, a contemporary jewelry gallery located in Porto, Portugal. It includes the work of 79 jewelers from 29 countries. Works created specifically for the exhibition address nature as a central theme.
Minnie Xie, CD '24, is featured in a University of the Arts London (UAL) article describing her experience studying at UAL through the Tufts University study abroad exchange program.
A new profile describes the life and work of Professor of the Practice Guadalupe Maravilla who is the second artist to receive the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award, presented biannually and intended to mark a significant milestone in an artist's career. Read more here.
Interim Associate Director of Graduate Programs Kenson Truong, MFA '18, has a solo exhibition Bespoke on view at the Boston Sculptors Gallery through January 23. The First Friday Reception is scheduled for January 7.
Lecturer Ria Brodell's painting Myrtle aka Frankie, born c. 1905 United States, from their Butch Heroes series, was acquired by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, CA.
Professor of the Practice Ng’endo Mukii’s new film Kesho Pia Ni Siku was announced as the winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Kalasha Awards 2021 as part of the Kalasha International Film & TV Festival & Market in association with the Kenya Film Commission. Photos from the event are available here.
Professor of the Practice Ethan Murrow is showing new works at Untitled Art Fair Miami with Winston Wachter (NYC/Seattle) through December 5. Learn more here.
Professor of the Practice David Antonio Cruz participated in a conversation entitled "Radical Figuration in the Spirit of Alice Neel and Robert Henri" organized by The Met Museum on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First, which features a comparative painting by Robert Henri (1865–1929).
Professors of the Practice Tanya Crane and Triton Mobley will exhibit their work in the group show Splitting the Rent from December 3 through December 11 at the Jay Taylor Gallery in Providence, RI. The opening reception will be held on December 3 from 6-9 pm.