Tufts University Art Galleries
The Tufts University Art Galleries are where exhibitions, lectures, performances, and artist residencies converge to animate the intellectual life of the greater Tufts community and beyond.
Tufts University Art Galleries manage and curate the exhibition spaces in the Shirley and Alex Aidekman Arts Center on the Tufts Medford Campus, the galleries and public programs at the SMFA Boston campus, and University’s Permanent and Public Art Collection throughout Tufts’ four campuses.
They present up to four major exhibitions per semester centered on contemporary topics and work closely with faculty and students to develop curricular exhibitions for public spaces. Each spring, in conjunction with Commencement, the galleries in Medford and Boston showcase the thesis work of graduate and undergraduate SMFA students.
In addition to exhibitions, the Art Galleries produce public programs with leading contemporary artists and scholars. Guests present public artist talks, as well as give performances and workshops and participate in symposia in dialogue with the SMFA and Tufts community. Recent visitors have included artists Sanford Biggers, Carolina Caycedo, Harry Dodge, Sky Hopinka, Arthur Jafa, Fred Moten, Sondra Perry, Claudia Rankine, Aki Sasamoto, Amy Sillman, Cecilia Vicuña, Faith Wilding, Carmen Winant, and many others.