Our SMFA community includes faculty and staff members who are accomplished working artists, scholars, researchers, and activists. Below is a listing of exhibitions, awards, publications, and other notable accomplishments.
Jane Gillooly's film Where the Pavement Ends, co-edited with Khary Saeed Jones (from the Tufts Film and Media Studies department and the department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies), has been selected to premiere at MoMA's Doc Fortnight 2019 on February 22, 2019 at 4:30 pm and February 24, 2019 at 7:00 pm. Where the Pavement Ends also screened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:30 pm. The film premiered at the ICA Boston to a packed crowd in October 2018.
Michelle Samour and Jesseca Ferguson had work in the exhibition Pulp + Process, which was on view February 21 through April 21, 2019 at the Society of Arts + Crafts in Boston.
Grey Matter, featuring the work of Heidi Whitman, ran from February 19 through March 15, 2019. An opening reception was held on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6:00 pm at the Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts. Heidi gave an artist talk at the gallery on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6:00 pm.
Bonnie Donohue's book review of Aruna D'Souza's Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in Three Acts was published on February 19, 2019 by Full Stop.
Lizi Brown's ink drawings were on view in Heartbeat at Gorse Mill Gallery in Needham through March 25, 2019. A closing reception was held on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:30 pm, with a Story Slam on the theme "Heartbeat of the Neighborhood" hosted by Cindy Rivka Marshall which began at 6:30 pm.
The Contemporary at the Currier celebration highlighted Ethan Murrow's work, Hauling. The party happened on Friday, February 15, 2019 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm and featured hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.
The 4th Annual Arts Connect at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, VT, juried by Nick Capasso, director of the Fitchburg Art Museum, features Kata Hull's painting Thin Ice #2 from her "Climate Change" series. The show was on view until February 15, 2019.
Ria Brodell discussed their book Butch Heroes, a series of portraits and texts that aim to recover lost queer history by depicting the lives of people from the 15th through the 20th centuries who didn't conform to gender norms, at the luncheons and book talks hosted by the Tufts Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the LGBT Center (February 11 and 13, 2019).
Gerri Rachins held a mixed media painting demonstration at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 12:00pm, and Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 5:30 pm.
Angelina Gualdoni had a solo show of new work at Crystal Flowers NYC, the former salon of Florine Stettheimer. The opening event for Herbal Lore was Friday, February 8, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, and was available for viewing until March 22, 2019.
Carolyn Muskat was awarded the 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award at the Southern Graphics Council International Conference in Dallas. Here and Now: Prints by Carolyn Muskat was on view at the Irving Art Center in Irving, Texas, through March 31, 2019.
John Schulz had a solo show of recent and selected older print work, Floating World, at the Gelb Gallery, Phillips Academy Andover, on view through April 5, 2019.