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SUMMARY:"GATHER"
DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: Shannon Johnson\, With one look you take me back to everything I used to be\, 2025\, from the series “Gathering Rosebuds\,” archival inkjet print and ink on Rives BFK paper\, 29 x 40 inches\, courtesy of the artist.\n\n\n\nHuret & Spector Gallery \n\n\n\nMarch 31 – April 8\, 2026 \n\n\n\nGATHER\, a student-curated exhibition of photographers and lens-based artists exploring meaning\, memory\, connection\, and community at a transformative moment. \n\n\n\nStudent Lightning Talks: Friday\, April 3rd\, Noon \n\n\n\nOpening Reception: Friday\, April 3rd\, 5-7 pm \n\n\n\nPhotography and related media have the power to knit together people\, places\, and things\, both literally and metaphorically. The present moment seems fraught with peril\, and systems appear to be unravelling. Yet\, at the same time\, we have witnessed the power of unity\, of people coming together to empower and support each other.From a thematic\, regional open call\, 14 emerging student-curators selected 14 emerging artists from New England\, ranging from undergraduate to graduate students\, emerging to more established\, and several pieces per person to present a fuller picture. The resulting exhibition GATHER showcases a broad range of media and genres\, including portrait and vernacular photography; printing and sewing on fabric; collaborative and woven imagery; video and 16mm film installation; and kinetic and multi-media sculpture — using analog\, digital\, and historical processes.  \n\n\n\nIn the pieces selected for GATHER\, we were delighted to see new themes emerge including communities and collection\, identity and queerness\, nostalgia and nature — all with an overall meditative and hopeful tone. In addition\, the chosen artists represent a wide geographical range\, gathering together artists from across Great Boston and New England. GATHER aims to weave these various threads together to make a larger whole and make a difference. \n\n\n\nGATHER was curated by upper-level Emerson undergraduate students (listed below) as part of the seminar VM415\, “Curating Contemporary Art\,” taught and led by Leslie K. Brown\, PhD. As a part of the class and the exhibition\, students are responsible for all aspects of the exhibition\, encompassing graphic designs\, loan agreements\, object checklists\, educational didactics\, social media assets\, and press materials. \n\n\n\nThe Artists of GATHER: \n\n\n\n“Alchemy of the Unknowns”:Lisa Tang Liu & James David Tabor (Stoughton\, MA & Phoenix\, AZ) \n\n\n\nalina balseiro (Medford\, MA)  \n\n\n\nDouglas Breault (Bridgewater\, MA) \n\n\n\nHaley Cooper (Abington\, MA)  \n\n\n\nBeth D’Elia (Barnstable\, MA) \n\n\n\nPorter Gifford (Cambridge\, MA)  \n\n\n\nMonica Hamilton (Salem\, MA)  \n\n\n\nJessie James (Medford\, MA) \n\n\n\nShannon Johnson (Boston\, MA) \n\n\n\nLee Kilpatrick (Arlington\, MA) \n\n\n\nLisa Tang Liu (Stoughton\, MA) \n\n\n\nJordan Marshall (Brookline\, MA)  \n\n\n\nMichelle Schapiro (Roxbury\, MA)  \n\n\n\nFrancine Weiss (Newport\, RI) \n\n\n\nEmerging student-curators of GATHER: Abigail Andrews\, Anjali Bakhru\, Dylan Boyd\, Sophie Dodd\, Claire English\, Julia Giammarco\, Lang Han\, Ruyi Huang\, Kitty Lei\, Daniel Petrylka\, Arlo Rader\, Jie Sun\, Bianca Todini\, Maya Wang.The students in Emerson Curatorial Practices represent majors from Media Arts Production (SOF)\, Writing\, Literature & Publishing (WLP)\, and Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)\, with minors as diverse as Art History\, Curatorial Practice & Visual Culture\, History\, Philosophy\, Psychology\, Religion\, and Science. \n\n\n\n* Please note: The Huret and Spector Gallery is located on the 6th Floor of the Tufte Building. Please enter through the doors at 10 Boylston Place Alleyway. Visitor registration and ID are required for visitors without an Emerson ID. Emerson Community need not RSVP. Contact mailto:contemporary@emerson.edu contemporary@emerson.edu for help registering before your visit. Hours are Monday through Friday\, 12-5 pm. \n\n\n\nRSVP for the Lightning Talks \n\n\n\nRSVP for the Opening Reception
URL:https://emersoncontemporary.org/event/gather/
LOCATION:Huret & Spector Gallery; Tufte Building
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery Talk,Reception,Student Projects
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SUMMARY:Student Lightning Talks for "GATHER"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this unique opportunity to hear student-curators deliver short talks about the artists of GATHER!  \n\n\n\nGATHER was curated by upper-level Emerson undergraduate students (listed below) as part of the seminar VM415 “Curating Contemporary Art\,” taught and led by Leslie K. Brown\, PhD. As a part of the class and the exhibition\, students are responsible for all aspects of the exhibition\, encompassing graphic designs\, loan agreements\, object checklists\, educational didactics\, social media assets\, and press materials. \n\n\n\nEmerging student-curators of GATHER: Abigail Andrews\, Anjali Bakhru\, Dylan Boyd\, Sophie Dodd\, Claire English\, Julia Giammarco\, Lang Han\, Ruyi Huang\, Kitty Lei\, Daniel Petrylka\, Arlo Rader\, Jie Sun\, Bianca Todini\, Maya Wang.  The students in Emerson Curatorial Practices represent majors from Media Arts Production (SOF)\, Writing\, Literature & Publishing (WLP)\, and Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)\, with minors as diverse as Art History\, Curatorial Practice & Visual Culture\, History\, Philosophy\, Psychology\, Religion\, and Science. \n\n\n\nRSVP for the Lightning Talks \n\n\n\nImage: Beth D’Elia\, 45 objects/Mum\, 2025\, from the series “Holding\,” 10 x 8 inch cyanotypes on paper\, 50 x 72 inches\, courtesy of the artist 
URL:https://emersoncontemporary.org/event/student-lightning-talks/
LOCATION:Huret/Spector Gallery
CATEGORIES:Gallery Talk,Public Program
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SUMMARY:Public Art Walking Tour with artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill\, in Collaboration with MAAH
DESCRIPTION:Join artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill on a special artist-led walking tour of their two public art projects\, Glimpses of Glapion and The Black Boston Dream Oracle in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. \n\n\n\nMeeting Point: Boston Common Visitor’s Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill on a special artist-led walking tour of their two public art projects Glimpses of Glapion and The Black Boston Dream Oracle\, followed by a reception and Q&A with the artists at The Museum of African American History at 46 Joy Street\, Boston. The walking tour will begin at Boston Common Visitors Center at 139 Tremont St\, Boston\, at 1:00pm\, with the reception and Q&A at The Museum of African American History beginning at 2:15pm.Emerson Contemporary is thrilled to collaborate with the Museum of African American History (MAAH) for this program. After the walk\, an artist Q&A session will take place at the African Meeting House at 46 Joy Street\, Boston\, MA. \n\n\n\nElisa Hamilton’s project Glimpses of Glapion will present a series of digital vignettes honoring the life and legacy of Louis Glapion. Glapion was a French\, biracial hairdresser and barber who\, together with his friend George Middleton\, built and owned what is now considered the oldest extant house in Beacon Hill\, located at 5 Pinckney Street. While more is known about Middleton\, the artist’s research has uncovered glimpses of Glapion that speak to an interesting and noteworthy life based in Beacon Hill. Hamilton seeks to honor Glapion and enliven curiosity about his lived experiences in our city. The AR experience will be available on Hoverlay and accompanied by a research document designed for educational purposes.  \n\n\n\nClareese Hill’s The Black Boston Dream Oracle is a speculative reimagining of The Complete Fortune Teller and Dream Book written by Chloe Russel\, a 19th-century Black woman from Massachusetts. By blending historical wisdom with future-focused fabulations\, the Black Boston Dream Oracle will provide a unique space for reflection\, healing\, and imagining new possibilities for liberation and collective well-being through early Black feminist thought. The Oracle will be presented as an Extended Reality (XR) experience available on the Hoverlay application\, accompanied by a web-based research document designed for educational purposes.
URL:https://emersoncontemporary.org/event/artist-led-walking-tour-with-elisa-hamilton-and-clareese-hill/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Exhibition,Gallery Talk,Public Program,Regarding Monuments: Visualizing Hidden Histories
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