Sue Murad’s ASSEMBLE: Performance Instructions For Public Arrangement is a participatory performance that reflects on the ways we gather in public space—particularly the historic Boston Common—through the objects we bring with us or discover there. It is a guided, interactive experience that unfolds across the landscape, inviting participants into temporary arrangements shaped by memory, proximity,...
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 2-3:30pm Join artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill on a special artist lead walking tour of their two new public art projects Glimpses of Glapion and The Black Boston Dream Oracle in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Location: Meet at the Boston Common Visitors Center, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Elisa Hamilton’s...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12-1:30pm This event has been rescheduled for Monday October 20, 12-1:30pm. Join Hidden Histories Curator Shana Dumont Garr on a special walking tour to view Kameelah Jana Rasheed, Sue Murad, Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill's new public art projects in and around the Boston Common and Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston,...
Tuesday October 14, 12-1pm Lecture by Ruth Clemens, “Cultures, Technologies, and Media of the Sonic War Machine." Focusing on aural media and forgotten sound technologies from the early 20th century, this lecture presents a story of unexpected consequences that connects the international Dadaist avant-garde to 1940s Hollywood to military technologies and communication systems. Clemens' broad...
Hidden Histories Artists Elisa Hamilton and Dr. Clareese Hill will be in conversation with scholar Dr. Ruth Clemens. Moderated by Curator-in-Residence Dr. Leonie Bradbury for a discussion about the expansive role of speculative, cartographic, and de-colonial historical research methods. Dr. Ruth Clemens' broad research interests cover film, cultural analysis, and comparative literary studies. Her work...
Join artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill on a special artist lead walking tour of their two new public art projects Glimpses of Glapion and The Black Boston Dream Oracle in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Meeting Point: Boston Common Visitor's Center Elisa Hamilton’s project Glimpses of Glapion will present a series of digital vignettes honoring...
Walking Tour: Join guide and curator Shana Dumont Garr to see the public art created by Hidden Histories artists Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Clareese Hill, Elisa Hamilton, and Sue Murad. We'll see archival materials and ideas gleaned from old books and maps made public in poetic and slyly rebellious ways. Walk will take place in and...
Tuesday October 21, Talk from 6:30- 7:30pm, 6pm doors In Conversation: Join multidisciplinary installation artists Iwalani Kaluhiokalani and photographer Clint Baclawski as they discuss space, time, color and motion in their work on view as part of Echoes of the Heart until December 13, 2025. Moderated by Dr. Leonie Bradbury. Location: Media Art Gallery, 25...
**Rescheduled** In Conversation: Dr. Cher Krause Knight and Dr. Harriet F. Senie will discuss their latest book Memorials Now focused on the present-day challenges of commemorating the past. The authors offer a critical exploration of how varied communities can navigate the complex terrain of commemorative practices. They will provide insights into historical challenges while also...
Join Hidden Histories Curator Shana Dumont Garr on a special walking tour to view Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Sue Murad, Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill's new public art projects in and around the Boston Common and Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston, Ma. We'll see archival materials and ideas gleaned from old books and maps made public...