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Public Art Walking Tour with artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill ***TO BE RESCHEDULED due to activities on the Boston Common.

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...

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Hidden Histories Walking Tour with Curator Shana Dumont Garr

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...

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In Conversation: Clint Baclawski and Iwalani Kaluhiokalani

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...

In Conversation: Dr. Cher Krause Knight and Dr. Harriet F. Senie on Memorials Now. **NEW DATE soon

**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...

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Hidden Histories Walking Tour with Curator Shana Dumont Garr

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...

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In Conversation: Erik DeLuca, ¡wénrán zhào! and Amber Vistein

Tuesday, November 4, Talk from 6:30- 7:30pm, 6pm doors In Conversation: Join artists Erik DeLuca and Wenran Zhao as they speak with Emerson professor and sound artist Amber Vistein to discuss experimentation, sonic textures and presence. Moderated by Curator of Special Projects Shana Dumont Garr. Location: Media Art Gallery, 25 Avery Street, Boston, MA Erik...

In Conversation: Artists Margaux Crump and Ash Eliza Williams **on ZOOM**

Thursday, November 6 *On ZOOM* 12:00 - 1:00 PM In Conversation: Learn how artists Margaux Crump and Ash Eliza Williams collaborate with non-human beings to create artwork. Meeting LINK . Ash and Margaux consider the natural world an active contributor of aesthetic meaning. They will each describe their current art-making ideas and processes and discuss ideas...

Two images of Boston Common beside each other. To the left, a traditional walking tour, to the right, two lines of people across a path from each other by the Parkman Bandstand.
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In Conversation: Sue Murad and Shana Dumont Garr

Tuesday, November 18 from 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6pm doors open Artist Sue Murad shares about her ASSEMBLE walking tour with Curator Shana Dumont Garr. Based in the Boston Common, Murad’s part of the Hidden Histories walking tour is inspired by the archival photos of people spending time together in the park from the nineteenth century...

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In Conversation: Artists Jack Gruman and Logan Puleikis of VHF Studio will be talking with Malic Amalya

Wednesday, November 19, Artists talk 6:30- 7:30pm, 6pm doors -  In Conversation: Artists Jack Gruman and Logan Puleikis of VHF Studio will talk with Malic Amalya, Assistant Professor of Experimental Media and Film Production, about the conceptual underpinnings of their installation “Narcissus look back: and they love you,” that is currently on view at the Emerson Media...