Curating Citizenship: Longwood University's Brock Experience in Boston

04/20/2025

Woodmere Art Museum, Penn Museum, South Asian American Digital Archive, Rosenbach Museum & Library, and other groups have received notices saying their grants have been scrapped.

07/16/2021

https://critinq.wordpress.com/2021/07/14/monumental-fugitivity-the-aesthetics-of-blacklivesmatter-defacement/?fbclid=IwAR2Z1hxWCj7pJTN_dLlM7_2--nYZrOUHGuB7FQT29I4NFXnzDgm-iBwKDwY

John Brooks Defacement’s engine is the excessive, the disorderly, the disquieting, and any other sort of radical exclamation that troubles the state of things. It is not simply an act of destructio…

07/06/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/national-museum-natural-history-unsettled-nature-art-review/2021/07/03/2e557b02-d505-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html

The National Museum of Natural History’s “Unsettled Nature” uses art — yes art — to deliver a grim yet disturbingly beautiful message about the environment.

07/03/2021

05/26/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/arts/music/alphadyne-foundation-storefront-concerts.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

Moving quickly in the pandemic, a wealthy money manager underwrote performances via a new foundation, with a little help from a violin-obsessed adviser.

05/11/2021

https://whdh.com/news/boston-to-pay-artists-500-each-to-paint-utility-boxes-throughout-the-city/

BOSTON (WHDH) - The City of Boston is looking for artists to paint utility boxes with original designs. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s...

04/17/2021

"Braddock, a depressed steel town outside of Pittsburgh, has been attracting art and artists. It’s post-industrial gritty, with blight and industry woven together with overgrown vines and history, so if you’re into that sort of thing, it’s rich material. It also has plenty of cheap real estate, the kind artists like, and artists have the support of the town’s mayor. Mayor John Fetterman started Braddock Redux to organize art and community events and he’s offered free studio space to artists. He has spoken about the power of art to bring social change, saying things like, 'we use art to combat the dark side of capitalism.'"

A look at some recent work about Braddock, the documentary “Braddock, America” and a book of photographs called “The Notion of Family.” 

03/27/2021

The work of former Curating Citizenship student Erin Fogg is featured in Longwood's Scholar Story--congratulations, Erin!

http://solomon.longwood.edu/office-of-student-research/news/articles/scholar-story--erin-fogg.php

03/17/2021

We're pleased to announce that the Boston Art Commission (BAC) has voted to approve the final design for The Embrace, by artist Hank Willis Thomas on the Boston Common, as proposed by King Boston acting by and through The Boston Foundation.

Learn more about the project here: http://bit.ly/2OJyVEz

03/16/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/theater/summer-outdoor-performances.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

The return of Shakespeare to Central Park is among the most visible signs that theaters, orchestras and opera companies aim to return to the stage — outdoors.

03/12/2021

New Netflix documentary on the Gardner Museum heist.

500 million dollars worth of missing art. A 10 million dollar reward for whoever finds it. It's your turn to enter the mystery. 30 years ago, two thieves br...