MassArt Art Museum

02/09/2023

❄️ Celebrate the opening of MAAM’s newest exhibitions during the Winter Party! ❄️⁠
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Enjoy small bites and drinks featuring a signature mocktail in Paine Gallery. ⁠
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With May Stevens’s figurative paintings as the perfect backdrop, try your hand at drawing from live models in Bakalar Gallery and get down to live jazz with musicians from Berklee College of Music’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice all evening long.⁠
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✨ Free! ⁠
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🎟️ No tickets required, learn more at the link in bio⁠
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📷️ Melissa Ostrow ⁠
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01/24/2023

12/07/2022

🚨 Our exhibitions are closing in two weeks on Sunday, December 18! 🚨⁠
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Don’t miss , a first-of-its-kind exhibition.⁠
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's Mumbet will be coming down soon too – see it before December 18 or for one special last-chance weekend January 26 - 29.⁠
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⬆️ visit the link in bio to plan your visit (and take a peek at what’s coming next)⁠
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📷️ Mel Taing ‘12 .ltaing⁠
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12/07/2022

✨ Last chance to experience “Valkyrie Mumbet”! ✨ Visit Boston’s only free contemporary art museum before January 29 to see this site-specific installation by Joana Vasconcelos.⁠
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🎟️ Plan your visit at the link in bio

11/03/2022

Alison Croney Moses, Eli Brown, and your rundown of Boston Arts

10/29/2022

Today MAAM is hosting world premiere jazz compositions! The heroic story of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman will come to life through original pieces written by Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice students under the Valkyrie.⁠
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🎟️ This event is -sold out- ⁠
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💌 Hear about events like this first by subscribing to our enewsltter⁠
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10/29/2022

🫄 Join us for a free mindfulness retreat for caregivers who are expecting a child. ⁠
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Offered in connection with our Designing Motherhood exhibition, this retreat invites you to center yourself as you prepare for the arrival of your little one.⁠
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Join India Clark, founder of Wayfinder Institute, for this all-day retreat hosted in the galleries at MAAM, with a special mid-day escape to the tranquil Courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.⁠
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🎟️ Free! Tickets are limited, register at the link in bio.⁠
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10/19/2022

Did you know MAAM is a short hop, skip, and a jump from the T? Easily accessible by the Green Line E train (Longwood Medical Area stop) and several bus lines.⁠
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We hope you’ll visit soon!⁠
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Free admission, always⁠
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🚃 Plan your visit at the link in bio

10/18/2022

🕸️ This Thursday from 6:00-8:00PM — Let's get spooky! Get into the Halloween spirit, make your own decorations, and groove to moody music under the Valkyrie. ⁠
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🧙‍♀️ Costumes encouraged!⁠
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🎃 This event is FREE and open to the public, no tickets required. All ages welcome.⁠
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👻 Learn more at the link in bio⁠
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09/22/2022

Next Wednesday! Join us – in person or on zoom – for a conversation exploring how the design of reproductive objects, systems, and policies affects all of our lives. ⁠
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Panelists include:⁠
💡 Nashira Baril, director, Neighborhood Birth Center Boston ()⁠
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💡 Christy Turlington Burns, internationally recognized icon and founder of Every Mother Counts ()⁠
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💡 Jennie Joseph, one of the world’s most respected midwives and authorities on women’s health ()⁠
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💡 Gabriella Nelson, associate director of policy, Maternity Care Coalition Philadelphia ()⁠
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💡 Moderated by: Michelle Millar Fisher, co-curator of Designing Motherhood ().⁠
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🎟️ Register for this FREE event at the link in bio⁠
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09/14/2022

Join us – in person or on zoom – on September 28 for “All My Babies: Reproductive Justice for the Twenty-First Century,” a conversation exploring how the design of reproductive objects, systems, and policies affects all of our lives. ⁠
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Panelists include:⁠
💡 Nashira Baril, director, Neighborhood Birth Center Boston ()⁠
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💡 Christy Turlington Burns, internationally recognized icon and founder of Every Mother Counts ()⁠
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💡 Jennie Joseph, one of the world’s most respected midwives and authorities on women’s health ()⁠
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💡 Gabriella Nelson, associate director of policy, Maternity Care Coalition Philadelphia ()⁠
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💡 Moderated by: Michelle Millar Fisher, co-curator of Designing Motherhood ().⁠
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🎟️ Register for this FREE event at the link in bio⁠
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09/14/2022

🌟 One of our favorite parts about the start of the semester is welcoming students back to the museum! We invited all first-year students back to campus this past week as part of their introductory History of Art courses. ⁠
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🌟 Not a MassArt student? MAAM is free and open to everyone.⁠
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🌟 Plan your visit at the link in bio⁠
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09/09/2022

Happy first day of classes to students! ⁠
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We were thrilled to welcome first-year students into the museum during orientation weekend, and thankful to our student Museum Attendant Emily for giving a wonderful introduction. ⁠
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🌟 We open for the fall season at noon on September 8, hope to see all of you soon.⁠
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👀 Visit the link in bio to see what's on view, and upcoming events.⁠
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08/09/2022

💃🏻 Join us on Saturday August 13 for Art on the Plaza! Come ready to move, learn, and sing along as Boston native Eli Pabon (), with BOMBAntillana, presents an afternoon of call and response, Bomba songs and improvised movements! 🕺🏻⁠
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Individuals of all ages are invited to join in, with performances starting at 1pm and 2pm. ⁠
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On the Plaza create your own wearable work of art inspired by ; then, bring your work of art to life as you move to the music. ⁠
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While you’re here, don’t miss the exhibition and get creative with free activities in the Barkan Big Ideas Studio. ⁠
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🎟️ Free! ⁠
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⬆️ Learn more and let us know you're coming at the link in bio⁠
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07/28/2022

✨ Have you experienced Valkyrie Mumbet yet? ✨⁠
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Known for her unprecedented multimedia works, Joana Vasconcelos, in her first U.S. solo show, honors Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved woman whose court battle for her freedom in 1781 helped make slavery illegal in Massachusetts. The large-scale installation entitled Valkyrie Mumbet, is the newest in her Valkyries series, named after Norse female war goddesses, which pays homage to inspiring women.⁠
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⬆️ Learn more at the link in bio⁠
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📷️ Will Howcroft⁠
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07/25/2022

So glad you could visit! ⁠
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Photographer and MassArt alum '07 visited MAAM with their partner Vanessa and curator last week.⁠
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We loved to see them standing in front of Jess' self-portrait with Vanessa and their daughter Elinor at just two days old (2018). ⁠
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07/22/2022

At all stages of our lives we interact with things designed to meet our needs and strive for innovative solutions. Designing Motherhood looks at the history of the tools, techniques, systems, and customs that encompass human reproduction. ⁠
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On view are several vintage baby bottles and other designs documenting the evolution of infant feeding and care.⁠
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⬆️ Learn more at the link in bio⁠
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07/21/2022

🥵 Looking to escape the heat? MAAM is air conditioned and a FREE place to cool off and stay a while. 😎⁠
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Visitors are encouraged to sketch, write, and spend time with our exhibitions of contemporary art and design.⁠
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Hours:⁠
Thursdays: 12 - 8⁠
Fridays: 12 - 5⁠
Saturday + Sunday: 10 - 5⁠
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👀 See what’s on view at the link in bio⁠
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📷️ Melissa Ostrow⁠
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07/14/2022

🚼️ Thursday, July 21: Enjoy a free special stroller-friendly tour for children up to two years old and their caregivers. 🚼️⁠
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Designed as a unique opportunity to visit before regular hours, this interactive exploration of our current exhibitions includes touchable objects, artmaking, and conversation for adults. ⁠
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Meet up with a MAAM Educator and new friends for a thematic experience highlighting Joana Vasconcelos: Valkyrie Mumbet and Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.⁠
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🎟️ Free! Register at the link in bio. ⁠
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07/11/2022

.mcquaid writes in the :⁠
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“Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births,” lays bare ways in which powerful white men have dictated the terms of reproduction for two centuries. Soon after the show opened at the MassArt Art Museum, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The topic couldn’t be more timely, or more sobering.⁠
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"Design history reveals a culture’s values, power structures, and fears. Attitudes about caregiving, reproductive freedom, race, and gender are forged into the tools, devices, and history on display, and the art dives into the sweat and sweetness of motherhood."⁠
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"The realm of reproduction is all that and more: love, heartache, grief, union, joy. The more closely we examine how society tries to rein in such unquantifiable things, as “Designing Motherhood” masterfully does, the more we’ll be able to tolerate the messiness of being human. Even a disastrous Supreme Court ruling can’t turn back that tide."⁠
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📰 Read the full article at the link in bio⁠
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🖼️ Tabitha Soren. Motherload. ⁠
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07/08/2022

Thank you to Cate McQuaid for this insightful review of our current exhibition. She writes:

"“Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births,” lays bare ways in which powerful white men have dictated the terms of reproduction for two centuries. Soon after the show opened at the MassArt Art Museum, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The topic couldn’t be more timely, or more sobering."

The show is the brainchild of Michelle Millar Fisher and Amber Winick — and its gestation took longer than expected. “We’ve been told, ‘There’s no audience.’ ‘It’s a niche issue.’ ‘It doesn’t belong in a design museum.’ ‘It doesn’t belong in an art museum,’” said Mill...

07/08/2022

☀️ This Saturday! ☀️ Join MAAM and artist Zahirah Nur Truth ( ) for a free afternoon of sidewalk chalk fun with live music offered in partnership with Fenway Porchfest. Use colorful chalk, fun imagery, and vibrant patterns to bring the Plaza to life! ⁠
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🎟️ Free! Register at the link in bio⁠
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07/02/2022

Looking for something to do this long weekend? MAAM is open and admission is always free! ⁠
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Stop by our immersive exhibitions and drop in to the studio for free artmaking activities.⁠
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Thursdays 12 - 8⁠
Fridays 12 - 5⁠
Saturday and Sunday 10 - 5⁠
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👀 See what’s on view at the link in bio

06/20/2022

👶 THURSDAY! Enjoy a special free stroller-friendly tour for children up to two years old and their caregivers. 👶⁠
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Designed as a unique opportunity to visit before regular hours, this interactive exploration of our current exhibitions includes touchable objects, artmaking, and conversation for adults. ⁠
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Meet up with a MAAM Educator and new friends for a thematic experience highlighting our current exhibitions.⁠
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Tickets are limited, if you can’t join us this time, join us on July 21st! ⁠
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🎟️ FREE. Register at the link in bio.⁠
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06/16/2022

We couldn’t agree more with that Designing Motherhood is one of the top art exhibits to heat up your summer! ⁠
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As Pamela Reynolds writes: “This show provides an unusual opportunity to re-examine the material culture surrounding our most primal and essential human experience.”⁠
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⬆️ To read the full article click the link in bio⁠
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🎟️ Admission is ALWAYS FREE with no advance registration required. ⁠
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We hope to see you soon!⁠
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