Northeastern Gallery 360

11/14/2024

“Network” opens today! In this new exhibition, artist Cat Mazza explores how craft connects us across time and space.

The exhibition traces the rich history of textile arts—from centuries-old mill strikes to psychiatric wards—while showcasing how these ancient technologies still bring us together today.

In 2020, Mazza’s Pandemic Views project invited people from Mexico to Massachusetts to cross-stitch the views from their quarantine windows. Like the women who unionized New England textile mills in the 1900s, or the stitching circles that helped “combat idleness” in times of crisis, participants found purpose and solidarity in the meditative act of needlework.

Exhibition programs will be announced in the coming weeks. In the meantime, see both parts of the show now at Gallery 360 and Northeastern Crossing.🧵🪡

10/29/2024

It’s install week! 😊 With a mix of textile and new media works, Cat Mazza’s work has been such a fun challenge to lay out in the gallery.
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Media description:
- Photo 1: Curator Amy Halliday smiles for the camera as she and three other Gallery 360 staff members (Alex, Evelyn and James) install Cat Mazza’s massive textile piece “Labor Sister Sampler.”
- Photo 2: Cat Mazza kneels, laying out four stitched panels, all stills from her 2024 video, “By & By: With Psychedelic Features.”
- Photo 3: Mazza and Halliday install two knitted triangle panels.

10/17/2024

In Richard Fung's 1996 video "Dirty Laundry," Roger Kwong embarks on a reflective journey across the Canadian Rockies, retracing the steps of his great-grandfather who helped build the railway in the nineteenth century. Along the way, Kwong uncovers unsettling details about his family’s past.

Through archival material, interviews, and vivid reenactments, Fung reveals the stigmatization of Chinese immigrant workers and their sexuality in nineteenth-century Canada.

The last day to view "Dirty Laundry" is October 19. Come check it out!
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Richard Fung. "Dirty Laundry," 1996. Still from video, 30:30 minutes. ⁠Courtesy of the artist and VTape.⁠

Media Description: Still image from “Dirty Laundry.” A black and white photo of Roger Kwong sticking his head out of a train window.
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10/15/2024

This is the last week to see our Richard Fung retrospective!

In "Re:Orientations" (2016), Richard Fung revisits his groundbreaking 1985 documentary "Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians," the first documentary to explore the experiences of queer Asians in North America.

Now, three decades later, seven of the original participants reflect on their younger selves, exploring how both they and the world around them have evolved.

On view through October 19 at Gallery 360.
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Richard Fung. "Re:Orientations," 2016. Video, 68:00 minutes. ⁠Courtesy of the artist and VTape.⁠

Media Description: A still image from Fung’s “Re:orientations,” 2016. An Asian man with glasses plays piano for an elderly man in the background.
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10/12/2024

Hours Update: Gallery 360 will be open for our normal hours (11am-5pm) this Monday on Indigenous People's Day.
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Richard Fung. "The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo," 2024. Video, 84:00 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and VTape.

Media Description: Image of a tropical landscape with a black dog in the center.

10/08/2024

In "My Mother's Place" (1990), Richard Fung crafts a deeply personal documentary centered on his mother, Rita Fung, the granddaughter of Chinese indentured laborers brought to Trinidad in the mid-nineteenth century.

Now living in Toronto at 80 years old, Rita shares vivid memories of a vanishing history, recounting her experiences with a distinctly West Indian frankness and storytelling style.

Through a rich blend of interviews, autobiographical narration, home movies, and footage of the Caribbean, "My Mother’s Place" explores how race, class, and gender consciousness were shaped under colonial rule. It’s an intimate portrait of identity, resilience, and the complexities of diaspora.

On view as part of "The Worlds of Richard Fung" through October 19.
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Richard Fung. "My Mother's Place," 1990. Video, 49:00 minutes. ⁠Courtesy of the artist and VTape.⁠

Media Description: A still image from Fung’s “My Mother’s Place,” 1990. Color image of Rita Fung, an elderly Chinese-Trinidadian woman. She has grey hair and wears large wire frame glasses.
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10/07/2024

Our two-part event series with Brown is this week! Join us this Thursday and Friday for a panel discussion and film premiere with Richard Fung, whose groundbreaking 1985 documentary "Orientations" was the first film to explore the experiences of queer Asians in North America.

Learn more and register at the 🔗 in bio. We hope to see you there!
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Media Description: A black-and-white photo of a film set. ⁠On the left, an actor sits in the spotlight. On the right, there is a crew member wearing a face mask.

09/19/2024

“The Worlds of Richard Fung: Queer Reclamations of the Asian Caribbean” is a two-part event at Brown and Northeastern with queer Asian Canadian filmmaker and scholar Richard Fung, whose video work focuses on subjects including the HIV/AIDS crisis, minoritarian queer and family histories, colonialism in Canada and the Caribbean, and the global Asian diaspora.⁠
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✨️ On October 10 at Northeastern, the artist will be in conversation with scholars Kris Majapra (History) and Denise Khor (Asian American Studies + Visual Studies).⁠
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✨️ On October 11 at Martinos Auditorium, the Brown Arts Institute premieres Fung’s latest film, "The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo" (2024), which explores the mysterious death of the first Trinidadian and second Caribbean novelist ever published in Canada.⁠
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✨️ Leading up to these events, you are invited to learn more about Richard Fung and his cinematic activism with a series of continuously streaming films at the Granoff Center from October 7-11!⁠
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All events are free and open to the public.

Learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-worlds-of-richard-fung-queer-reclamations-of-the-asian-caribbean-tickets-1000816658567?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Co-sponsored by: Northeastern’s Humanities Center and Global Asian Studies Program, Brown Arts Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of American Studies, and the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women⁠
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Two-part event series featuring filmmaker and scholar Richard Fung. A collaboration between Northeastern University and Brown University.

09/16/2024

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming exhibition, "The Worlds of Richard Fung!" Part of the inaugural Arts, Humanities and Tech Weeks at Northeastern, this pop-up exhibition is a retrospective of the artist's work from the past few decades.

Fung is a video artist, writer, theorist and educator born in Trinidad and based in Toronto, Canada. His work comprises challenging videos on subjects ranging from the role of the Asian male in gay pornography to colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia, AIDS, justice in Israel/Palestine, and his own family history.

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://camd.northeastern.edu/featured-work/the-worlds-of-richard-fung/
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Images courtesy of the artist and VTape.

College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)

09/05/2024

Exciting news! The Center for the Arts is launching a newsletter this fall, Arts@Northeastern. We are your monthly overview of the arts scene on our Boston campus.

Sign up for the newsletter here: https://bit.ly/ArtsAtNU

And submit your arts events here: https://bit.ly/ArtsAtNUSubmit

09/03/2024

Welcome back to campus! We had such a great time meeting students today at CAMD's student welcome.

Looking forward to a great fall semester 😊

07/25/2024

Have you been to an exhibition at Gallery 360? Fill out our 5-minute audience survey!

As we prepare for our upcoming year of exhibitions, we want to hear from you about how we can make the Gallery 360 experience better for our community.

Fill out the survey here: https://bit.ly/G360_Survey
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Media Description: Photo shows Gallery 360 attendant Shivprya smiling at the gallery's front desk. In front of her are two placards with information and QR codes related to the gallery's exhibitions and audience survey.

07/23/2024

07/09/2024

Next up in our summer series! This Thursday, our administrative coordinator Evelyn will be taking over the Instagram as she visits the Fuller Craft Museum and shares some of her favorite pieces.

The Fuller Museum uplifts contemporary craft in all its forms, which is right up Evelyn's alley. She holds a degree in Fiber Arts and Studio for Interrelated Media from Mass Art.

"As someone who grew up near the Fuller Craft Museum," Evelyn says, "I've always felt a personal connection to it. It's a place I would pass by on my way to and from, and as an adult, I've come to realize that it embodies the values I believe all museums should have.

The Museum is an active member of the Brockton community in many ways. For instance, it hosts an annual show of Brockton High School students. The museum also has a pay-what-you-can model, ensuring that anyone who wants to see the art can. It's a great resource that I think more people should be aware of."

As we prepare for an upcoming exhibition of contemporary craft at ourselves (hint hint), we're especially excited to see what Evelyn finds there.

Be sure to tune in this Thursday!
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