Mural due to be painted over at Starbucks; revised design wasn’t brought to landlord
Lesley University artists Gary Chen, Ellie Lukova and Percy Fortini-Wright paint a mural on the Starbucks at Shepard Street and Massachusetts Avenue last fall. (Photo: Timothy Dungan-Levant) The colorful mural at Massachusetts Avenue and Shepard Street …
‘Black History Matters 365’ exhibit goes up for Black History Month, and inquires why
Standout street artist and surrealist Percy Fortini-Wright is curating “Black History Matters 365,” a seven-artist exhibit opening Thursday at a Lesley University gallery.
Three free art exhibits to get you to spring
The Chandler Gallery’s unsettling “Beastiary,” Lesley University’s adjunct faculty “Directions” show and Harvard’s archival trove about “Opening New Worlds” give cause to leave the apartment and a warm place to stay enlightened through the winter.
Le Lab hosts thrilling virtual reality ‘Birdly’ flight experience for three-day installation
The full-body virtual reality experience called “Birdly” is coming to Kendall Square’s Le Laboratoire Cambridge for three days next month – probably not long enough to satisfy all those who’ve wanted to soar over a city, held aloft by nothing but their own wings.
Mobilia brings ‘Picasso and Pie’ approach to art on display (and on menu) at gallery
The Mobilia gallery follows a time-tested model of making art less intimidating by offering food as an accompaniment – usually a sweet one. Every Saturday brings “Picasso and Pie” hours with recipe by or inspired by a gallery artist.
Tiny art materials lead to too-big message, but Bonner’s ‘ Piecework’ amazes anyway
Artists are prone to making statements that might leave the average viewer mystified, and Michèle Fandel Bonner is no different. But she has an unstated mission too: to stagger by the sheer amount of effort that goes into collecting and assembling her materials.
Weems, photographer and ‘moral force,’ gives Thursday talk at Lesley University
Lesley University hosts photographer and multimedia artist Carrie Mae Weems on Thursday as the latest presenter in its free Strauch-Mosse Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Nun whose work hangs alongside Warhol is celebrated in vibrant show at Harvard
The pop artist who painted the Boston Gas tank alongside Interstate 93 in Boston, creating an instant landmark, is getting a special exhibition starting Thursday at Harvard with free hours, a panel discussion, reception and StoryCorps collecting reminisces.
‘Images of Grief and Healing’ group show earns name through painful experience
It’s no mistake that “Images of Grief and Healing” is co-curated by Emily Newmann, a therapist who facilitates grieving and art therapy groups, workshops and dinners in Newton, Brighton and Cambridge.
Monthlong exhibition at Lesley art center spotlights 55 from Cambridge, Somerville
“In/Sight,” displays work by 55 professional artists from Cambridge and Somerville in a show starting with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Porter Square.
