| | Lesley University happenings for November 16 - December 6
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Visual Voices is on view in the windows facing Massachusetts Avenue of the Lunder Arts Center Roberts Gallery.
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VISUAL VOICES: LESLEY ART + DESIGN AND THE ART OF PROTEST. Art and design students, alumni, faculty, and staff showcase original protest posters and animated GIFs for a pop-up exhibition held in the street-facing windows of the Lunder Arts Center Roberts Gallery. Exhibition runs through December 21.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER is an ongoing installation created that honors over 135 individuals, only a small fraction of Black lives taken by police brutality and hate crimes. On view in the street-level windows of the Lunder Arts Center Roberts Gallery.
CAN YOU MAKE HAIR FOR ME? After finding out she had cancer, graduate student Eileen Powers (MFA in Visual Arts) looked to her artwork as a way of helping others. See this collaborative virtual exhibit featuring hair and headpieces created for Powers by Expressive Arts Therapy graduate students. Exhibition runs through Feb. 1.
RESTORYING HIROSHIMA. Curated by Lesley professors Meenakshi Chhabra, Kazuyo Kubo, and Kristina Lamour Sansone, this virtual exhibit commemorates the 75th year of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ReStorying Hiroshima was created to engage the personal voice of the viewer through images of people, place, and objects related to the bombings. Virtual exhibit open through Dec. 18. |
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NOVEMBER 16-20 | INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 |
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Priced Out poster
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
POETRY FOR BLACK LIVES. Co-Editors of the recent volume Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era, Sequoi Maner, Darlene Anita Scott, and Emily Ruth Rutter, join Professor Danielle Legros Georges in conversation about the sociopolitical inequalities and artistic impulses that compel Black elegy, as well as the roles that artists, activists, and teachers play in the movement for Black lives. Register on the Boston Public Library website. 6-7 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
HOUSING JUSTICE ACTION HOUR WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. This event will talk about justice issues facing our communities, how COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequities, and discuss actions we can take to support local housing justice initiatives. Register for the Justice Action Hour. 12-1 pm
STAYING ALIVE: WELLNESS RESPONSES TO RACIAL TRAUMA. This workshop will provide a space for people of color to explore coping strategies to respond to racial and systemic inequities in one's personal life, community, academic institutions, and professional environments with a focus on the intersection of mental health and identity. Join the Staying Alive workshop on Zoom. 5-7 pm |
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