---------- Original Message ---------- From: Lesley News and Events <officeofcommunications@lesley.edu> To: rryals@comcast.net Date: 06/21/2021 11:44 AM Subject: This week at Lesley: Author readings, Art Talks, thesis exhibitions from the College of Art and Design, and more!

Here's what's happening at Lesley this week.

Lesley University happenings for June 21 – July 11 Want to see your event here? Submit it https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... to the events calendar by Wednesday https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... . https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Tyahra Angus ’20, Untitled (Gold Portraits Photo Album), part of "An Unpredictable Time & Place" exhibition.

EXHIBITS

LA+D THESIS EXHIBITIONS. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... View the virtual thesis exhibitions by graduates in Animation and Motion Media, Design, Digital Filmmaking, Fine Art, Illustration/Visual Narrative, Photography, MFA in Visual Arts and MFA in Photography, and Integrated Media. View the 2021 Lesley Art + Design online exhibition https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

HOW THEN SHALL WE BECOME https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... . Expressive Arts Therapy seniors in the Arts-Based Research and Performance course present a virtual exhibition. View capstone projects by Marina Bron, Amanda Ciarletto, Jacobita Munoz Febres-Cordero, Hana Fisher, Maddy Hoy, Rosie Lape, Alexa Licata, Annabelle Lord-Patey, Zandra Matthews, Pao Mendez, Jessica Norton, Eric Ouellette, Kimberly Parker, Rhys Triolo-Rodriguez, Kiera Rowe, and Rachel Sachs. View the virtual "How Then Shall We Become" exhibition https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

AND STILL THE CACTUS BLOOMS. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Art Therapy bachelor's degree students Anna Mae Becker, Alejandra Deleon, Venita Figueroa, Emily Heidler, Gabrielle Johnson, Adi Martinez, Lillian Sandberg, Owen Simpson, and Kat Tumber present the 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Art Therapy Capstone Exhibition https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

INTERSECTIONS: WHERE GROWTH MEETS PROCESS, CHOICE, AND DISCOVERY. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Visit a virtual exhibition of student artwork from the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Art Therapy program as well as artwork from instructors Raquel Stephenson and Denise Malis. View the 2021 Graduate Art Therapy online exhibition. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&...

COMING SOON

AN UNPREDICTABLE TIME & PLACE: MFA IN VISUAL ARTS THESIS SHOW. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... See the thesis exhibit featuring artwork by June 2020 and January 2021 graduates of the MFA in Visual Arts program, and learn more about this unique partnership with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... . MASS MoCA, July 2.

UNTOUCHABLE: MFA IN PHOTOGRAPHY THESIS SHOW. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... The 2021 graduates of the MFA in Photography & Integrated Media program exhibit their work. A sidewalk opening reception https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... will be held on Saturday, July 10. Lunder Arts Center gallery windows, July 2-12.

EVENTS https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Join Sara Farizan ’10 and Kate Snodgrass today at 6:30 pm as part of our MFA in Creative Writing program's summer evening readings.

THIS WEEK

JUNE 21-24 MFA ART TALKS Presented by Lesley Art + Design, our MFA art talks are free and open to the public. * MONDAY, JUNE 21: EVAN GARZA https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... is a DC-based curator, writer, and a 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholar at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. He and Ryan N. Dennis are the co-curators and artistic directors of the 2021 Texas Biennial. He co-founded Fire Island Artist Residency, the first residency program in the world exclusively for LGBTQ+ artists. Watch Evan Garza's lecture. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... 12–2 pm * TUESDAY, JUNE 22: LEE MINGWEI https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... 's work focuses on the formation and contemplation of human relationships. His pieces typically involve situations that invite participants to reflect upon their connections with others, or prompt them to create new connections with strangers. Watch Lee Mingwei's lecture. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... 12–2 pm * WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23: MICHELLE GRABNER https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... uncovers new dynamic relationships in her work through her visionary practice of repetition. Grabner co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and is the founder and co-director of two nonprofit art spaces: The Suburban and The Poor Farm. Watch Michelle Grabner's lecture. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... 12–2 pm

* THURSDAY, JUNE 24: DENISE MARKONISH https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... is the senior curator at MASS MoCA. Her exhibitions include Trenton Doyle Hancock: Mind of the Mound; Nick Cave: Until; Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, and These Days: Elegies for Modern Times; and Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape. Watch Denise Markonish's lecture. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... 12–2 pm

JUNE 21-25 MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING EVENING READINGS https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Our MFA in Creative Writing Program presents the annual summer evening reading series with acclaimed guest and faculty authors, and graduating students. * MONDAY, JUNE 21: SARA FARIZAN AND KATE SNODGRASS. Young adult author Sara Farizan and playwright Kate Snodgrass share their work. 6:30-8 pm. Register for an evening with Sara Farizan and Kate Snodgrass https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

* WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23: GRADUATING STUDENT READINGS. Graduating students Pat Rohner, Amy Rhyneer, Daniel Carey, Kate Fussner, Amanda Todisco and Mindy Schiller read their work. 6:30-8 pm. Register for the first night of our graduating student readings https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

* THURSDAY, JUNE 24: GRADUATING STUDENT READINGS. Graduating students Samuel Pitt-Stoller, Tracey Russell, Kristian Sumner, Nancy Temple, Sophie Radecki and Valley Shaia read their work. 6:30-8 pm. Register for the second night of our graduating student readings https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

* FRIDAY, JUNE 25: GRADUATING STUDENT READINGS. Graduating students Heny Taraz, Ben Williams, Adam Winograd, Kailey Tse-Harlow, Natalie White and Carol Traynor-Mayer close out our reading series. 6:30-8 pm. Register for the final night of our graduating student readings https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... .

COMING SOON https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Watermelon Rind by Anna Leigh Clem will be featured in "Untouchable."

SATURDAY, JULY 10

SIDEWALK OPENING RECEPTION: UNTOUCHABLE. https://lesley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a01b4042296baefd37587f249&... Friends, family, and community members are invited to attend the sidewalk opening reception for the thesis exhibition of the 2021 Photography & Integrated Media MFA graduates. The artists will be in attendance to speak about their work. Outside the Lunder Arts Center, 5-7 pm.

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