Contact:
Brooke Daniels
bdaniels@smfa.edu, 617-369-3605
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artists at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Hold Third Annual Open Studios Over 150 MFA and Post-Bac students create an open studio event to remember
Boston, MA (March 8, 2013)— The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) is pleased to announce the 2013 Graduate Open Studios event on March 8 + 9, 2013. During these two days, over 150 students in the Master of Fine Arts and Post-Baccalaureate programs will open their creative spaces to the public and be available to discuss their works. Now in its third year, the event provides a rare opportunity for visitors to view works in progress and meet artists in an informal setting. Visitors will gain insight into the diverse practices happening within SMFA’s studio art programs, which embrace interdisciplinary experimentation, intellectual rigor and innovation.
Hailing from all over the United States and abroad, these SMFA artists will showcase a unique range of work from painting, sculpture, video, film and sound to performance, animation, ceramics, printmaking and everything in-between. SMFA Open Studios aims to facilitate relationships between artists and the public in Boston by providing an open format for locally organized art exhibitions on a large scale. SMFA Graduate Open Studios is a not-for-profit, volunteer and artist organized event.
SMFA 2013 Graduate Open Studios
Friday, March 8, 6–9 pm
Saturday March 9, 11 am–5 pm
Free
SMFA Mission Hill building
160 St. Alphonsus Street
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
About the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
Founded in 1876 and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), is one of only three art schools in the country affiliated with a major museum—the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Our mission is to provide an education in the fine arts—for undergraduate and graduate artists—that is interdisciplinary and self-directed. This education values cultural, artistic and intellectual diversity; it embraces a wide range of media; it stresses the development of individual vision and its relation to culture in general; it values equally the knowledge gained by thinking and doing; it is deeply engaged with the world as a whole. If the mission is constant, its practice is always transforming. For more information about our programs and partnerships, visit www.smfa.edu.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Press Release
Contact: Brooke Daniels
617-369-3605
bdaniels@smfa.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston, MA (March 1, 2012)—Over 100 artists in the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s (SMFA), Master of Fine Arts program are holding their second annual Grad Open Studios event,
March 2–3, 2012. The vast array of work on display by students from all over the United States and abroad creates a unique chance to see inside the daily life of an MFA student. SMFA has a
reputation for encouraging exploration and innovation within an interdisciplinary practice, and this group of students demonstrates the actualization of that credo.
During the two-day event, artists will be installing works that range from painting, sculpture, video, film, sound, animation, ceramics, jewelry, printmaking, photography, performance and textiles at the Mission Hill studio building. SMFA has operated this building as studios for MFA candidates for many years, yet this is only the second time in recent history that students have organized an event of this magnitude for the public. Artists will be working in the space without any restrictions on theme, media or content. This is a rare opportunity to see these artists at work, so show up early and spend some time at SMFA.
SMFA Open Studios aims to facilitate relationships between artists and the public in Boston by providing an open format for locally organized art exhibitions on a large scale. The SMFA Grad Open Studios is not-for-profit, volunteer artist organized and is free and open to the general public.
To learn more about the show, visit http://smfaopengradstudios.blogspot.com/.
SMFA Grad Open Studios
Friday + Saturday, March 2 + 3, 6–9 pm
Mission Hill building, SMFA
160 S. Alphonsus Street
Boston, MA 02120
About the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
Founded in 1876 and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), is one of only three art schools in the country affiliated with a major museum—the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Our mission is to provide an education in the fine arts—for undergraduate and graduate artists—that is interdisciplinary and self-directed. This education values cultural, artistic and intellectual diversity; it embraces a wide range of media; it stresses the development of individual vision and its relation to culture in general; it values equally the knowledge gained by thinking and doing; it is deeply engaged with the world as a whole. If the mission is constant, its practice is always transforming. For more information about our programs and partnerships, visit www.smfa.edu.
617-369-3605
bdaniels@smfa.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artists at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Hold Second Annual Open Studios
Over 100 Master of Fine Arts students create an artist open studio event to remember
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March 2–3, 2012. The vast array of work on display by students from all over the United States and abroad creates a unique chance to see inside the daily life of an MFA student. SMFA has a
reputation for encouraging exploration and innovation within an interdisciplinary practice, and this group of students demonstrates the actualization of that credo.
During the two-day event, artists will be installing works that range from painting, sculpture, video, film, sound, animation, ceramics, jewelry, printmaking, photography, performance and textiles at the Mission Hill studio building. SMFA has operated this building as studios for MFA candidates for many years, yet this is only the second time in recent history that students have organized an event of this magnitude for the public. Artists will be working in the space without any restrictions on theme, media or content. This is a rare opportunity to see these artists at work, so show up early and spend some time at SMFA.
SMFA Open Studios aims to facilitate relationships between artists and the public in Boston by providing an open format for locally organized art exhibitions on a large scale. The SMFA Grad Open Studios is not-for-profit, volunteer artist organized and is free and open to the general public.
To learn more about the show, visit http://smfaopengradstudios.blogspot.com/.
SMFA Grad Open Studios
Friday + Saturday, March 2 + 3, 6–9 pm
Mission Hill building, SMFA
160 S. Alphonsus Street
Boston, MA 02120
About the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
Founded in 1876 and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), is one of only three art schools in the country affiliated with a major museum—the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Our mission is to provide an education in the fine arts—for undergraduate and graduate artists—that is interdisciplinary and self-directed. This education values cultural, artistic and intellectual diversity; it embraces a wide range of media; it stresses the development of individual vision and its relation to culture in general; it values equally the knowledge gained by thinking and doing; it is deeply engaged with the world as a whole. If the mission is constant, its practice is always transforming. For more information about our programs and partnerships, visit www.smfa.edu.
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