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2008 Programming Guide |
The 2008 Exhibition:
Venue: Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston
Dates: Monday April 28-Friday May 2, 2008
Scheduled in concert with the Annual Victim Rights Conference of the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, Violence Transformed 2008 will bring together a range of artworks and perspectives in order to provoke debate, reflection and action. Our 2008 curatorial teams are selecting groups of work that express for them art’s transformative relationship with violence. We hope that together their distinct voices will generate representative insight into the range of artistic strategies at work in the area today. This year’s exhibited works explore 4 themes in particular:
Art as Refuge
Art and Protest
The Art of Commemoration
Art as a Means to Imagine Alternatives
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Artist: Gail Bos.Violence |
Opening Night |
Monday April 28 6.00-9.00pm |
| There will be a grand opening of Violence Transformed 2008 on Monday April 28 from 6.00-9.00pm utilizing the second floor of the Massachusetts State House. The evening will be orchestrated by Performing Arts Director Marshall Hughes and will showcase a series of performing arts pieces addressing themes explored in the visual arts exhibit. Dance, spoken word, performance art and musical performers from across the region will join together to celebrate the transformative power of art. Performers include Taiko Drummer Mark Rooney, Opera Un-Met, and the Cloud Foundation Spoken Word Performers. |
Profiles |
Mary Harvey
Founder
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Marshall Hughes
Performing Arts Director
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"Art and art-making contribute mightily to the health and vitality of our communities: allowing us and our children to express horrific pain, channel understandable aggression, grieve terrible losses, imagine alternatives to violence and literally transform the landscapes of our lives."
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"Community has always been relevant to me. When I was growing up in the heart of Detroit, an individual’s education was a community affair. You didn’t have a set of parents, every adult in the neighborhood—even the drunk at the corner store—was your parent; your aunt, uncle or grandmother. They had permission to support, scold, encourage and nurture."
Read the Interview |
Accompanying Events |
Satellite Exhibits:
April & May Violence Transformed: Statewide
During the months of April and May, the digital display of works selected for Violence Transformed 2008 will travel to selected venues throughout the state.
Please check the Violence Transformed website for more information about these exhibits.
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Violence Transformed 2008: CALENDAR |
Saturday March 15 Deadline for Digital Submissions
April 28 Grand Opening of Violence Transformed 2008, Doric Hall , Massachusetts State House, Boston 6.00-9.00pm
April 28-May 2 Violence Transformed 2008 Exhibit, Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston
April 30 Wednesday MOVA Victims Rights Conference 2008 , Massachusetts State House, Boston
April & May Violence Transformed 2008 Digital Display travels to Selected venues statewide.
For further information about National Crime Victims Awareness Week and the 2008 Victim Rights Conference please email Ashlee Piper at Ashlee.Piper@state.ma.us.
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Violence Transformed 2008 Curators |
Barry Gaither, Director of The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc.
The Teen Curatorial Program of the Cloud Foundation & Ann Tobey, Associate Professor and Director, Juvenile Justice & Youth Advocacy Program, Wheelock College
Gail Burton & Jeff Carpenter board members of the Artists Foundation
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Mary Harvey, Gail Bos, Carol Daynard and Margot Hurley, community artists and students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Jennifer Hughes of the Resnikoff Gallery of Roxbury Community College and
Leslie Foley, Massachusetts College of Art.
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