Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events/screenings/exhibitions/performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week:
• Events
Tuesday March 5
Artists For Humanity, 100 W 2nd street, Boston
EpiCenter Talks: Jay Gordon, co-founder of Bodega (http://shop.bdgastore.com/)
6-7:30pm / Free
Wednesday March 6*
808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Plotform presents: Stitching the Shore
Artists Andi Sutton & Jane Marsching host an evening of collaborative crocheting to consider how global warming is affecting Boston Harbor
6:30-8:30pm / Free
Friday March 8 — Saturday March 9*
SMFA, Mission Hill building, 160 Saint Alphonsus Street, Boston
SMFA Graduate Open Studios
Over 150 MFA and Post-Baccalaureate artists from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) will open their creative spaces to the public on March 8+9. Now in its third year, SMFA Grad Open Studios offers an opportunity for visitors to see works in progress and interact with artists in an informal setting
Friday: 6-9pm | Saturday: 11-5pm / Free
Monday March 11
SMFA, Mission Hill building, 160 Saint Alphonsus Street, Boston
Lecture: Amy Sadao, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania
6 pm / Free
• Exhibitions
Saturday March 2 — Monday May 27
Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA
FreePort [No. 006]: Nick Cave
Tuesday-Sunday: 10 am-5 pm, Open the third Thursday of every month 10 am-9:30 pm, Closed Mondays (except holidays) / Adults $15, Seniors $13, Students $11, Youth (16 and under) and Salem, Mass. residents admitted free
Thursday 7 — Friday March 22
MassArt, President's Gallery, 11th floor, Tower Bld, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston
Dynamic Media Institute presents: Fresh Media 2013
Reception: Wednesday March 20, 5pm / Free
9-5pm / Free
Thursday 7 — Sunday March 31
Aviary Gallery, 48 South Street Jamaica Plain MA
On Color
George Carr, Mairikke Dau, AJ Farkas, Zachary F. Herrmann, Carlos Jiménez Cahua, Andrée Leduc, Steven Paneccasio, Fabiola Menchelli & Nicholas Sullivan
Co-Curated by: Fabiola Menchelli & Quinn Gorbutt
Opening Reception: Thursday March 7
6-9pm / Free
Friday March 8
The Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA
Black Ink: Printmaking in Monochrome
Organized by Ted Ollier & Juried by Carolyn Muskat
Closing Reception: Friday March 8
6-8pm / Free
Saturday March 2 — Sunday April 14
Boston Cyberarts Gallery, 141 Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA
The Game’s Afoot: Video Game Art
Curated by: George Fifield
Opening Reception: Friday March 8
6-9pm / Free
Friday 8 — Sunday March 31
Blanc Gallery, 110 Brookline St, Cambridge
Yes.Oui.Si. presents: COLLECTiVE CREATURE
Dillon Buss, Nick Gibney, Alexa Guariglia, Miguel Horowitz, Zacharie Lanque, Adrian Molina, Jordan Piantedosi, Jana Renee, Golden Sweet, Juan Travieso, Jacquelyn West & George Winkler
Curated by: Olivia Ives-Flores
Opening Reception (& after party to follow): Friday March 8
6-8 / Free
• Screenings
Thursday March 7 — Thursday March 7
Cinema Salem, One East India Square, Salem, MA
Salem Film Fest 2013
New England’s 6th Emerging All-Documentary Film Festival
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 7
5-6:45pm, Old Town Hall (32 Derby Square) / Free
• Performances
Wednesday March 6
Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge
Conquest of Cold
Composed by John Morrison & performed by the Redline Brass Quintet
8pm / Free
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