September 2018
Faces of the African American Trail Project
The Tufts University Center for the Study of Race and Democracy invites you to "Faces of the African American Trail Project," a unique event in which Medford photographer Erik Jacobs will project archival images of former African American students at Tufts University on the campus Green. Jacobs is the create of Boston Stands With Immigrants, a public art project that emblazoned the city with projections of faces of immigrants, highlighting their contributions and showing the world that Boston stands with them…
Find out more »September 2019
Tisch Library Tour
Tufts University is holding a special tour of its Tisch Library, titled "Reading & Visualizing Power Structures," that will take a critical examination of the library's collection. Whose voices and experiences are present? Whose voices are missing? What does this mean for our collective understanding of knowledge? The program will be led by Darin Murphy, head of the W. Van Alan Clark Library at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, and Martha Kelehan, assistant director of research and…
Find out more »March 2023
Exhibition Opening: Ukraine: Connected Histories & Vibrant Cultures
Tufts University invites the community to an opening of the exhibition "Ukraine: Connected Histories & Vibrant Cultures" at Tisch Library. The territory of modern Ukraine was once part of the largest kingdom of medieval Europe, known as Kyivan Rus. The heart of that early medieval kingdom — the city of Kyiv — is today the capital of Ukraine. It features impressive monuments, as well as remarkable collections and archives that are endangered by Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. This exhibition…
Find out more »August 2023
Exhibition Closing: Space Exploration
Today concludes the yearlong exhibition "Space Exploration: In Rejection of Frontiers" on display at the Tisch Library at Tufts University. The title refers to the built space, not outer space, and the complexities and subtleties at play in the deceptively simple task of inhabiting spaces. The exhibition mines Tufts University Art Galleries' permanent collection for representations that subtly and powerfully confront reductive, spatial frameworks with nuance and curiosity.
Find out more »October 2023
Exhibit Opening: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar
As Tufts University prepares to inaugurate its 14th president, Sunil Kumar, the Tisch Library presents the exhibit, "The Charge and the Challenge: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar." Drawn from the collections of the Tufts Archival Research Center, it offers a glimpse of all the Tufts presidents and the highlights of their tenures. Following President Kumar's inauguration ceremony, archivists will be on hand to discuss exhibit highlights and present a selection of presidential artifacts from the Tufts Charter to Jumbo's…
Find out more »December 2023
Exhibition Closing: I’ll Be Your Mirror – Annette Lemieux
Today is the final day to view the exhibition "I'll Be Your Mirror," five works by Boston-based artist Annette Lemieux, in the Tisch Library at Tufts University. Lemieux's body of work is inspired by advertisements, popular music and art history; she navigates the image in the age of mass media, traversing both mainstream and fringe. “I’ll Be Your Mirror” references Lemieux’s immersion in popular culture, taking its name from a 1967 song by The Velvet Underground. Lemieux holds a mirror…
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