Past Events

Join artist Mary Mattingly for this Green Series for kids 8 years +. Participants will make their own seed sculptures with seeds from plants that aid in water purification while learning about water remediation techniques. We’ll combine seeds, clay, and healthy compost - these sculptures are perfect for tossing anywhere outdoors! This program is held in partnership with More Art. Number of Participants: 25 First come, first served

Join us for a lunchtime presentation followed by a limited registration workshop on socially engaged public art by Micaela Martegani (Executive Director of More Art) and Jeff Kasper (Artist, Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst). Kasper and Martegani, co-editors of More Art in the Public Eye, will discuss their book and offer critical insight into the ever-growing field by demonstrating how the committed collaboration of artists, community members, and cultural producers can meaningfully impact our collective futures.

Ecology: The Original Commons Ecology is the original commons, the basis and ultimate standard of relational and thoroughly interdependent life systems. How can we learn from ecology ways to improve the contemporary commons—be it public or civic space or the commons of knowledge? And what aspects of biological life are currently under threat in our public sphere? Join ecological artist Mary Mattingly in a talk where she explores the notion of "the commons" as it has informed her artistic practice and…

Public Water is on view from April 22, 2020 - June 21, 2020