Race, Fragility, and Anti-Racism: A Summer Discussion Series
Wednesday, July 1-September 23, 2020 | 6:30-7:30 pm
Are you looking for practical steps to help heal the nation’s racial divide? Are you interested in understanding how we got to where we are and where we need to go from here?
See the curriculum, readings, and learn more about hosts Keidrick and Holly Roy here.
Virtual Exhibit: Masks of Boston
During the month of June, July and August, we will be featuring work by Katherine Taylor, a Boston based photographer who covers news and human interest stories. Her most recent project, “Masks of Boston,” features many Somerville residents and is incredibly relevant to the current social climate.
Deb Olin + David Campbell (Community Curators) | Opening October 2020
Penny Chronicles and the Stories They Tell
David Guss (Curator) | Opening September 2021
José Falconi and Santiago Montoya (Community Curators) | Opening Winter 2021-2022
Previous Exhibitions + Programs
Basement Project: Not Your Usual Basement Junk
A collaboration of the Somerville High School Local History Club and the Somerville Museum.
February 27-March 28, 2020
Faith in a City: Exploring Religion in Somerville, MA
Charan Devereaux (Curator) | November 17th, 2019 – January 26th, 2020
Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville Exhibition
Community Curator, Bess Paupeck, presented the exhibit, titled Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville. See link for additional programming and admission costs. See press links here. The show ran from February 14–March 31, 2019.
Community Curator, Pennie Taylor, presented the exhibit, titled Triple Decker Ecology. See link for additional programming. The show ran from October 11 through December 9, 2018. See press here.
Don’t miss programs organized by Historic Somerville. The programs are held both in the museum and in the community, and include historic reenactments, talks, and celebrations. Keep up with their schedule at http://historicsomerville.org/.
New England Mosaic Society (NEMS) exhibition | February 22nd, 2018 – April 7th, 2018
Juried exhibition of contemporary mosaic works featuring the New England Mosaic Society (NEMS) artists.
The exhibition will feature the work of 60 artists from the six New England states. In addition, Cynthia Fisher, Isabel Margolin, and Lisa Houck, three internationally known mosaic artists from New England, will show their work in an Invitational Exhibit. The show will also include a Salon, where NEMS members can exhibit and sell their small mosaics.
The exhibit will be accompanied by a series of workshops on a variety of mosaic techniques – for adults and children.More about the exhibit and the workshops.More about the New England Mosaic Society