Symposium: Monday, March 7, 6:30-9:30 PM
Exhibition Dates:
March 7-29, 2016
Location:
Marran Theater & Gallery
Doble Campus, Lesley University
34 Mellen Street, Cambridge, MA
Curator:
Hope Ricciardi

Aaron John Bourque, 99-119 Thornton Street, Roxbury, MA, 2015, archival inkjet print
Symposium Info:
Lesley University and Violence Transformed present their 3rd annual "Future of the Past" series, celebrating the power of art to transform violence. This year's event will focus on institutionalized racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, including a short video featuring author and incarceration activist Michelle Alexander, and a panel discussion with educators and artists Phillip Harvey, Bailey Ray, L'Merchie Frazier and Dev Luthra. For more information about our panelists, please visit http://www.lesley.edu/future-of-the-past/black-lives-matter/.
A reception and art exhibit will follow the discussion, featuring area artists whose works confront and imagine alternatives to violence at local, national and international levels, address issues of protest, refuge, survival, and commemoration; and give expression to the power of art to heal and enrich our lives and our communities.
Featured Artists:
Gail Bos
Aaron Bourque
Judith Carlin
L'Merchie Frazier
Mary Harvey
Ekua Holmes
Joan Ryan
Christine Tinsley
Photos:
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- Mary R. Harvey, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; founding director, Victims of Violence (VOV) Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; practicing artist and founding director, Violence Transformed.
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- Nancy Beardall, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Dance/Movement Therapy Program, Graduate School of Art and Social Sciences, Lesley University
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- Phillip Harvey, Fellow, National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and US State Department International Visual Arts Institute; JP Morgan Fellow in Arts Management; Faculty, Africana Studies Department at the John Jay College School of Criminal Justice, City College of New York
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- (left) Bailey Ray, editorial professional, freelance writer, and stage performer; (right) L’Merchie Frazier, visual and performance artist/educator/consultant