January-February
Now You See: A Celebration of Courageous Kids
January 5-February 29, 2016

Gallery Talk
Monday, February 22, 6 PM (for adults)
Location
Connolly Branch, Boston Public Library
433 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
617-522-1960
Curators
Gail Bos and Gloria Garrigg
About Now You See
The Now You See Collection is a growing collection of the real eyes of children, adult survivors, and families who have been affected by sexual and physical abuse and exploitation. Each piece in the series features the eyes and words of a survivor from Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Many victims (survivors) of abuse do not tell what is happening to them. They may feel isolated, ashamed, or resigned to endure their situation. Now You See encourages people of all ages to speak up while assuring them they are not alone. The exhibit seeks to encourage survivors to talk about what happened and to be proud of their resilience and strength.
But most importantly, these pictures, and the words of these kids, help us move beyond the silence and secrecy that so often surrounds, and enables, child abuse.
Each child in the Now You See project chose the name used to accompany her/his piece;
chose the words to describe their eyes; and made a statement about their experience.
Photos
Transformed: Looking Back on 10 Years of Violence Transformed through Art and Artists
January 22-February 26, 2016

History Ignored, oil on canvas / Hope Ricciardi
Opening Reception
Thursday, February 4, 2016, 4-5:15 PM
Location
Scollay Square Gallery
Boston City Hall, 3rd Floor
City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 8 AM-5 PM
Curators
Ekua Holmes
MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships
Gloretta Baynes
Northeastern University’s African American Master Artists in Residency Program (AAMARP)
In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture
Featured Artists
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Myrna Balk
Gloretta Baynes
Gail Bos
L’Merchie Frazier
Mary Harvey
Ekua Holmes
Kofi Kayiga
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Khalid Kodi
Hakim Raquib
Hope Ricciardi
Ruth Rosner
Gilda Sharpe Etteh
Susan Thompson
Christine Tinsley
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About the Exhibit
In honor of Black History Month, this show features selections from past Violence Transformed exhibitions and artists. The work in the exhibition features reflections and reactions to the violence in our neighborhoods and the world.
Photos
- Christine Tinsley l to r- MECHELLE, EUNIQUE, YOLONDE
- Ekua Holmes PRIDE
- Ekua Holmes SUFFICIENT GRACE
- Ekua Holmes CHAIN OF COURAGE – MLK 2015 (Google Doodle)
- Ekua Holmes CRYSTAL STAIR
- Ruth Rosner from MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN
- Ruth Rosner (installation detail) FAR FROM HOME 1
- Ruth Rosner (installation detail) from MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN
- Ruth Rosner (installation detail) HOPE SPRINGS
- Ruth Rosner (installation detail) FAR FROM HOME 2
- Gail Bos THE CHILDREN’S CHAIRS PROJECT [8 red chairs represent 8 children killed by gun violence each day in America]
- gallery view front- Gail Bos THE CHILDREN’S CHAIRS PROJECT back-Ekua Holmes CHAIN OF COURAGE – MLK 2015
- Gilde Sharpe Etteh IN MEMORY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON
- Gilde Sharpe Etteh IN MEMORY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON
- Gilde Sharpe Etteh IN MEMORY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON
- Gloretta Baynes HAITI VICTORIOUS #1
- Gloretta Baynes HAITI VICTORIOUS
- Gloretta Baynes Re-visioning Africa #1 NATIONAL DANCE TROUPE OF GHANA THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
- Gloretta Baynes Re-visioning Africa #2 NATIONAL DANCE TROUPE OF GHANA THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
- Hakim Raquib BIRD IN FLIGHT
- Hope Ricciardi HISTORY IGNORED
- Hope Ricciardi THE ARTIST AS FABRIC
- Khalid Kodi NUBIAN TALES
- Kofi Kayiga GELEDE
- L’Merchie Frazier MARTIN LUTHER KING
- Mary Harvey BRIDGE #1
- Mary Harvey OUT OF DARKNESS NO.1
- Myrna Balk MOVING THE CURRENT (above) AROUND THE WAVES (below)
- Myrna Balk WAITING FOR CHANGE
- Susan Thompson BEADS FOR BODIES #1
- Christine Tinsley with Thaddeus Miles
- l-r Myrna Balk, Ekua Holmes (foreground) L’Merchie Frazier, Mary Harvey (background)
- Hope Ricciardi, Oliver Fowlkes
- l to r- L’Merchie Frazier, Gail Bos, Mary Harvey
- (l to r) Iris Lapaix, sparc! the ArtMobile, Program Associate and Gloretta Baynes Cook, artist-curator and Chair, AAMARP, Northeastern University
- Carolyn Jackson, Administrative Assistant, Center for Art and Community Partnerships at MassArt
- Gallery reception
- John Crowley, City of Boston
- artists l to r- Hope Ricciardi, Gloretta Baynes, Mary Harvey, Myrna Balk, Susan Thompson
Click here to view an NECN video highlighting this and other exhibitions in Boston City Hall Galleries
February-May
SANKOFA
February 1-May 6, 2016

“Stop and Frisk” Play, Panel and Dialogue
Saturday, March 5, 2016
6-9 PM
Our Place Theatre will perform a scene from Robert Johnson’s play Stop and Frisk, followed by a dialogue with actresses Valerie Lee and Karimah Williams, and civil rights activists Askia Touré, Yvette Modestin and Karlene Griffith Sekou.
Location
AAMARP Gallery
76 Atherton Street
Jamaica Plain, MA
(2 blocks from Stonybrook Station
Orange Line T)
Gallery hours: by appointment
Call: 617-373-3329
Curator
Gloretta Baynes
Chair, African American Master Artist in Residence Program (AAMARP)
an adjunct of the Department of African American Studies
Northeastern University
Featured Artists
Gloretta Baynes
Jeff Chandler
Marlon Forrester
L’Merchie Frazier
Ricardo Gomez
Reginald Jackson
Shea Justice
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Kofi Kayiga
Khalid Kodi
Bryan McFarlane
Hakim Raquib
Susan Thompson
Don West
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In honor of the United Nation’s Decade of People of African Descent, SANKOFA features selected works, performing arts and dialogue that embodies the history and culture of the African Diaspora and fosters social and environmental justice through the transformative power of art.
Future of the Past: Black Lives Matter
March 7-29, 2016
Symposium
Monday, March 7, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
Location
Marran Theater & Gallery
Doble Campus, Lesley University
34 Mellen Street, Cambridge, MA
Curator
Hope Ricciardi
Featured Artists
Gloretta Baynes
Gail Bos
Aaron Bourque
Judith Carlin
Carol Daynard
L’Merchie Frazier
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Mary Harvey
Ekua Holmes
Jon Lowenstein
Joan Ryan
Christine Tinsley
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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.
Image: Aaron John Bourque, 99-119 Thornton Street, Roxbury, MA, 2015, archival inkjet print
Photos
- 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.
- Nancy Beardall, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Dance/Movement Therapy Program, Graduate School of Art and Social Sciences, Lesley University
- 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
- Screen shot of The Future of Race in America: Michelle Alexander at TEDxColumbus
- (left) Bailey Ray, editorial professional, freelance writer, and stage performer; (right) L’Merchie Frazier, visual and performance artist/educator/consultant
- Dev Luthra, Artistic Director, And Still We Rise Productions
- Jon Lowenstein, creator, Postcards from Ferguson
- Stack of Postcards from Ferguson, by Jon Lowenstein
- Pull-out detail, Postcards from Ferguson
Violence Transformed: The Artist’s Voice
March 7-April 20, 2016
Opening Reception
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
6:30-9:00 PM
The reception is free and open to the public and will feature a video presentation from filmmaker Jon Lowenstein, a panel discussion, an art-making activity, light refreshments, and an opportunity to meet the exhibiting artists.
Location
Harriet Tubman Gallery
United South End Settlements
566 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–8:00 PM. Facilities are handicap accessible.
Curator
Carol Daynard
Featured Artists
Kimberlee Alemian
Gail Bos
Aaron Bourque
Judith Carlin
Robert Castagna
Walter Crump
Don Cooper
Carol Daynard
Darrel Gane-McCalla
Sheila Hagen
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Loretta Hubley
Marjorie Kaye
Jon Lowenstein
Katrina Majkut
Beverly Rippel
Ruth Rosner
George Shaw
Becky Strohm
Anne Strout
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United South End Settlements/Harriet Tubman House has prided itself in Arts & Cultural programming by showcasing a range of diverse, cultural and community driven works through art exhibitions at the Harriet Tubman Gallery. Cultural events forge those relationships that foster a strong sense of neighborhood appreciation where all individuals are welcome. Located in Boston’s historic South End, the Harriet Tubman House is open to the community and hosts a range of programming for adults and seniors. Please visit www.uses.org to learn more.
Violence Transformed: Art Speaks Truth to Power
March 19-April 9, 2016

Artist Reception and Performances
Saturday, April 2, 2016, 4-7 PM
Location
The Mass Ave Gallery at Cambridge College
1000 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Curator
Hope Ricciardi
Featured Artists
Kimberly Alemian
Don Cooper
Amy Fagin
Susan Fudim
Lisa Reindorf
Ruth Rosner
George Shaw
Brenda Steinberg
Anne Strout