Emerson Curatorial Practices Seminar

📢 Open Call 📢 We’re so excited to open submissions for our core Exhibition Proposal Series! This is the only opportunity for artists or curators of all experience levels to be considered for an exhibition in our 700 sq ft gallery. Artists working in any medium based in New England are invited to apply. For group shows, 75% of artists must be based in the region.

❣️Application Office Hours: May 28 and June 1, 6-7 pm ET
❣️Submission deadline: June 10, 11:59 pm ET
❣️Exhibition dates: July 10 - August 8, 2026

See the link in bio to learn more & submit! We can’t wait to see your work!

Did you miss "Hidden Histories?" Because we did!

Join artists Elisa Hamilton and Clareese Hill on Saturday, April 18th, for a special artist-lead walking tour of their two new public art projects "Glimpses of Glapion" and "The Black Boston Dream Oracle" in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. An artist Q&A session will take place afterwards at the African Meeting House.

We're so excited to spend the day with and ! We're also thrilled to be collaborating with the Museum of African American History for this program. Thank you all for the special opportunity to learn and converse! 💚

We will meet at the Boston Common Visitors Center, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. The tour will begin at 1pm. We hope to see you there! 🥳

*This project is funded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s Un-monument initiative, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

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Y'all come to GATHER and try your hand at some direct animation! We hope to "gather" these strips 🎞 from the show and create an abstract, collaborative film 📽 #gathertogether

On behalf of the curators of VM415, THANK YOU to everyone who came out yesterday to celebrate the opening of GATHER 🧶 💐

Our deepest gratitude also goes out to 💜 including AND all of the artists for helping with and participating in this curatorial endeavor, educational journey, and aesthetic achievement:
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And, THANK YOU, of course, to all of the students who knocked it out of the park!

The exhibition is open this coming week, Monday through Wednesday, from 12-5pm We'll be posting pics 📸 of the reception, lightning talks, installation, and more in the coming days...