The Boston Museum News

Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of collages and constructions by Varujan Boghosian. This is the artist's fourth exhibition and second solo-show with the gallery.

Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of collages and constructions by Varujan Boghosian. This is the artist's fourth exhibition and second solo-show with the gallery.

Lori Bookstein Fine Art is pleased to announce a group exhibition of works in metal, including pieces by Stephen Antonakos, Willard Boepple, Varujan Boghosian, John Crawford, Bruce Gagnier and Louise Kruger. Encompassing a range of metallic media - aluminum, bronze, gold, iron and steel - this exhibition highlights the inherent strength, malleability and luster of metal.

ANIKAI Dance Company comes to Montréal for the first time to present The Knocking Within. Just coming off a tour in India, where the show played to standing-room only audiences and received rave reviews, The Knocking Within will be at the MAI, as part of the Montreal Fringe Festival, before returning to Boston for a an extended return engagement. The Knocking Within is created by performers Wendy Jehlen and Pradhuman Nayak with lighting design by Stephen Petrilli.

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced the appointment of Victoria Sancho Lobis as the new Prince Trust Associate Curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings, effective September 15, 2013. Lobis, a multilingual scholar, brings to the museum expertise in both Netherlandish Baroque and Latin American colonial art, adding new dimensions to an already strong department.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum announces its new Director of Curatorial Affairs, Cody Hartley, who will take the position effective April 29, 2013. Hartley joins the O'Keeffe Museum from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he held the positions of Assistant Curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas, and later, the position of Director of Gifts of Art. The Museum also announces that Eumie Imm Stroukoff, currently the Librarian and Assistant Director of the Research Center, will become the Director of the Research Center.

Renowned silhouette artist, Deborah O'Connor, will createindividual portraits cut entirely freehand from paper, using scissors as her only tool, at the Custom House Maritime Museum on Saturday, February 9, 2013, from 1 to 5 PM. Guests pose for instant silhouettes, which they can take home--the perfect Valentine memento. 'Cutting silhouettes is basically drawing with a pair of scissors. The only difference is you can't make any mistakes, as there is no erasing,' Ms. O'Connor says. Working with children, adults and even pets, finished silhouettes are mounted on white or ivory archival quality card stock.

StageSource presents an exclusive opportunity for a hands on tour of theater in Boston's Downtown Crossing during the last half of the 19th century. Historian Susan Roberts will present her collection of theater memorabilia at a talk at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston at 3:00 pm today, January 13th. Event admission is 'pay what you can'.

StageSource presents an exclusive opportunity for a hands on tour of theater in Boston's Downtown Crossing during the last half of the 19th century. Historian Susan Roberts will present her collection of theater memorabilia at a talk at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston at 3:00 pm on Sunday, January 13th. Event admission is 'pay what you can'.

Blue Mountain Gallery presents selected oil paintings by Shelley Joy. Described as 'a high-spirited American original, she's a visionary. Her knowledge and experience of dance, acting, and music all embody the word 'Artist.' She believes in multi-faceted creativity when it comes to art, the art world and collaborations.'

A440 Arts Group welcomes Duo Sonidos (Adam Levin, guitar and William Knuth, violin) to its growing roster of composers, classical musicians, and ensembles for management and publicity in North America. A440 will also represent Adam Levin as a soloist.

Blue Mountain Gallery will present selected oil paintings by Shelley Joy. Described as 'a high-spirited American original, she's a visionary. Her knowledge and experience of dance, acting, and music all embody the word 'Artist.' She believes in multi-faceted creativity when it comes to art, the art world and collaborations.'

New York City Ballet's 2012 Spring Gala tonight, May 10 will feature a one-time-only salute to France titled À La Francaise, and will feature two World Premiere ballets, one by NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins to a score by the French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavie; and one by French-born choreographer and former NYCB Principal Dancer Benjamin Millepied to a commissioned score by Nico Muhly. The evening will also include a major revival of George Balanchine's Symphony in C, which was created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 to a score by the French composer Georges Bizet.

INTERIM WRITERS presents “Have You Read? May,' an evening of short staged readings tonight, May 4, 7:30pm at The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Boston.

Seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas presents her cutting edge multi-media video performance, The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, May 4 & 5 at the McCullough Theatre. Since the 1970s, Jonas has worked between various mediums, freely incorporating video, movement, music, sculpture, and the spoken word into open-end narratives. Featuring original piano score written and performed live by Jason Moran, this collaborative work evokes the American Southwest through an artistic consideration of the Hopi snake dance, a ritual that affected Jonas during visits to Arizona in the 1960s.

INTERIM WRITERS presents “Have You Read? May,' an evening of short staged readings on Friday, May 4, 7:30pm at The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Boston.

Seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas presents her cutting edge multi-media video performance, The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, May 4 & 5 at the McCullough Theatre. Since the 1970s, Jonas has worked between various mediums, freely incorporating video, movement, music, sculpture, and the spoken word into open-end narratives. Featuring original piano score written and performed live by Jason Moran, this collaborative work evokes the American Southwest through an artistic consideration of the Hopi snake dance, a ritual that affected Jonas during visits to Arizona in the 1960s.