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Poster for the Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium on Boston Center for the Arts website. In a collaboration between Boston University’s School of Visual Arts and the BCA, the Multiple Formats was brought to life this past weekend with more than 150 exhibitors. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cultures, creations collide at Boston University’s Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium

Ellen Dong March 27, 2025
Books, posters, zines and more lit up the first floor of the Howard Thurman Center Saturday afternoon. 
Members of MASSCreative celebrate Arts Matter day. The organization is advocating on behalf of and providing resources for local artists who have been hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak. COURTESY CREATIVE COLLECTIVE

Efforts from arts organizations support artists during the pandemic

Madeline Humphrey April 15, 2020
Many arts and culture organizations have taken efforts to support artists whose income is affected by the current decreased ability to work, by adapting policies and creating funds.
Catherine Morris, Courtney Sharpe and Lyndsay Allyn Cox speak at the EmpowerHER panel on making Boston’s cultural scene more inclusive to black female artists at the Boston Athenæum Wednesday. PERRY SOSI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EmpowerHER event celebrates Black women in the arts

Madeline Humphrey February 20, 2020
Black women who work in Boston’s arts and culture sphere spoke at the EmpowerHER panel Wednesday evening, about how to empower women on their strive to make the art world more inclusive for all artists.
Boston Police Department PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DFP FILE PHOTO

Las Vegas shooter researched Boston locations

Till Kaeslin October 7, 2017

The Boston Police Department acknowledged media reports Thursday that the Las Vegas shooting suspect Stephen Paddock may have researched Boston locations prior to the attack at the Route 91 Harvest...

The Continuum Dance Project host “Passage Through Blue,” an interactive art show incorporating paintings, sculpture and dance, Friday night at the Boston Center for the Arts. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Passage Through Blue” blends art, dance in one unique performance

Lauren Frias February 15, 2017

The audience moves around the square room, observing the paintings on the walls and sculptures hanging from the ceiling. Works of art are projected onto blank white walls. In a setting that takes on...

Becca Lewis in Company One Theatre’s “REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.” PHOTO COURTESY PAUL FOX

Gender expectations, female oppression take stage, encourage women to “REVOLT.”

Lauren Frias October 26, 2016

During a time when roughly half the population is comprised of women, one would have the impression that the two sexes could coexist in equal standing, gender simply being a category of character and...

The Boston Center for the Arts is showing the "Fertile Solitude" art exhibit at the Mills Gallery through December. PHOTO BY TYLA PINK/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

“Fertile Solitude” reveals importance of self-reflection in creative art exhibits

Tyla Pink October 19, 2016

Every now and then, many say society needs to step away from the conventional world and become immersed in spaces that give people the chance to look inward. Luckily, a temporary void of whimsical, thought-provoking...

Alison McCartan, Victor Shopov and Gillian Mariner act as Daphna, Liam and Melody in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of "Bad Jews" at the Calderwood Pavilion. PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG BAILEY/PERSPECTIVE PHOTO

REVIEW: SpeakEasy Stage Company argues issues, origins in “Bad Jews”

Alix Jansma October 27, 2014

Who’s to discern the difference between a good Jew and a bad Jew? Joshua Harmon, a recent graduate of The Julliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, has written a biting,...

Joyce Pilarsky showcases her design at the Emerging Trends Fashion Show at the Boston Center for the Arts Saturday as part of Boston Fashion Week. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Emerging Trends fashion show flaunts diversity for Boston Fashion Week

Emanuela Frankel October 17, 2014

Crowds of fashionable people entered the brick Cyclorama building at the Boston Center for the Arts on Saturday to experience The SYNERGY Events’ seventh annual Emerging Trends fashion show at the end...

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