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MASS MoCA Workers Plan One-Day Strike to Protest "Lowball" Wages
The union seeks a minimum wage of $20 by the end of 2024; the museum offered only $16.
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MassArt Boston’s 2022 MFA Summer Thesis Exhibition Is Now On View
Summer graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their fine arts theses on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with in-person and virtual events and artist talks.
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Black Artist Attacked in White Supremacist March in Boston
Musician and activist Charles Murrell said he was assaulted by members of Patriot Front on his way to work.
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MFA Boston Workers Secure Wage Increases in First Union Contract
“This contract is a structural breakthrough for museum workers who have been underpaid as a group for years,” said staffer Martina Tanga.
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Tamara Lanier May Sue Harvard for “Emotional Distress” Over Images of Enslaved Ancestors, Court Rules
But the court ruled unanimously that Harvard was not legally obligated to return the photographs.
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DATMA Explores Technology and Tradition in New Bedford With SHELTER 2022-23
Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute presents free public art exhibitions and programs on innovative architecture, the Underground Railroad, and hurricane barriers.
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Harvard Holds Remains of 7,000 Native Americans and 19 Possible Enslaved People, Leaked Draft Says
"For too long, these remains have been separated from their individuality, their history, and their communities,” reads a report obtained by the Harvard Crimson.
Art
A Meditation on Biotech's Cycles of Healing and Harm
Sharona Franklin's artwork is a celebration and commemoration of what is gained and lost with scientific advances that result in biohazardous waste.
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MassArt’s 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston
Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their fine arts theses on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with virtual public artist talks on May 20.
Opinion
Harvard Is Paying a Small Price for Laundering Its Past
The first and best thing the university can do to atone for its past of exploitation and profiteering is simply to renounce its present-day exploitation and profiteering.
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Harvard Enslaved Over 70 People, New Report Finds
The school announced a $100 million fund to “redress” its legacies with slavery, but holds on to daguerreotypes of Tamara Lanier’s enslaved ancestors.
Podcast
Tamara Lanier's Fight for the Photographs of Her Enslaved Ancestors at Harvard
In this episode of the Hyperallergic podcast, Lanier talks about her continuing quest for justice that includes the return of the daguerreotypes depicting her enslaved ancestors.