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SMFA at Tufts Presents Passages, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
On view from May 5 to 17 in Medford, Massachusetts, this exhibition represents the graduating class and their journeys through worlds visited and imaged.
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Open Faculty Positions at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
SMFA at Tufts is seeking applications for at least four full-time Professor of the Practice positions in Sound/Sound Installation, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Drawing.
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Tufts Auctions Student and Alumni Artworks to Benefit Financial Aid Programming
The offerings include current students, as well as Tufts alumni like Wangechi Mutu and Sol LeWitt.
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New Arts Faculty at SMFA at Tufts Boost the Curriculum’s Social Justice Perspectives
A group of 10 renowned interdisciplinary artists and educators have joined the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University as full-time faculty.
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SMFA at Tufts Offers Flexible Design and Illustration Certificates
Create a custom art certificate from a robust list of core courses and electives at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts’ Continuing Education Summer Session.
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SMFA at Tufts Announces As Above, So Below, a Virtual MFA Thesis Exhibition
The exhibition goes live June 1, while artist talks and a digital walkthrough will take place via Zoom on June 4 at 6:30pm (EDT).
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Tufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler Gallery
The billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world.
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Is Anyone Listening? SMFA at Tufts Colloquia Examine the Role of Artists in Public Discourse
Artists and scholars including Raqs Media Collective, Homi Bhabha, Edgar Arceneaux, and Henriette Huldisch have joined SMFA at Tufts graduate students in a series of far-reaching conversations framed by contemporary art practices.
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SMFA at Tufts Graduate Community Uses Performance Art as an Engine for Social Activism
At SMFA at Tufts, students, alumni, and faculty are working collaboratively to break down cultural gaps and engage underrepresented artists and audiences in the art world.
Art
An Artist Attempts to Resensitize Us to Images of Violence
BOSTON — In “Inextinguishable Fire,” a digital video by Cassils, the artist assumes the aspect of a martyr while being enveloped by flames.
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A Conversation on Latino Representation in US Art History Departments
We spoke to Dr. Adriana Zavala, associate professor of art history and director of the Latino Studies program at Tufts University, about her research on the state of Latina/o representation in US art history departments.
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The Sad Story of Jumbo the Elephant
MEDFORD, Mass. — Poor Jumbo. In P.T. Barnum’s hands he became the most famous African elephant in the world — lure to throngs of circus visitors and unknowing shill for countless products. His outsized fame, undimmed by his premature demise, has much to tell us about the rise of a celebrity-driven e