Presented by the Tufts University Museum Studies Program, a collaborative program of Tufts' departments of art history, education, and history. This graduate program trains students in the preservation, administration and education skills required for working in museum and historic settings.

Jackie Ferrara: Imaginary Spaces / Realized Places
May 3 –May 20, 2007
Koppelman Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 3, 5:30–8:30 pm

Jackie Ferrara: Imaginary Spaces / Realized Places provides insight into the creative process of the artist chosen for the University’s first public art commission—the transformation of the Tisch Library rooftop plaza. It offers a thematic examination of her body of work, with five sculptures on loan from local collections and a multi-mediapresentation of her completed public art commissions from around the United States. It follows Ferrara’s artistic process as she moves from “structure” to “space” to “place,” from methodical drawings to sculpture to large-scale public art. Her imaginary spaces, influenced by such sources as science fiction, allegory, and mathematical patterns, take on physical form in her precise geometric structures.

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From Eastport to Rockport: the Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth
May 4–May 21, 2006
Koppelman Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 4, 5:30–8:30 pm
Presented in cooperation with the Boston Public Library.

From Eastport to Rockbort: the Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) features a broad selection of New England coastal prints by one of America's greatest 20th century lithographers. Stow Wengenroth had a passion for the New England coast, and this exhibition follows his work along the coast and throughout his career. It also includes a rarely seen video of the artist, an overview of the lithographic process, and preliminary studies that the artist used for planning his compositions.