View of open art gallery space with various art objects. Seven professors of the practice are the focus of a show this month at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts

A view of the “New SMFA at Tufts Faculty Exhibition” at the Anderson Auditorium. Photo: Alonso Nichols

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New SMFA Faculty Show Work at Exhibition

Seven professors of the practice are the focus of a show at SMFA at Tufts

This year saw the hiring of a group of new professors of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, and what better way to introduce them to the community than an exhibit of their work? That was the thinking at SMFA at Tufts, and a month-long show of work by seven of the new faculty members is on view at the Anderson Auditorium there through September 30.

The new faculty’s art and teaching further the idea of racial and social justice, says Abigail Satinsky, Tufts University Art Galleries curator and head of public engagement, who organized the exhibition along with Cecilia Karoly-Lister, MFA22. They visited the artists’ studios via Zoom in the summer, and the artists contributed pieces that they felt exemplified their work. The results are front and center at the New SMFA at Tufts Faculty Exhibition. 

After a difficult pandemic year, “there’s really a wonderful atmosphere of having students back in the building,” said Satinsky. “They get to walk in and see their new faculty’s art—I think it’s helped bring up everybody’s mood and be excited to learn and make together again.”

    Three framed pieces of art on a white wall . Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Michael Smoot, from left, “Grains IV,” “Grains V,” “Grains VI,” 2020, screenprints.
    Photo of a woman standing outside at night Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Laurel Nakadate, “Akron, Ohio # 1,” from the “Relations” series, 2013, Type-C print.
    Three framed piexes of art on a white wall Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Cristóbal Cea, from left, “Insiste Contra El Viento,” “Le Discute ala Gravedad,” “Se Aferra Alo Que Queda,” 2013, digital print on paper.
    A white sculpture on a wooden platform Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Kate Conlon, detail from “The Story of the Tin Can,” 2021, plywood, paper, acrylic, foam core.
    Photo of a video monitor on a wall Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Guadalupe Maravilla, “BOOM BOOM WHAMMM SWOOSH!,” 2017, video.
    Three wooden scuptures on white platforms on the floor Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Triton Mobley, from left, “Outside the Loop, 3 of 6,” “Outside the Loop, 1 of 6,” “Outside the Loop, 4 of 6,” 2021, sanded pine, crushed velvet, PLA 3D prints, projectors.
    Large video monitor screen with program playing and two sets of headphones hung below on a white wall Photo: Alonso Nichols
    Ng’endo Mukii, “Yellow Fever,” 2012, mixed media animation and live action.

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