April 5 –April 26, 2010
Reception: Saturday, April 24, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
A Jonathan Santos Project
at fivesevendelle
A group of student-artists from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design are investigating Mission Hill’s history and everyday situations as a point of departure for site-responsive projects. They are developing projects that are situated in the public sphere and that aim to be both socially and spatially engaging in relation to the surrounding communities. The group is focused on researching, discovering and developing a range of temporary, non-destructive and pedestrian-friendly projects in situ.
In the month of April, the group will occupy a project space in the neighborhood which will function as a creative laboratory, a repository for research findings, and a place to present ideas and engage in a dialogue with the community. The lab space will be open to the public every Monday from 2:00-5:00 p.m., with the exception of April 19, Patriots Day. During the first weeks of May, each self-directed project will be temporarily installed, activated, distributed or performed within the neighborhood. Further details will be announced.
This initiative is in partnership with Massart’s Center for the Arts and Community Partnerships; CACP cultivates innovative, sustainable relationships with the broader community to explore and expand the relevance of art in public life. It is also in partnership with fivesevendelle; a creative project space in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston located in a brownstone dating from 1875. The space is dedicated to providing a professional exhibition environment and a platform for creative interaction within the surrounding communities. Many thanks to: Tina Hinojosa, Casey Engels and ESF for their support.
Group Members: San Martin Figueroa, Nadia Gohar, Emma Gohlke, Peter Kazantsev, Holly Kelly, Savannah Mark, Sean McGann, Patrick O’Neill, Phillip Pham, Meghan Robbins, Tamara Safford, Fiona Stoltze, Amelia Young, Caitlin Nesbit, Project/Teaching Assistant; Jonathan Santos, Assistant Professor in Studio Foundation at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
