A Night at the Museum

A Night at the Museum:

Evening in Red

Saturday, November 18

6:00-9:00pm

Join us for a night of extravagance to celebrate FAM and Fitchburg. Connect and mingle with exhibiting artists, walk the red carpet, enjoy live jazz music, refreshments, and specialty cocktails.

Red, white, and black attire encouraged. For more information, visit www.fitchburgartmuseum.org or contact [email protected]..

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Now on View

Dialogues, Diasporas, and Detours Through Africa

October 14, 2023-January 14, 2024 

This exhibition, guest curated by Dell Marie Hamilton, features work by seven artists—Archy LaSalle, George Annan, bashexo, Digi Chivetta, Sharon Dunn, Reginald Jackson, and Lou Jones—in conversation with works from FAM’s Permanent Collection of African Art. These artists participated in the Black Artist Residency at FAM over the past year, which was created by a partnership between the Museum and artist-collective 

Where Are All The Black People At (WAATBPA). 

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Capital Vice: Politics of the Seven Deadly Sins

October 14, 2023-January 14, 2024

Capital Vice highlights a variety of artforms in the Fitchburg Art Museum’s Permanent Collection (including street photography, silverware, and weaponry) to question how outdated notions of archetypal sin fit within a modern sensibility.

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Community Gallery 

Islamic Arabian Art 

From the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

November 1–December 3, 2023

Islamic Arabian art focuses on the depiction of patterns, calligraphy, animals, and figures. Objects including paintings, jewelry, metal art, and clothing were gathered by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in hopes of bringing about a deeper understanding and appreciation for Middle Eastern themed objects and the rich history that encompasses them. The Community Gallery is supported by a generous gift from Dr. Roderick and Donna Lewin.

Ari Montford’s Freedom Arrows

Also on view

Ari Montford’s Freedom Arrows amplifies the arrow’s symbolism as tool, weapon, and message to explore Indigenous Black themes through the lens of the Native American experience of genocide. Within the museum lobby, a volley of hand-beaded arrows is suspended midair (as if just unleashed from unseen bows) and embedded in the walls. Dual concepts of protection and service, aggression and power blend with the arrows’ spiritual presence to create a space that provokes conversation about racial justice and narrative-making. Montford’s installation engages with the impact of structural racism, Indigenous trauma, and the process of creating safe spaces for restorative justice through their own voice as a Black Two Spirit Indigenous cultural practitioner.

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Rania Matar:

Oceans at My Door

Now through January 7, 2024

This exhibition celebrates FAM’s recent acquisition of Rania Matar’s portfolio SHE by placing it into the context of Matar’s recent work. Matar is a Lebanese-American photographer internationally renowned for her explorations of cross-cultural identity and femininity.

This event is free for all FAM Members and free with museum admission.

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Programs

Yoga in the Galleries

Tuesdays

6:15-7:30pm

November 7–December 19, 2023

Experience the combination of going inside to see the beauty within and coming into the gallery to see the beauty around you. Join the practice of yoga with Dianne Tousignant where you are guided through breath awareness, warm-up poses, strengthening, and relaxation. Beginners are welcome. Instruction can be adapted for new students as well as those with more experience. 

$15 drop-in per class payable in class. Fall session multi-class discount: register for 7 classes $91 FAM members’ discount: $77. If you prefer to register in advance call 978-345-4207 or email [email protected]

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Artist Talk: Rania Matar

Saturday, November 18 at 3:00pm

Back by popular demand, Lebanese American photographer Rania Matar returns for a conversation about the inspirations and techniques

featured in her exhibition

Rania Matar: Oceans at my Door. 

This event is free for all FAM Members and free with museum admission.

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Hidden Treasures  

Thursday, November 16 

1:00-3:00pm

Hidden Treasures is a free specialized art appreciation program for individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease or a related dementia and their caregivers. Specially trained museum staff use Alzheimer’s-friendly communication techniques to encourage participants to express feelings and thoughts. Hidden Treasures is free, but participants must pre-register with the Fitchburg Art Museum by calling 978-345-4207 or by emailing [email protected] 

Hidden Treasures is sponsored by Fallon Health. 

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Free First Thursdays and the Farmers Market

Thursday, November 5

12:00 – 7:00 PM

Every first Thursday the museum is FREE for all visitors, 12-7 pm.

In November, we welcome the return of the Fitchburg Farmers Market from

3- 5:30 pm, this year with Growing Places offering both SNAP and theHealthy Incentives Program.

Free First Thursdays is supported by an endowment given to the Fitchburg Art Museum in memory of Martha Malm.

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Your Support Makes a Difference!

Whether you visit, attend an event, spread the word, or contribute, you make a difference at the Fitchburg Art Museum – for yourself and for the lives of others. You are impacting our community, our region, our artists, and our families. 

Thank You!

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Press

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