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The Curatorial Study Hall internship is a specialized project-based internship where students get to explore and delve deeper into exhibition creation, interpretation, and design.
The Lonely Palette Podcast
Tamar Avishai, the MFA’s podcaster-in-residence and host of The Lonely Palette , has teamed up with the Museum to release episodes on artworks in our…
During this scary time, Joseph Cornell’s Dovecote is like a safe shelter for one to take comfort in. Made in about 1952, it was a gift for Joseph’s…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Make a Potato Print
In this Junior Artists at Home, we look at Elizabeth Catlett’s linocut Sharecropper and learn about printmaking.
Animals
This animal-themed activity invites you to go wild! After reading Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown, we look at an ancient Greek lion in the Museum's collection. Then we learn how to make a lion or a different animal from a tissue box and other materials you probably have at home.
“Something profound was in the making.” So recalled the American artist Charles Sheeler after seeing the work of Braque, Cézanne, and Picasso for the…
Issue: Art for This Moment
I am trying to gather the strength to find the appropriate words to say right now. Harriet Powers is one of the strongest women I have ever learned…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Paul Cadmus lived most of his life in a world that did not acknowledge the rights of LGBTQ+ people to live their lives freely and openly. But that did…
Issue: Art for This Moment
In the Meadow
In this MFA Playdates at Home, we read the book My Heart Fills with Happiness and ask: What makes you happy? Then we head outside to learn more about Monet and get step-by-step instructions on how to make a sidewalk chalk drawing of flowers, beautifying your neighborhood along the way!
When I was in seventh or eighth grade, I went on a school field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to visit an exhibition on the 18th-century…
Issue: Art for This Moment