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Coming to the Mosesian Center: Live Music, Classes, Call for Artists

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Mosesian Center for the Arts has live performances as well as classes on writing, and preparing for your audition coming up. Also, a call for artists. See more information below. Mosesian Arts Live, Art of Jazz: SheGrooves

This Wednesday, December 18 at 7:30 PM, Art of Jazz brings a powerful group of women musicians dedicated to elevating and celebrating the female experience. SheGrooves is an eclectic mix of pop, rock jazz and r&b, and for this performance, they will showcase holiday favorites and more! Click here for tickets

Call for Artists

The year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the time when Armenian American artist Arshile Gorky lived in Watertown, and the Mosesian Center for the Arts will be a part of town-wide events honoring Gorky’s work.

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Artist Selected to Create Mural Celebrating Artist Arshile Gorky

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“100 Years of Arshile Gorky” digital mural rendering by Brandon Gaia Marshall, 2024. Part of the selected mural proposal that will wrap both sides of the Grove Street underpass on the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway in Spring-Summer 2025. The artist who will create a mural celebrating Watertown artists Arshile Gorky has been selected by the Watertown Arts and Culture Committee. See details in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below. After a public meeting on November 18th, the Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee (PACC) is excited to announce that artist Brandon Marshall will paint his mural design at the Grove Street underpass on the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway.

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Mosesian Center for the Arts Receives Emergency Grant from Watertown Community Foundation

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The Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. (Courtesy Photo)

The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts Board:

The Mosesian Center for the Arts (MCA) received an off-cycle, emergency stabilization grant from the Watertown Community Foundation to offset the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Arts non-profits were hit hard during the pandemic. In an effort to build back after months of being shuttered, pandemic relief funds were used to create additional programming which also came with additional staffing. With the sudden and noticeable loss of the New Repertory Theatre, revenue did not keep up with the expanded programming,” explained MCA Board Chair, Shaunna Harrington.

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Watertown Gallery’s Latest Show, “Family, Creativity, Continuity + Art | Interrupted” Opens Saturday

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Watertown gallery Storefront Art Projects will host Family, Creativity, Continuity, and Art | Interrupted from Dec. 7 to 28, featuring the art of Lisa Olson and Mary Beth Muscara. A Reception will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, from 1-4 p.m. Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Saturdays 1-4

Find out more in the following information provided by the gallery:

Lisa Olson and Mary Beth Muscara share two grandchildren, but their lives and art practices are as far apart as their studios in Lexington, MA and Baltimore, MD. They both explore the fragility and danger of life and the relentlessness of time with collaged, painted, sculpted, corporeal, and somatic interruptions. 

Lisa is living with Parkinson’s disease which has robbed her of her manual dexterity and strength but her art is still flowing.

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Mount Auburn Cemetery Seeks Applications for 2025 Artist in Residence

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The Mount Auburn Cemetery’s Artist in Residence Program is turning 10 years old, and applications are being sought for the 2025 residency. The Cemetery provided the following information:

Since 2021, we have awarded smaller one-year residencies to a cohort of local artists to work on projects at Mount Auburn. Each artist is creating works or programs unique to and inspired by Mount Auburn. Artists also have the option to use their residency as a planning grant for a larger project to be completed the following year. Learn more about our Artists-in-Residence in this recent feature from Watertown Cable Access News

Artist-in-Residence Application

Award amount: $500 – $4,000

Application due date: February 1, 2025

Notification date: March 1, 2025

Project start date: April 1, 2025

End date: March 31, 2026

Read the application for more details:

2025 Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist-in-Residence Application

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“Expert Pairings” for Edible Watertown Project Announced

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Photo by Charlie BreitroseWatertown City Hall

The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:

Edible Watertown, a vibrant public art initiative by the Public Arts & Culture Committee that explores the city’s local ecology, is thrilled to announce the lead artists and scientists selected for its “Expert Pairings” project. This exciting collaboration pairs talented artists with knowledgeable scientists to create temporary, educational public artworks focused on edible plants, local resilience, and environmental awareness. The selected Expert Pairings are:

Sophy Tuttle (Artist) & Amber Siegel (Scientist, Charles River Watershed Association)

Jenn Houle (Artist) & Patrick Fairbairn (Scientist)

Ira Klein (Artist) & Yi (Jenny) Wang (Scientist)

Leah Craig (Artist) & Nicole Weber (Scientist)

About Edible Watertown:

Now in its third year, Edible Watertown fosters community engagement through artistic and scientific exploration of the town’s edible plants. This interdisciplinary project aims to connect residents with their local environment, highlighting the importance of local flora and ecosystems. Ultimately, Edible Watertown serves as a catalyst for environmental stewardship and appreciation for the natural gifts found right outside our doors. (Link to website)

About Expert Pairings:

Expert Pairings invites artists and scientists to collaborate on temporary public artworks exploring Watertown’s ecology.

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Watertown Gallery Hosting Contemporary Art by Prize Winning Artist

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Watertown’s Storefront Art Projects announced its latest exhibit, “WARM TO THE TOUCH: Recent Paintings by Jo Ann Rothschild,” curated by Elizabeth Michelman. October 19 – November 23, 2024  

Reception, Sat. October 19,  1- 4 pm

Artist Talk: November 16, 2pm

Gallery hours: Thursdays & Saturdays 1 – 4

Storefront Art Projects, 83 Spring St., Watertown, MA

Jo Ann Rothschild has had an enduring impact on contemporary painting in Boston and nationally. In 1993 she was the first recipient of the Museum of Fine Arts Maud Morgan Prize. In 2024 The National Gallery of Art exhibited Mom’s Yahrzeit (2021) in their collection of American abstractionists of the 60s through the 90s. Rothschild’s 92” x 122” un-stretched canvas, In Franklin Field (for Kimberly Rae Harbor (1990), is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts through January, 2025. Rothschild also recently published an updated version of her anti-misogynist “The Book of Penis!” provocative and subversive cartoons first published in 2010 by Pressed Wafer, Boston.   

Long identified with her earlier gridded, un-stretched canvases, Jo Ann Rothschild has moved beyond the rectangle to liberate the direct mark.

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Project Save Hosting “Lens & Libations” Featuring Historic Photos of the Armenian Community

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Project Save Photograph Archive has been preserving the global Armenian experience through photography since 1975. On Oct. 17, the group will host a exhibition with cocktails in Watertown. Project Save sent out the following information:

Join us for a casual evening of cocktails, photography, & community. We’ll have some new photographs from the archives up in our gallery!