The exhibition ASWAT : أصوات (Arabic word for voices) is a platform that gives visibility and elevates the voices and perspectives of Arab Women. Exploring themes of personal and collective identity the artwork presented will showcase the strength, diversity and impact of Arab Women with roots in countries in the [...]
Join us for our Lunar New Year Community Cultural Day
Black Art Celebration Community Cultural Day Sunday, February 12, 2022 12 pm - 4 pm Trio classroom (upstairs @ 245 Walnut St) Join the New Art Center and our friends from Newton Community Pride for a celebration of Black art! This Community Cultural Day celebrates Black History Month with art-making, [...]
Photos from Festivals of Light, held on Sunday December 4 from 12-4:30 PM Photos include DEAFinitely, a non- profit organization that serves Deaf and hearing youth representing multi-lingual, cultural, racial, and socio-economic diversity; a Mexika solstice performance by Calpulli Coyoxochitl; a Hanukkah musical performance by Nat Seelan from the internationally-acclaimed Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band, [...]
Art educators will lead participants through different make-and-take activities that highlight the themes, rituals, and traditions of different holidays. Performances include DEAFinitely, a non- profit organization that serves Deaf and hearing youth representing multi-lingual, cultural, racial, and socio-economic diversity; a Mexika solstice performance by Calpulli Coyoxochitl; a Hanukkah musical performance by Nat Seelan from the internationally-acclaimed [...]
Dates: 3/5 Details: Sunday, 1 Session Times: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Join the New Art Center for Holi, the Indian festival of color to welcome Spring! We will have art-making, performances, food, dancing, and music throughout the day. The Grub Guru food truck will be there with tasty food available for purchase. [...]
Public Art Installation in Partnership with New Art Center CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS (July 2022) - Chestnut Hill Square (ChestnutHillSquare.com) has partnered with Newton’s New Art Center to display Material Trait, an abstract sculpture featuring an organic, double helical shape made from a variety of materials. The sculpture, by artist Nicky [...]
The role of art in times of war raises fundamental questions about our existence as members of the human race. The exhibition Recollecting Afterimages: Portrait of Survivors is an attempt to create a space where the eyes of artists, witnessing the tragedy of violence as a shared story of the [...]
