The Tufts University Art Galleries are pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition, Double Arrows, an exhibition of weavings and jewelry by Elizabeth James-Perry, enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head–Aquinnah and a lifelong traditional artist, scientist, and illustrator, in conversation with the works of artists within the community: Tanya Crane, Erin Genia, Jonathan James-Perry, and Patricia James-Perry. Invoking the dynamic image of a line with arrow points at both ends, Double Arrows is James-Perry’s visually evocative concept of acknowledging our shared space and human interdependencies with the natural world. The exhibition is presented in the Grossman Gallery at SMFA at Tufts and on the façade of SMFA at Tufts’ 230 Fenway building, with a new billboard by James-Perry that celebrates Wampanoag coastal identity through the depiction of Indigenous life and the ongoing importance of wampum and Native family.

The VIP Preview will be followed by a 6pm public reception with exhibition curator Abigail Satinsky, Program Officer and Curator of Arts & Culture at the Wagner Foundation, and exhibiting artists and SMFA at Tufts faculty Tanya Crane and Erin Genia. Following the reception, Erin Genia will lead a clay workshop; open to all, but pre-registration here is required.