| Tufts University Art Galleries |
| Opening September 2: How do you throw a brick through the window... |
| Aug 31, 2025 |
| Coming to TUAG / Boston • September 2–November 23, 2025 |
| Presenting New Commissions and Recent Works by Seven Artists |
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Opening September 2, Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) is pleased to present **How do you throw a brick through the window…** at TUAG / Boston. How do you throw a brick through the window… presents new commissions and recent works of art exploring how individuals with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and neurodivergence navigate forms of protest despite the normalization of ableism in public spaces. How do you throw a brick through the window… features the work of seven artists—Yani aviles, Chloe P. Crawford, Nat Decker, Jeff Kasper, Carly Mandel, Jeffrey Meris, and Libby Paloma—who engage the radical questioning of Korean-American writer, artist, and musician Johanna Hedva: “How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can’t get out of bed?” Written in the aftermath of the 2014 Black Lives Matter protests, Hedva’s 2016 text “Sick Woman Theory” reverberates in the wake of 2020 protests for racial equity and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition is co-organized by TUAG Curator Laurel V. McLaughlin and John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) Associate Curator Tanya Gayer in dialogue with the artists. Generous support for this TUAG exhibition and programming is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence and the Theatre Dance and Performance Studies Department, as well as an anonymous donor. The accompanying symposium and pre-exhibition programming at TUAG were supported by a curatorial research fellowship for Laurel V. McLaughlin. We invite you to learn more about How do you throw a brick through the window… and browse our upcoming season of programming at artgalleries.tufts.edu. |
| Event • Boston • Sep 4, 6:00pm |
| You’re Invited! How do you throw a brick through the window… Public Reception |
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You’re invited to join us at TUAG / Medford for a community-wide reception to celebrate How do you throw a brick through the window… at TUAG / Boston. COMMUNITY RECEPTION |
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