| Tufts University Art Galleries |
| I want more celebrations Now On View at TUAG / Boston |
| May 21, 2025 |
| Presenting New Work by Gabriel Sosa for Boston Public Art Triennial |
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As part of the Boston Public Art Triennial, SMFA-alumnus Gabriel Sosa (MFA’16) created Ñ Press, a community print studio in East Boston—in collaboration with Maverick Landing Community Services—that transforms zines, posters, pamphlets, and artist books into vessels of connection, activism, and education. In a workshop co-facilitated by Paola Ruiz (BA'25), participants created their own texts inspired by Zoe Leonard’s poem I want a president, 1992—enlarged and reprinted as the inaugural 230 Fenway Billboard project in 2018—in which a typed letter reads: “I want a dyke for president” and continues on to describe a political candidate who has suffered illness, poverty, and loss. Local youth Farah Lachmi, Sumeya Mohamed, José Landaverde, Julián Artica, Ilaf Bachir, Muhamed Bachir, Rafi Bachir, Brian Sologaistoa, and Adam Gaid relay the need for joy, safety, affordable food, and friendship along with open blanks, inviting viewers to fill in your own collective hopes and desires. |
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