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Artwork by Mosesian Center for the Arts Members Will be Displayed in Sept. and Oct.

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Rebecca Skinner’s “Interior 1” will be part of Mosesian Arts’ Member’s Exhibition. The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

At Mosesian Arts, artists explore variety of themes from the natural world to abandoned dwellings, abstractions and more in this year’s Members Exhibition. 

The Mosesian Center for the Arts is excited to showcase a diverse body of art works from our current members. The upcoming exhibition gives our artist members the opportunity to demonstrate many and various ways to create work. In addition, artists explore a wide selection of themes. Several of the artists have turned to nature for ideas and reflection.

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Musician, Artist Will Appear at Opening of His Exhibition at Armenian Museum of America

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On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Armenian Museum of America will welcome multi-talented artist Serj Tankian. Known for performing with the band System of a Down, Tankian will appear at the opening reception for the exhibition of his artwork at the Watertown-based museum. See more information provided by the AMA below. The Art of Disruption: The Art and Impact of Serj Tankian

Step into the world of Serj Tankian — musician, painter, poet, and activist—in this landmark biographical and multimedia exhibition inspired by his 2024 memoir Down with the System.

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Watertown Cultural Council Announces Results of 2024-2025 Grants Season

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Attendees at the Watertown Cultural Council Grantee Celebration. (Contributed Photo)

By Lawrence KessenichWatertown Cultural Council member

The Watertown Cultural Council (WCC) has completed its 2024-2025 grants season, awarding just under $35,000 in grants to a variety of individuals and organizations. The grants were funded by Massachusetts Cultural Council, and, for the first time, the Commonwealth’s funds were matched by funds from The City of Watertown, enabling the WCC to double its impact on Watertown’s cultural life. The WCC processed 66 grant applications, approving 33 of those grants. Here are some examples of projects that received funding from the WCC:

• Watertown ArtsMarket• Porchfest• Open Mic• Multiple events at the Watertown Library• Multiple events at Watertown public schools and one at the Perkins School• Senior Center musical presentations• Mossessian Center for the Arts course tuition assistance• Actor’s Shakespeare Project course tuition assistance• Watertown’s first dragon boat entered in the Dragon Boat Festival• Plaque to commemorate Watertown artist Arshile Gorky• Historical Society newsletter• River of Light workshops and performance

In May, the WCC held a reception for its grantees at Gore Place, where the recipients shared how they made use of the grant money provided.

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“Expert Pairings” Teams of Artists and Scientists Unveil Public Art Projects

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The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:

Edible Watertown, a dynamic public art initiative by the Public Arts & Culture Committee, brings temporary public artworks to Watertown in 2025, focusing on local ecology, resilience, and environmental awareness. “We are incredibly excited to see the collaborations unfold and the educational artworks that will emerge,” said Liz Helfer, Public Arts & Culture Planner. “These pairings bring together unique perspectives and expertise, and we anticipate that their projects will deeply resonate with our community.” The “Expert Pairings” teams are currently implementing their project proposals, which were presented to the Public Arts & Culture Committee on February 24, 2025. The projects will be unveiled between July – October 2025.

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Mosesian Center for the Arts Announces New Executive Director

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Aliana de la Guardia

The Mosesian Center for the Art’s Board announced the hiring of the next Executive Director in an email on June 27. Aliana de la Guardia will take over for interim Executive Director Roberta Miller. See the MCA’s announcement below. Dear MCA Community,

I am delighted to share with you that Aliana de la Guardia will be our new Executive Director beginning July 14, 2025! Aliana is a visionary arts and culture leader who knows the power of building community and belonging through the arts.

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A Quiet Hub of Documentary Power: Four Filmmakers Shaping Stories in Watertown

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Watertown filmmaker Lisa Olivieri shoots part of her documentary film “Recovery City.” (Contributed Photo)

Watertown may not resemble Hollywood. There’s no giant white sign on a hill, no people in knock-off Elmo suits trying to hassle tourists for photos, no bus tours of famous people’s driveways. But believe it or not, Watertown has its own little Hollywood row. Four filmmakers here are documenting stories of family, recovery, civic life, and identity.

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Mosesian Center Celebrates 2 Decades of Being Watertown’s Focal Point for the Arts

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Guests decorate a picture of the Mosesian Center for the Arts at the 20th Anniversary Celebration. (Photo by Danielle Drapeau)

It’s been two-decade a rollercoaster ride, but the Mosesian Center for the Arts made it to 20 years in large part to its current interim executive director. Hundreds filled the arts center on May 22 for the 20th Anniversary Celebration, enjoying theater, music, comedy, food, and each other’s company. The idea for an arts center began when the City of Watertown was reimagining what could be done at the former U.S. Army Arsenal. In 2001, the City signed a 99-year-lease for the front part of Building 312, and the Arsenal Center for the Arts opened in 2005.

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Exhibit Features Art Made with Fabric, Wire, Paper & More

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The next exhibit at Storefront Art Projects will be Ordinary Magic, featuring works by Audrey Goldstein and Danielle Krcmar. See more information provided by the gallery below. Time accrues, moment to moment, to become eons. The precision of every stitch accumulates in the work of these two artists to become magic most ordinary. Here thread is both delicate and airborne, soft and rock-like. Danielle Krcmar’s iterative process of using fiber to imitate boulders, stones and moss is like drawing, where lines of coarse yarn and little stitches grow into a playfully convincing landscape. Audrey Goldstein’s floating dimensional fiber, paper, fabric and wire drawings investigate form and emptiness, where hollows highlight the contrast to our common experience of being solid and fixed. 

DATES: June 7 – July 12

RECEPTION: Saturday, June 7, 1-4 p.m.

HOURS: Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.