5th Anniversary Celebration
Unbound Visual Arts’ (UVA) 5th anniversary celebration on November 9th 2017 was a triumph. The Josephine Fiorentino Community Center’s large event room in Brighton included 25 works of art created by UVA members from many of its past exhibitions. Ruth Rieffanaugh , UVA President and one of the founders, welcomed the audience. Susan Loomis-Wing, UVA Treasurer, another one of the UVA Founders, introduced Danielle Legros Georges, Boston’s 2nd Poet Laurette and Professor at Lesley University. The Professor read from several of her published poems and then a Q and A session followed, along with a book signing. A catered reception was held after the program.
UVA Board of Directors and Council of Advisors (present for the celebration) from left to right with Professir Georges in the Center: Brenda Gael McSweeney, Ruth Rieffanaugh, John Quatrale, Francis Gardino, Susan Loomis-Wing, Diane Sheridan
Photos above are by Tracy Lei and John Quatrale. Photos below are by Francis Gardino.
Susan Loomis-Wing, UVA Treasurer Ruth Rieffanaugh, UVA Presisdent
UVA Board of Directors and Council of Advisors, from left to right – Brenda Gael McSweeney, Ruth Rieffanaugh, John Quatrale, Francis Gardino, Susan Loomis-Wing and Diane Sheridan
Promotional sponsors – Brandeis University’s Gender and International Development Initiatives of the Women’s Studies Research Center and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture & People-Centered Development based at Boston University
Download and print the invitation HERE.
See the Allston-Brighton TAB’s story HERE.
See the website promotion by the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail HERE.
Press Release :
On November 9th, 2017, UVA is excited to celebrate its 5th Anniversary starting at 6:00 pm at the Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center at the Charlesview Residences in Brighton featuring Danielle Legros Georges, the Poet Laureate of Boston. The evening also includes live music by singer/guitarist April Marion. The Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center is at the new Charlesview Residences, 123 Antwerp St, Brighton, MA 02134. Free, with donations to UVA welcome. The Fiorentino Center, on the street level of 123 Antwerp St., Brighton, is handicapped accessible, has bicycle parking, free street parking on Western Ave., Antwerp St., and area streets, and is located on the MBTA 86 bus route which runs along Western Avenue.
April Marion is a twenty two year-old artist and musician based in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in 2015. Her love for both art and music have since transpired into her passions and profession. She is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, drummer and performer. She has also won multiple awards for her art and her work. Listen to her music here.
From the Lesley University website about Danielle Legros Georges:
“What does it mean to be Poet Laureate of the City of Boston? For Lesley University professor Danielle Legros Georges, the role comes with great responsibility. As a citywide advocate for language and the arts, she’s been charged with “raising the status of poetry” in the minds of Bostonians.
Through public readings and events, she’s pushing the community to connect with poetry in new ways, and to view it as a tool for empowerment. “Poetry is important because it allows us access to other minds, other experiences,” says the Poet Laureate. “It allows for empathy. It carries knowledge, and it’s a space in which one can make the self.”
Danielle’s recent publications include City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems (2017), Letters From Congo, and The Dear Remote Nearness of You.
