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Batman wears a mask; the Lone Ranger wears a mask; so do Spiderman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Today, we all wear masks – but who is the man behind the mask? Just as social norms for women have changed images of femininity, the definition of masculinity has changed drastically as well. So just who is that masked man – or what masks does he wear? MFA invites artists in all media to examine the changing role of men and the evolving definition of masculinity in today’s society. This all media MFA exhibition will display selected works in their online Curve Gallery from April 15 – May 31, 2021. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth and Wil Scott. Click this icon to view and print the downloadable prospectus. Anthony Shostak, has been Curator of Education at the Bates College Museum of Art for over 20 years. He created the museum’s internship program successful educational outreach programs, including The Thousand Words Project, a highly educational outreach programs that teaches writing skills though an exploration of how artist create. The project received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Shostak received his BFA with honors in Painting and Drawing from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA and has exhibited in the US and abroad where his work was included in the internationally travelling exhibition Revoluciones del Mundo, originating in Havana, Cuba. He has also organized numerous exhibitions for the museum, including Green Horizons (2007), Joe Nicoletti: A Retrospective (2010), and Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography (2012) and he co-curated programming for Anthropocenic: Art About the Natural World in the Human Era (2018). He also performs on banjo and uilleann pipes and co-founded Wake the Neighbors, a Celtic music ensemble.
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Introducing MASKulinity
Juror: Anthony Shostak, Curator of Education, Bates College Museum of Art
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