Altered States: Transformation in Art
The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
May 15 - June 26, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 28, 5:30–7:30 PM
The Mosesian Center for the Arts presents an exhibition exploring ideas of transformation and change. The works on view consider transformation in both conceptual and material ways, from shifts in perspective, identity, and spirituality to broader social and environmental change.
Artists in the exhibition approach transformation through a wide range of processes and techniques, altering materials to create physical change that reshapes both meaning and form. Across the galleries, objects take on new identities, symbols suggest evolution and transition, and natural elements, animals, and the human figure are reimagined to evoke states of metamorphosis.
Spanning painting, printmaking, drawing, illustration, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and more, the exhibition reflects a world in constant motion. Together, these works invite viewers to consider transformation as an ongoing condition, one defined by fluidity, tension, and the potential for renewal.
Open Call for Work: Deconstructing Disability: Perspectives + Identities
Exhibition Dates: October 12 – November 15, 2026. Raizes Gallery, Lunder Arts Center
Deadline for Submissions: September 13, 2026
The exhibition will feature work by members of the Lesley community—students, staff, faculty, and administrators—who identify as disabled. By centering the work of disabled artists, the exhibition seeks to expand and complicate prevailing understandings of disability, foregrounding the diverse ways artists engage their lived experiences, identities, and ways of moving through the world.
Rather than defining disability as a fixed or singular condition, this exhibition embraces it as a spectrum of experiences—personal, cultural, and political. In doing so, it affirms the presence and contributions of disabled artists within the Lesley University community and creates space for visibility, reflection, and dialogue.
Exhibition Jurors: Camilla Jerome and Bill Porter
Curatorial Team: Andrew Mroczek, Bill Porter, and Stuart Steck
Supported by the Disability Advocacy & Education Group
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