The Racial Justice Initiative is sponsoring a docent-led tour of the MFA exhibit:
Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson. Born in Roxbury (1922-2015), Wilson is one of Boston’s most esteemed artists whose works spanned 60 years and continue today to resonate with the persistent realities of disenfranchisement, racial prejudice and social injustice.
Co-organized by the MFA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this is the largest-ever exhibition of Wilson’s work. Featured are approximately 110 works in a wide-range of media: prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture and illustrated books, calling attention to racial, social and economic injustice. Wilson explored a variety of subjects including anti-Black violence, the civil rights movement, labor and family life. Read more about the exhibit
here.
Details of our visit are:
- Our docent-led tour can accommodate up to 30 people; please register early to reserve your spot.
- Tour begins at 6:30 pm on Thursday, June 5th, followed by a facilitated discussion.
- Congregants who are MFA members may use their membership for entrance. For those who are not members, we may be able to offer a discounted fee. Please indicate below if you will need to purchase a ticket. (Regular admission is $27; the discounted rate will be $22 if we purchase 15 or more tickets.)
- Please indicate below if you are interested in dinner at 5 pm at TBE.
- Also, please let us know if you are interested in carpooling to the MFA.
