Arts on the Point Brings Columbia Point History to Campus
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on the Point Brings Columbia Point History to Campus
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Center Changing UMass Boston Landscape
By Wendy Baring-Gould
Arts
on the Point will bring an example of its community outreach programming
to UMass Boston in the form of a hand-made quilt that illustrates scenes
from the history of the Columbia-Harbor Point community. The quilt was
created this spring by an inter-generational group of residents who
worked under the leadership of fabric artist Clara Wainwright to record
the history and personal memories of early residents of that community.
The vibrant six by nine foot work titled Families in Action, Memories from Columbia Point is exhibited in the 5th floor gallery of the Healey Library from September 17 through October 30, accompanied by archival and contextual material. A welcoming reception for the quilt’s creators and interested members of the university community will be held on October 1 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
After October 30, Memories from Columbia Point will move to the DeCordova Museum, where it will be part of a retrospective exhibition of Clara Wainwright’s individual and collaborative work. There are plans to follow this project with a second history quilt that will involve young people from the Walter Denny Youth Center in illustrating current life at Harbor Point.
Arts on the Point has focused this past year on creating educational programming which links the surrounding neighborhoods to UMass Boston’s contemporary sculpture park. The project is under the leadership of Executive Director Paul Tucker and Wendy Baring-Gould, director of education and community outreach, and in collaboration with members of the Community Advisory Board. The goal is to encourage our neighbors to participate in creating art works in collaboration with members of the university art faculty and community-based artists and to foster a greater understanding of the importance of art and the role of the artist in contemporary society. Projects are also underway with the Dorchester Center for Adult Education, Little House Alternative School, and Little House After School Programs.