Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/21/2026 - 02/15/2026
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Museum for Art in Wood
Categories
Treat yourself to the exhibit A Useable Past: Reflections on a Nation and its Inheritance. From family lineages and ancestral myths to rooted or shifting values, view the abstract works of 12 contemporary artists who take a deep dive into our collective identity. The term “a usable past” describes how meaning from history is relied on to navigate the present. The exhibit achieves this through wood. Explains the promotional material: “Like families and nations, trees inherit traits that strengthen and sustain them, and in the artists’ hands, this living archive becomes a site for reflection on what is passed down: liberty and revolution, labor and belonging, resilience and repair.” Local African- Americans featured are Worcester-based multi-media artist James Maurelle and Newark visual artist Damien Davis. Free but donations accepted. Wednesdays to Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. EST. Museum for Art in Wood (Main Gallery), 141 N. 3rdSt. Email: info@museumforartinwood.org, 215-923-8000 or museumforartinwood.org