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Losing parts of a whole
By Isadora Alexis | April 14Massachusetts-based artist Diana Zipeto’s recent additions to her “Fatherland/s” series begin with an invitation.
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On the world stage: How Haiti won the Winter Olympics for fashion
By Isadora Alexis | February 26Haiti’s Winter Olympics uniform is a puffer set with designer Stella Jean’s signature: flare and bold color. A forest of green vegetation rises from the athletes’ feet, wrapping all around their legs and torsos, contrasting sharply with the bright red figure of a horse at the center. The women’s uniform features this animal on a quilted skirt that balloons out from the wearer’s waist; the same animal sits front and center on the jacket of the men’s uniform. While this horse has a saddle, the rider is noticeably absent.
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Catch up on 'The Fall-Off'
By Isadora Alexis | February 12On Feb. 6, J. Cole released his seventh and final album, “The Fall-Off.” This double-disc project is a self-reflection of Cole’s life and career as a prominent rapper in the music industry.
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Artist Bianca Broxton returns to Medford to remember Belinda Sutton, an enslaved woman, for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution
By Isadora Alexis | November 4Sitting in a mildly cramped, dimly lit room, I, along with several other guests from the Medford area, waited with bated breath for School of the Museum of Fine Arts alum Bianca Broxton’s performance. A hush quickly spread throughout the room as Broxton entered dressed in a floor-length gown, white stockings, a white veil covering her face and a white headwrap on her head.
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Change, curation and collecting: Who gets to shape the museum?
By Isadora Alexis | October 6In these times of turbulent change in our government, our communities and our homes, why does it continue to matter so fervently what is seen in our institutions? Why is it important for these familiar institutions to evolve now?
