Impermanence and the Future Foretold

Thursday, April 2 | 6:30-8:00pm
Salon conversation hosted by James Leonard
Free and open to the public

Seeking a deeper relationship with divinatory traditions? Need your fortune told?  Join us for a conversation on impermanence and our relationship to the future as Gertrude's contemplates the mysteries of WHAT COMES NEXT? hosted by current BCA Artist Resident James Leonard.

GERTRUDE'S artists' salon at the BCA's Mills Gallery welcomes spring with a conversation hosted by Brooklyn-based artist James Leonard, who will share brief excerpts from prior works unSuicide Note and The Winter Codex followed by a reading from his newly released book Seeking Diviners. The book chronicles Leonard's probings of foresight, including saturating multiple Brooklyn neighborhoods with street fliers seeking contact with diviners comfortable discussing the end of the world. Learn more about James Leonard

Drop by to share your thoughts, speak your mind, hang out, listen in and/or learn a few things.

Hoping to see you soon!

Image: Michael Duva

Gertrude’s post-New Year’s Potluck

Thursday, January 8 | 6:30pm
Salon conversation hosted by Randi Hopkins
Free and open to the public

Art makers, curators, writers, educators, art lovers – how did 2014 go for you? Highlights? Low points? What kind of ACTION are you looking forward to in 2015? How can we take advantage of Boston's recent creative surge and up the ART ANTE around here? Let’s talk about it when GERTRUDE'S artists' salon takes an informal, wide-ranging, art-centric view of the current state of things at the BCA's Mills Gallery on Thursday, January 8, 6:30 pm. Maybe even get a few things GOING…

Bring a small dish to share, or just bring yourself, we'd love to see you!

Art School Slide Swipe: Speed Dating Meets the Artist Talk

Image: Left: Danielle Maio, A Study in 35mm, 2014; Right: Chase Carter, Progress, 2013

Thursday, November 20 | 7pm
Salon hosted by Danielle Maio and Chase Carter
Free and open to the public

Come and discover what art students in Boston are really doing! The BCA's Mills Gallery showcases local art students and their practices, in a format inspired by Pecha Kucha, a rapid-fire style of presentation.

This event is presented in conjunction with GERTRUDE'S artists' salon at the Boston Center for the Arts, and is co-hosted by BCA Education and Community Program Interns Danielle Maio and Chase Carter.

Some Relevant Pictures

Thursday, October 16 | 6:30pm
Salon conversation hosted by Steve Locke
Free and open to the public

GERTRUDE'S artists' salon returns for its second season at the BCA's Mills Gallery on Thursday, Oct 16, 6:30 pm, with a very special evening hosted by Steve Locke, on the subject of "Some Relevant Pictures".

Join us for a night of discussion about pictures that have been (and continue to be) rich and important touchstones for his work. It will be a chance to see some favorites and maybe discover some new ones.

Image: Most Wanted Men No. 11, John Joseph H., Jr. (1964) by Andy Warhol. (Photo by Axel Schneider/© 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)