This week an artist who has traveled the world to install sculptures made with sticks and saplings began working on a new piece outside Maryland Hall in Annapolis, and the public is welcome to view the installation and completed work, which will be in place for one to three years, depending on the weather.
Hereâs a look at some of the area commencements and whoâs speaking
By Diana Bravo Globe Correspondent,Updated May 7, 2021, 11:30 a.m.
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A 2021 graduate cheered as he walked through a photo and light tunnel that was part of a graduation procession through Northeastern University s campus on Thursday.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
With vaccines more widely available and restrictions on outdoor gatherings loosening up, some schools are hosting in-person commencement exercises this spring for the classes of 2020 and 2021, while some have planned online-only ceremonies. Others will strive for the best of both worlds in hybrid ceremonies.
Lonnie Holleyâs Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation
The Alabama artist and musician has arrived at a career milestone, with two exhibitions in the Hamptons and a gallery to map his future.
The self-taught artist Lonnie Holley at the South Etna Montauk Foundation with his “Untitled Wall Painting,” 2021, and a growing collection of scavenged finds worn on his wrists.Credit.Kendall Bessent for The New York Times
By Yinka Elujoba
May 6, 2021Updated 4:08 p.m. ET
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. â Lonnie Holleyâs life began at an impossible place: 1950, seventh among his motherâs 27 children, in Jim Crow-era Birmingham, Ala., the air thick with violent racism toward him and everyone he loved. Things got even worse as he grew up. At four years old, he said, he was traded for a bottle of whiskey by a nurse who had stolen him away from his mother. Later, as the story goes, he was in coma for several months and pronounced brain-dead after being hit by a car that drag
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+ This is a pretty standard White House photo, the sort of image you have probably noticed dozens of times since President Biden took office a little more than 100 days ago, from newspaper photographs to shots on cable news networks. Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times But look just past the president and notice the bust of Robert F. Kennedy behind him.