Fitchburg Art Museum

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W–F 12–4, Sa & Su 11–5
First Thursdays 12–7

Ongoing: FESTIVAL: A Celebration of African Art at the Fitchburg Art Museum is the first in a series of exhibitions honoring FAM’s upcoming centennial. Drawing upon universal themes of life, death, power, love, and celebration, FESTIVAL presents highlights of FAM’s African Art collection organized around the concepts of Masquerades, Ceremonial Life, Ritual Life, and Domestic Life. Ongoing: Tara Sellios | Ask Now the Beasts. Sellios is a Boston based artist whose monumental photographs highlight the beauty of the grotesque. Through June 1: Stephen DiRado, Better Together: Four Decades of Photographs is a career retrospective exhibition featuring the work of Stephen DiRado, the leading contemporary artist and fine art photographer in Central Massachusetts.

Senambele (Senufo) artist, N Ivory Coast, SW Burkina Faso, SW Mali, NW Ghana. Composite animal helmet mask (kponiougo), late 19th-early 20th century, wood, pigment. Gift of Lilian Montalto Bohlen, 2023.319. At Fitchburg Art Museum.
Senambele (Senufo) artist, N Ivory Coast, SW Burkina Faso, SW Mali, NW Ghana. Composite animal helmet mask (kponiougo), late 19th-early 20th century, wood, pigment. Gift of Lilian Montalto Bohlen, 2023.319. At Fitchburg Art Museum.