Civic Life Lunch

Tuesday, October 14 | noon | Rabb Room, Barnum Hall

How can art bear witness to the most difficult truths, help communities heal, and promote action? “Material Witness: Then and Now,” a mixed-media exhibit by Boston artist and Tisch College Coordinator Nancy Marks, draws on her mother’s experience as a Holocaust survivor to explore how creativity processes loss, amplifies voices, and sparks dialogue. It also examines how memory, history, and civic responsibility intersect with the realities facing immigrants today. Marks uses printmaking, poetry, and excerpts from her mother’s memoir.

The exhibit will be installed in the Barnum Hall lobby in early October. At the Civic Life Lunch, Nancy will guide participants through the exhibit and share her perspective on how art can carry forward stories, histories, and collective memory. Participants will be invited to consider how civic engagement is not only about action in the present, but also about the ways we remember and honor the past.

Lunch provided. Register for this event.