Fall is upon us, which means Bostonians are back from summer vacation, schools are in session, and local art events are in full swing! We put together a list of the best upcoming events this month, enjoy:

Thursday, October 10, 7:00 PM
ICA Forum: Racism, Public Health, and Contemporary Art
ICA Boston (25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA)

This public event brings together important voices from the arts, journalism, and public health to ask how contemporary art and public health communities can work to combat racism in our city and improve health and civic life in Boston. Moderated by Jill Medvedow, Ellen Matilda Poss Director.
Cost: Free (limited number of tickets available)

All Ready perform on NBC World of Dance, photo courtesy of NBC's World of Dance

Thursday, October 17, 12:00 - 8:00 PM
All Ready: World Premiere Performances
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Calderwood Hall)

In the culmination of their year as the Museum's Choreographers-in-Residence, All Ready gives the world premiere of a series of three newly commissioned dance pieces inspired by—and created especially for—the Gardner Museum.
Cost: Range in prices, order by calling the box office at 617-278-5156, Wednesday-Monday, 10 am-4 pm

Friday, October 18, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Alicja Kwade Panel Discussion: Visibility of Time
Location: MIT List Visual Arts Center (20 Ames St, Cambridge, MA)

In conjunction with the exhibition Alicja Kwade: In Between Glances, this conversation explores the relationship between Alicja Kwade’s work and principles of science and history that relate to visualizing the concept of time.
Click here to RSVP (required)
Cost: Free

Friday, October 18, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
LASER Boston: Beauty and the Brain
swissnex Boston (420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA)

How do art and design influence our perception of the world? How does what we see affect how we feel? How can aesthetics deepen our understanding of science and medicine? LASER Boston will explore these questions and more as we hear from three speakers across the arts and sciences.
Cost: Free (RSVP Required)

Friday, October 25–Saturday, October 26, 2019, 8:00 PM–2:00 AM
MFA Late Nights
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA)

MFA Late Nites returns in October! The diverse event lineup features late-night programming in partnership with local organizations, artists, and more. There’s something for everyone, from dancing and DJs to pop-up performances, intriguing bites, an outdoor beer garden, and much more.
Cost: Range in prices, ticket required

Image courtesy of Artists For Humanity, Boston

Wednesday, October 30, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Artists For Humanity: Open Studios
Location: 100 West 2nd St., Boston, MA

Artists For Humanity (AFH)’s mission is to provide under-resourced urban youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in art and design. At their monthly Open Studios, visitors will network with other professionals, tour AFH’s five creative studios, talk with teen artists and designers, and enjoy conversation over wine and cheese!
Cost: Free

Exhibitions Closing this Month!

Community Arts Initiative: Mindful Mandalas (May 18 - Oct 14) at the MFA Boston
Joan Jonas: I Know Why I Left (Jan 23 - Oct 20) at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Fenway Gallery)
Eli Brown: Museum of Queer Ecologies (Sept 27 - Oct 25) at the Distillery Gallery, South Boston
Faheem Majeed: Who Takes the Weight (Aug 22 - Oct 26) at Tufts University Art Gallery at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

On Monday, October 14th the following museums will be free and open to all as a part of Indigenous Peoples’ Day:

One of the best parts of springtime in the arts is watching new installations pop up and old favorites reopen for the summer season. Art in Boston is getting some fresh air as the city awakens from its winter slumber. Take advantage of this years beautiful New England summer to visit these outdoor art exhibitions in and around Boston.

Fruit Tree

Image Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

As a part of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston's Megacities Asia exhibition, Choi Jeong Hwa's Fruit Tree towers over passerby outside Quincy Market in Boston. The inflated bouquet of fruits is twenty-three feet tall and examines the ideas of natural and artificial, and where we can find beauty in their intersections. Fruit Tree will be up until July 17, 2016.

May This Never End

This year the Greenway in Boston will be host to Chicago artist Matthew Hoffman's narrative piece, May This Never End. The work is installed along a fence between North and Clinton Street near Faneuil Hall, and is made up of four foot tall yellow polyethylene letters that begins with the phrase, "Nothing’s for keeps. Except that we must keep going." Discover the rest of Hoffman's words for yourself; they'll be up through the summer and into the fall, exhibiting until November 18, 2016.

deCordova Museum Sculpture Park

If you haven't visited the deCordova Museum's sculpture park yet, make 2016 the year you finally see it. Follow the beautiful walk and enjoy the Museum's sculpture collection, comprised of works in a variety of materials, including stone, metal, concrete. The newest piece on view was installed just last year: Beacon by Stephanie Cardon consists of two concrete pillars bridged by hazard-yellow metal cables, which play with the viewer's sense of space by disturbing the way the eye perceives light. Join the deCordova for their annual spring gala, Party for the Park, May 7!

The Courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Image Courtesy of The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner's notable collection extends outdoors to its elegant courtyard. The courtyard is not only host to beautifully crafted sculpture and mosaic work; the garden itself is a work of landscape art that combines horticulture, fine art, and architecture that gives museum visitors a breath of fresh air between the Gardner's indoor exhibitions.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016: Puloma Ghosh