DORAN GRADUATE GALLERY | NOW ON VIEW

A FERVENT CHORUS | 2025 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

On View: April 22 – May 30

Reception + Media Installation: Friday, May 9 | 5:00 to 8:00PM | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MassArt’s Doran Graduate Gallery is pleased to present A FERVENT CHORUS on view from April 22 – May 30. The on-campus, student-curated component of the Spring 2025 MFA Thesis showcases work from the thirteen graduating MFA candidates in Photography, 2D/3D Studio Arts, and Film/Video. Join us for a reception (5-8pm) and special, one-night only, Media Installation in D309, on Friday, May 9.

In rare moments, paths cross and something remarkable emerges out of people making a space their own, together. Over the past two years, thirteen artists have worked alongside each other to realize thirteen provocative bodies of work. This exhibition marks the culmination of these students’ Master of Fine Arts thesis. Working across a dynamic range of disciplines, from printmaking to hand-scratched 16 mm film, these graduates explore identity, memory, power, and mythology in dynamically different ways. The diverse forms of making represented here weave into a larger narrative that speaks to resilience and tenacity, transcending any one medium. The 2025 MFA class invites viewers to contemplate what meaning or force arises from the sum of many voices.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

AGHIGH AFKHAMI | Photography
STELLA BASTART | Film/Video
RASHID BILIMORIA | Photography
JACOB CHURCH | Photography
LAUREN MARIE DAKE | Film/Video
EMILY GLEASON | Studio Arts 3D
ELIZABETH HOPKINS | Photography
JOSH LIND | Studio Arts 2D
DIANE MACHADO | Studio Arts 2D
BRIDEY MCGLYNN | Studio Arts 2D
BEHNAZ MONZAVI | Studio Arts 2D
MUSTAFA YILDIZ | Film/Video
ANDREW ZOU | Photography

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PUBLIC ARTIST TALKS

The thirteen featured 2025 Master of Fine Arts candidates will also present PUBLIC ARTIST TALKS on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 1:00pm EST via Zoom and in the MassArt Design and Media Center Lecture Hall. REGISTER HERE.

THEATRICAL SCREENING

Join us in viewing the works from the three Film/Video graduate candidates during a theatrical screening at the MFA Boston on May 17th!

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Doran Gallery Hours: M-F | 11AM – 5PM | And By Appointment