The annual spring “Young Artists Exhibition” featuring visual works by Cambridge Public Schools students, is up at The Multicultural Arts Center in East Cambridge, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday followed by an additional two weeks to visit the gallery before the show closes April 3.
The show tends toward up-close, pensive portraits of youth and the surreal: a chicken spirit among broken eggshells, a fragmenting snapshot of a happy family. The center prides itself on featuring “bold new work from local and regional artists” – its prior exhibition was “The Journey of Eduardo Gunkla,” told through the paintings and photo collages of Donald Langosy – and the high schoolers’ pieces fit the mission.
For some artists, this is their first public exhibition. “It’s very validating,” said Chandler Aldridge, a senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. “I’m really grateful that I get to put my work out there for others to see.”
The exhibition, which arrived Monday, can be viewed 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
“Young Artists Exhibition,” through April 3 at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. Free.
Also in galleries
“Crafting the Mind,” contemporary fiber art from 20 creators that speaks to the early history of crafts as a therapeutic practice at McLean Hospital, New England’s first psychiatric hospital. Through March 28 at the Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, in the Spring Hill neighborhood. Thursdays, 2 to 7 p.m.; Fridays 2 to 5 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 5 p.m. $8. (617) 666-9810
“Vestiges,” solo exhibition by Lynne Kortenhaus using found objects and printmaking techniques such as monotype, etching and collage. Through May 1 at CambridgeSeven’s Paul Dietrich Gallery, on the third floor at 20 University Road, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (617) 492-7000
“Critical Printing,” little-known prints designed to generate experimental thinking. Through May 10 at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (617) 495-9400
“Renaissance, Race, and Representation,” works focused on the Harlem Renaissance. Through June 6 at the Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art, 102 Mount Auburn St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (617) 496-5777
“Welcome to Cosmologyscape,” contributed dreams are translated into digital quilt squares using symbolic systems informed by Lakȟóta philosophy, Afrofuturism and Black quilting traditions; and multidisciplinary artworks, including mosaics, textiles, digital animation, furniture and sound using computational methods “to design spaces of rest and collective imagination” by Alisha B Wormsley and Kite. Feb. 26-June 26 at the Wagner Gallery, on the second floor at 485 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Wednesdays, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
“Lighten Up! On Biology and Time,” 15 artists with 18 immersive artworks, installations and experiential environments. Through August at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Daily, 10 to 5 p.m. $20. (617) 253-5927
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