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Please join us at Boston City Hall for a gallery reception to celebrate the start of Women’s History Month and the exhibiting members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild.
Directions: Please use the entrance located on Congress St, across from Faneuil Hall. Pass security and take the elevators to the 3rd floor. The Mezzanine Gallery is located behind the information desk.
Patterns on Concrete
Group show by the Boston Modern Quilt Guild
Artists: Christina Ackmann, Jo Artz, Patrice Denault, Alexis Deise, Judith Flynn, Juliet Harbage, Joyce Husseini, Stephanie Jurgensen, Amy Kidd, Rebecca Loren, Michele MacDonald, Susan McKinney, Kristine Millette, Monday Night Quilters, Jean Penta, Fran Sharp, Leneigh White, Emily Williams and Louisa Williams.
About the Show
A quilt is made by sewing multiple blocks of fabric together. Small fragments shine as they become something bigger, a tapestry of rhythm and repetition. This exhibition presents a selection of quilts done by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild, some working collectively, to address a range of personal narratives, social issues, and formal explorations. Many of these pieces were created during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring both personal and social tension, change and a slower pace to explore the world.
These pieces build on the long tradition of quilting in New England, reinterpreting patterns and designs passed down through generations bringing a powerful dialogue between tradition and contemporary narratives.
Within the context of Boston City Hall, with its bold architectural forms and geometric patterns, these quilts invite viewers to zoom in and out and perceive the lines of the building through a new bright lens. Just as the building itself is composed of numerous concrete blocks, these quilts are composed of countless individual pieces, each contributing to a larger, more complex whole.
The Boston Modern Quilt Guild was founded in 2010 with members hailing from Boston, MetroWest, and beyond. They are dedicated to providing inspiration, fellowship, and support to quilters of all skill levels and types. They are a chapter of the national Modern Quilt Guild.
To learn more about this exhibition please visit bostonmqg.org
Change of occupancy from a 2-family structure to an 8-unit multi-family dwelling by way of preserving the existing structure and a rear/vertical extension with grade-level parking.
J. J. & R. LLC dba Lobzter King located at 720 Shawmut Ave currently under construction. Applicant for a Full Liquor License. Operational hours Monday - Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Change occupancy from multi-family residential to single-family rowhouse, gut renovation to include rear extension; new dormer at rear roof line; new accessory parking garage at rear; rear decks; roof decks on garage and dormer; installation of groundwater recharge system, new elevator.
Mid-Dorchester: 533 Washington St. Abutters Meeting 2/12/25
Project is to renovate an existing building to become a five-unit multi-family building. Change of occupancy from community center and daycare for 93 children to five residential units.
Updated scope of work for clarification: Demolition of existing vacant/abandoned house, then combine the two lots owned in common into one lot and construct a new 9-unit residential multi-family building per plans submitted.