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SUMMARY:A Writing\, A Reading with Poet & Artist in Residence Emily Duggan
DESCRIPTION:In this two-part poetry event\, participants can head to Asa Gray Garden between 1:00-3:00 PM to take home a customized poem by poet and 2025-26 Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan. Throughout 2025\, Emily has been stationed at various sites throughout the landscape\, inviting visitors to share their stories\, feelings\, connections to\, and memories of Mount Auburn and writing poems on the spot for guests to take home. This will be Emily’s last day in the landscape as an Artist-in-Residence. \nFrom 3:30-4:15 PM\, participants are invited to join Emily at Bigelow Chapel for a reading of a selection of the (over 50) poems she has written for visitors to the Cemetery during her residency\, followed by a brief Q&A with Cemetery staff. \nGuests are welcomed to attend one or both parts of the event. No registration is required.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/a-writing-a-reading-with-poet-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Deep Listening Ritual with Artist in Residence Lia Pikus
DESCRIPTION:Participants will be guided through an hour-long musical meditation led by 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Lia Pikus.\n\n\n\nDeep Listening encourages us to drop into presence with ourselves and with others. This practice (described by composer Pauline Oliveros as “listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear”) can become a way of being in a new kind of relation to ourselves and our environments. Through this multi-sensory practice of attunement to sound\, stillness\, breath and movement\, Deep Listening can help foster profound experiences of emotional catharsis and processing. \nIn this Deep Listening experience\, participants will be guided through an hour-long musical meditation led by 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Lia Pikus. Lia will use her cello and loop pedal^ to guide participants through a Deep Listening ritual in Bigelow Chapel that will help to foster our relationship with impermanence\, change and grief. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat\, blanket\, pillow\, or anything else you can sit or lay on comfortably. There will also be chairs available. \nLocation: Bigelow Chapel \nCap: 40 people \n*Please Note: Lia Pikus is not a certified Deep Listening practitioner. \n^Loop pedals are used to record and “loop” musical sounds or patterns in order to add layers\, textures\, and backing tracks. \n\nREGISTER HERE >>\n\n… \nLIA PIKUSis one ofMount Auburn’s25-26 Artists-in-Residence. She is a cellist\, composer\, and illustrator whose practice centers on art’s ability to cultivate experiences of presence and connection\, both within community and in dialogue with the natural world. By drawing and reflecting on natural processes\, Liaseeksto help audiences make emotional and sensory connections with their environments. As a Thomas J. Watson fellow (2023)\, she researched this connective power on a global scale\, exploring the role of art in fostering community around the world. This research formed the foundation for her current explorations in live looping as a form of mediative ritual. It is also the central focus of her debut EP\, Ritual\, released in2024. Lia was an Artist-in-Residence at Shenandoah National Park in 2024 and at Mothership NYC in 2023. She is currently pursuing aMasters in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics at Harvard University.www.liapikus.com
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/deep-listening-ritual-with-artist-in-residence-lia-pikus-2/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Prophecies of the Land: An Exhibition by Artist-in-Residence Juls Gabs
DESCRIPTION:Join 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Juls Gabs for a special exhibition of her original artwork\, Prophecies of the Land.\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 10\, 12 PM – 6 PM Opening Reception \nSunday\, January 11\, 10 AM – 4 PM Open House \nDrop-in\, Bigelow Chapel \n  \n\n\n\nProphecies of the Land is a digital painting and installation project that reimagines Mount Auburn Cemetery as a living\, evolving ecosystem. Through a series of suspended Fabriano paper flowers\, still life paintings and media objects\, Gabs envisions future ecosystems shaped by natural cycles\, climate change\, technological advance and human presence. \nInspired by a moment of wonder while walking through Mount Auburn with her family—when thousands of migrating tadpoles overtook the pathways—Gabs explores how the ground itself holds memory\, energy\, and renewal. The installation transforms the chapel into a poetic environment where the earth’s continual process of decay and rebirth becomes visible. \nBlending classical painting traditions with contemporary digital techniques\, Prophecies of the Land invites reflection on our relationship with nature and time. Mount Auburn becomes both subject and collaborator—a place where memory\, transformation\, and the future land converge. \nThe artwork will be displayed in the historic interior of Bigelow Chapel. \nRegistration is not required for this event. If you reserve a free ticket then that will help us gauge the interest in the event. \n… \nJuls Gabs is a 25-26 Artist in Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery. \nJuls Gabs (born 1989\, San Sebastián) is a Spanish artist working in Painting and Digital. She claims her education started after college in 2015 thought collaborations\, residencies and studio experimentation in London\, UK. She currently lives between Boston\, MA and UK. Her work has been exhibited at Watou Art Festival 2023 (BE)\, Silvermine Art Centre (US)\, Vertical Crypto Art (Metaverse)\, Onstream Gallery (IT)\, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (UK) among others. In 2014\, Gabs was awarded with the European Research of New Creative Spaces in new media\, and the Revelation Artist Prize Mayte Spinola in 2019. In that same year\, Gabs was recognised by Arteninformado through her inclusion on their list of ‘The 12 artist focus on the next generation’. \nIn 2023 she is showing a 13ft painting at Watou Art Festival 2023 commissioned by the government of Poperinge (BE). Her work Possibly Maybe is Shortlister for the National Prize Show 2023\, at Cambridge Art Association\, and she is the winner of the Finalist edition of Teravarna Award in Landscape. And her work “Ninfas’ Secrets” was exhibited at QUEERwerks in Silvermine Art Centre (CT). \nPrevious solo exhibitions were “Blending Boundaires” (Rome)\, “error” (London\, 2020)\, Unit 1 Gallery|Workshop\, “Daring Forest” (Madrid\, 2018)\, and “Goodies Boobies” (Madrid\, 2018). \nSelected for residencies “The Columbia Residency” with Roman Road Gallery (London\, 2021) and “Sommer Atelier Aschersleben” (Germany 2021)\, Unit 1 Radical Residency® IV (London\, 2019) and “Paradise AIR” for solo Art Residency (Tokyo\, 2018). Exhibited works in art fairs like “(un)fair Milano” (IT 2023)\, SCOPE (Miami Beach\, 2018) and JustMad8 (Madrid\, 2017) \nShe had a commission by Aston Martin F1 in 2022 and her work constitutes part of Private Permanent Collections such as Lycee Moliere (Brussels\, Belgium)\, Merode’s Castle (Gmünd\, Austria)\, Palast Hohenems (Austria) Milton Keynes Arts Center (Milton Keynes\, UK)\, Contemporary Museum Mayte Spinola (Marmolejo\, Spain). \nHer work has been published in media channels like 99 Future Blue Chip Artists\, Aston Martin F1\, FAD Magazine\, London Arts Events\, Assemblage Magazine\, Image.ie (2020) and Arteinformado\, Ultima Hora Mallorca (2019).
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/prophecies-of-the-land-an-exhibition-by-artist-in-residence-juls-gabs-2/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Prophecies of the Land: An Exhibition by Artist-in-Residence Juls Gabs
DESCRIPTION:Join 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Juls Gabs for a special exhibition of her original artwork\, Prophecies of the Land.\n\n\nSaturday\, January 10\, 12 PM – 6 PM Opening Reception \nSunday\, January 11\, 10 AM – 4 PM Open House \nDrop-in\, Bigelow Chapel \n  \n\n\n\n\nProphecies of the Land is a digital painting and installation project that reimagines Mount Auburn Cemetery as a living\, evolving ecosystem. Through a series of suspended Fabriano paper flowers\, still life paintings and media objects\, Gabs envisions future ecosystems shaped by natural cycles\, climate change\, technological advance and human presence. \nInspired by a moment of wonder while walking through Mount Auburn with her family—when thousands of migrating tadpoles overtook the pathways—Gabs explores how the ground itself holds memory\, energy\, and renewal. The installation transforms the chapel into a poetic environment where the earth’s continual process of decay and rebirth becomes visible. \nBlending classical painting traditions with contemporary digital techniques\, Prophecies of the Land invites reflection on our relationship with nature and time. Mount Auburn becomes both subject and collaborator—a place where memory\, transformation\, and the future land converge. \nThe artwork will be displayed in the historic interior of Bigelow Chapel. \nRegistration is not required for this event. If you reserve a free ticket then that will help us gauge the interest in the event. \n… \nJuls Gabs is a 25-26 Artist in Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery. \nJuls Gabs (born 1989\, San Sebastián) is a Spanish artist working in Painting and Digital. She claims her education started after college in 2015 thought collaborations\, residencies and studio experimentation in London\, UK. She currently lives between Boston\, MA and UK. Her work has been exhibited at Watou Art Festival 2023 (BE)\, Silvermine Art Centre (US)\, Vertical Crypto Art (Metaverse)\, Onstream Gallery (IT)\, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop (UK) among others. In 2014\, Gabs was awarded with the European Research of New Creative Spaces in new media\, and the Revelation Artist Prize Mayte Spinola in 2019. In that same year\, Gabs was recognised by Arteninformado through her inclusion on their list of ‘The 12 artist focus on the next generation’. \nIn 2023 she is showing a 13ft painting at Watou Art Festival 2023 commissioned by the government of Poperinge (BE). Her work Possibly Maybe is Shortlister for the National Prize Show 2023\, at Cambridge Art Association\, and she is the winner of the Finalist edition of Teravarna Award in Landscape. And her work “Ninfas’ Secrets” was exhibited at QUEERwerks in Silvermine Art Centre (CT). \nPrevious solo exhibitions were “Blending Boundaires” (Rome)\, “error” (London\, 2020)\, Unit 1 Gallery|Workshop\, “Daring Forest” (Madrid\, 2018)\, and “Goodies Boobies” (Madrid\, 2018). \nSelected for residencies “The Columbia Residency” with Roman Road Gallery (London\, 2021) and “Sommer Atelier Aschersleben” (Germany 2021)\, Unit 1 Radical Residency® IV (London\, 2019) and “Paradise AIR” for solo Art Residency (Tokyo\, 2018). Exhibited works in art fairs like “(un)fair Milano” (IT 2023)\, SCOPE (Miami Beach\, 2018) and JustMad8 (Madrid\, 2017) \nShe had a commission by Aston Martin F1 in 2022 and her work constitutes part of Private Permanent Collections such as Lycee Moliere (Brussels\, Belgium)\, Merode’s Castle (Gmünd\, Austria)\, Palast Hohenems (Austria) Milton Keynes Arts Center (Milton Keynes\, UK)\, Contemporary Museum Mayte Spinola (Marmolejo\, Spain). \nHer work has been published in media channels like 99 Future Blue Chip Artists\, Aston Martin F1\, FAD Magazine\, London Arts Events\, Assemblage Magazine\, Image.ie (2020) and Arteinformado\, Ultima Hora Mallorca (2019).
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/prophecies-of-the-land-an-exhibition-by-artist-in-residence-juls-gabs/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Deep Listening Ritual with Artist in Residence Lia Pikus
DESCRIPTION:Participants will be guided through an hour-long musical meditation led by 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Lia Pikus. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nDeep Listening encourages us to drop into presence with ourselves and with others. This practice (described by composer Pauline Oliveros as “listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear”) can become a way of being in a new kind of relation to ourselves and our environments. Through this multi-sensory practice of attunement to sound\, stillness\, breath and movement\, Deep Listening can help foster profound experiences of emotional catharsis and processing. \nIn this Deep Listening experience\, participants will be guided through an hour-long musical meditation led by 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Lia Pikus. In the quiet comfort of Mount Auburn’s Hazel Dell\, Lia will use her cello and loop pedal^ to guide participants through a Deep Listening ritual that will help to foster our relationship with impermanence through attunement to the natural world. \nParticipants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat\, blanket\, pillow\, or anything else you can sit or lay on comfortably. There will also be chairs available. \nCheck-in at the top of Hazel Dell ramp (along Central Ave). \nLocation: Hazel Dell \nCap: 40 people \n*Please Note: Lia Pikus is not a certified Deep Listening practitioner. \n^Loop pedals are used to record and “loop” musical sounds or patterns in order to add layers\, textures\, and backing tracks. \n… \nLIA PIKUS is one of Mount Auburn’s 25-26 Artists-in-Residence. She is a cellist\, composer\, and illustrator whose practice centers on art’s ability to cultivate experiences of presence and connection\, both within community and in dialogue with the natural world. By drawing and reflecting on natural processes\, Lia seeks to help audiences make emotional and sensory connections with their environments. As a Thomas J. Watson fellow (2023)\, she researched this connective power on a global scale\, exploring the role of art in fostering community around the world. This research formed the foundation for her current explorations in live looping as a form of mediative ritual. It is also the central focus of her debut EP\, Ritual\, released in 2024. Lia was an Artist-in-Residence at Shenandoah National Park in 2024 and at Mothership NYC in 2023. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics at Harvard University. www.liapikus.com \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \n  \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/deep-listening-ritual-with-artist-in-residence-lia-pikus/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Improv Poetry with Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan
DESCRIPTION:Head to Bigelow Lawn on Saturday\, Sep 13th from 11am-3pm to take home a customized\, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan!  \nNo registration needed. \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems”  \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” invites visitors to explore and preserve their memories of Mount Auburn through poetry written for them on the spot. Throughout the year\, Emily will be stationed in different locations at the Cemetery\, where visitors will be invited to share with her their stories\, feelings\, connections to\, and memories of Mount Auburn. Emily will then write customized/improvised poems based on these stories\, and visitors will be gifted a copy of the original piece. To further preserve and share the poems\, Emily will design a self-guided audio walking tour and map by which future visitors may listen to recordings of the poems as they move through the Cemetery. Emily will conclude her residency with a roaming poetry reading in the landscape.  \nWe welcome you to join our Poetry for Grief and Healing workshop led by Amanda Shea later that afternoon. \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/improv-poetry-with-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan-3/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Meet our 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence!
DESCRIPTION:Join us online Wednesday\, September 3rd at 6:00pm for a panel discussion with Mount Auburn’s 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence\, Emily Duggan (poet)\, Juls Gabs (digital painter)\, Lia Pikus (musician/composer)\, and wife and wife team Cara Giaimo (nature writer) & Lilia Kilburn (filmmaker). \nIn a conversation led by our Public Events Team\, we will chat with the artists about their professional backgrounds\, their connection to Mount Auburn\, and their plans for their residency projects. The discussion will end with an audience Q&A. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nFree. Registration is required. \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/meet-our-2025-2026-artists-in-residence/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Improv Poetry with Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan
DESCRIPTION:Head to Auburn Lake on Sunday\, July 27th from 10am-4pm to take home a customized\, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan! (Emily will go on a 1-hour lunch break from 12-1pm.) \nNo registration needed. \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems”  \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” invites visitors to explore and preserve their memories of Mount Auburn through poetry written for them on the spot. Throughout the year\, Emily will be stationed in different locations at the Cemetery\, where visitors will be invited to share with her their stories\, feelings\, connections to\, and memories of Mount Auburn. Emily will then write customized/improvised poems based on these stories\, and visitors will be gifted a copy of the original piece. To further preserve and share the poems\, Emily will design a self-guided audio walking tour and map by which future visitors may listen to recordings of the poems as they move through the Cemetery. Emily will conclude her residency with a roaming poetry reading in the landscape.  \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/improv-poetry-with-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan-2/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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SUMMARY:Deep Listening Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Deep Listening encourages us to drop into presence with ourselves and with others. This practice (described by composer Pauline Oliveros as “listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear”) can become a way of being in a new kind of relation to ourselves and our environments. Through this multi-sensory practice of attunement to sound\, stillness\, breath and movement\, Deep Listening can help foster profound experiences of emotional catharsis and processing. \nIn this Deep Listening experience\, participants will be guided through an hour-long musical meditation led by 25-26 Artist-in-Residence Lia Pikus. In the quiet comfort of Mount Auburn’s Hazel Dell\, Lia will use her cello and loop pedal^ to guide participants through a Deep Listening ritual that will help to foster our relationship with impermanence through attunement to the natural world. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nParticipants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat\, blanket\, pillow\, or anything else you can sit or lay on comfortably. There will also be chairs available. \nCheck-in at the top of Hazel Dell ramp (along Central Ave). \nLocation: Hazel Dell \nCap: 20 people \nRain Date: Thurs\, Aug 3 at 6:00pm \n  \n*Please Note: Lia Pikus is not a certified Deep Listening practitioner. \n^Loop pedals are used to record and “loop” musical sounds or patterns in order to add layers\, textures\, and backing tracks. \n… \nLIA PIKUS is one of Mount Auburn’s 25-26 Artists-in-Residence. She is a cellist\, composer\, and illustrator whose practice centers on art’s ability to cultivate experiences of presence and connection\, both within community and in dialogue with the natural world. By drawing and reflecting on natural processes\, Lia seeks to help audiences make emotional and sensory connections with their environments. As a Thomas J. Watson fellow (2023)\, she researched this connective power on a global scale\, exploring the role of art in fostering community around the world. This research formed the foundation for her current explorations in live looping as a form of mediative ritual. It is also the central focus of her debut EP\, Ritual\, released in 2024. Lia was an Artist-in-Residence at Shenandoah National Park in 2024 and at Mothership NYC in 2023. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics at Harvard University. www.liapikus.com \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/deep-listening-ritual/
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence,Wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T150000
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SUMMARY:Improv Poetry with Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan
DESCRIPTION:Head to Washington Tower on Sunday\, June 29th from 12-3pm to take home a customized\, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan! \nNo registration needed. \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems”  \n“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” invites visitors to explore and preserve their memories of Mount Auburn through poetry written for them on the spot. Throughout the year\, Emily will be stationed in different locations at the Cemetery\, where visitors will be invited to share with her their stories\, feelings\, connections to\, and memories of Mount Auburn. Emily will then write customized/improvised poems based on these stories\, and visitors will be gifted a copy of the original piece. To further preserve and share the poems\, Emily will design a self-guided audio walking tour and map by which future visitors may listen to recordings of the poems as they move through the Cemetery. Emily will conclude her residency with a roaming poetry reading in the landscape.  \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/improv-poetry-with-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T200614Z
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SUMMARY:Summer SOLSTICE Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Registration not required\, but will help us guage interest. \nThe Poetry Reading will be outside Bigelow Chapel. \nJoin poet and former Artist-in-Residence Carolyn Oliver (2023-2024) and poet and current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan (2025-2026) for a special poetry reading of their original poems to celebrate the Summer SOLSTICE. \nREGISTER HERE>>\n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/summer-solstice-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence,Summer SOLSTICE
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
CREATED:20250307T213254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T135034Z
UID:10000298-1748782800-1748786400@mountauburn.org
SUMMARY:Grief to Gratitude
DESCRIPTION:Grief to Gratitude is a site-responsive dance performance around Auburn Lake\, performed and choreographed by 24-25 Artist-in-Residence Lonnie Stanton with live musical accompaniment by Akili Jamal Haynes.  \nGrief to Gratitude explores different aspects of grief that are intrinsically tied to the human experience. The roaming performance includes five solos performed at five unique locations (note: audience members will be gently guided by a dance assistant from one location to the next). Dancer and choreographer Lonnie Stanton invites the audience to acknowledge the grief that we carry and share our feelings of gratitude to honor and heal from our grief.  \nAudience autonomy is valued. You may choose to watch the performance on your feet\, from a bench (if one is available)\, or a chair (chairs will be provided). Audience members are encouraged to bear witness to the dance’s details\, engage with the artist throughout the performance (when encouraged)\, and absorb the beautiful Mount Auburn landscape that surrounds us.  \nCheck-in for the event will be outside Story Chapel\, just inside the front gate at 580 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge. The audience will then be led by a Mount Auburn staff member to the performance space. The walking route starts on Central Ave and continues up Indian Ridge then down to Rosebay Ave at the southernmost point of Auburn Lake. The route includes a couple of small hills\, some paved areas\, and some stone-covered paths.   \nThe performance\, including the walk to and from the performance space will take approximately 35-45 minutes. A 15-minute Q&A with the artist will follow. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nCheck-in at Story Chapel. We will walk to the performance space as a group.  \nCapacity: 30 people per performance  \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.  \n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/grief-to-gratitude-2/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
CREATED:20250307T212549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T193812Z
UID:10000297-1748714400-1748718000@mountauburn.org
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Grief to Gratitude
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed to Tuesday\, June 3 at 6:00pm \nGrief to Gratitude is a site-responsive dance performance around Auburn Lake\, performed and choreographed by 24-25 Artist-in-Residence Lonnie Stanton with live musical accompaniment by Akili Jamal Haynes.  \nGrief to Gratitude explores different aspects of grief that are intrinsically tied to the human experience. The roaming performance includes five solos performed at five unique locations (note: audience members will be gently guided by a dance assistant from one location to the next). Dancer and choreographer Lonnie Stanton invites the audience to acknowledge the grief that we carry and share our feelings of gratitude to honor and heal from our grief.  \nAudience autonomy is valued. You may choose to watch the performance on your feet\, from a bench (if one is available)\, or a chair (chairs will be provided). Audience members are encouraged to bear witness to the dance’s details\, engage with the artist throughout the performance (when encouraged)\, and absorb the beautiful Mount Auburn landscape that surrounds us.  \nCheck-in for the event will be outside Story Chapel\, just inside the front gate at 580 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge. The audience will then be led by a Mount Auburn staff member to the performance space. The walking route starts on Central Ave and continues up Indian Ridge then down to Rosebay Ave at the southernmost point of Auburn Lake. The route includes a couple of small hills\, some paved areas\, and some stone-covered paths.   \nThe performance\, including the walk to and from the performance space will take approximately 35-45 minutes. A 15-minute Q&A with the artist will follow. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nCheck-in at Story Chapel. We will walk to the performance space as a group.  \nCapacity: 30 people per performance  \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.  \n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/grief-to-gratitude/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
CREATED:20250326T152806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T154605Z
UID:10000382-1746815400-1746820800@mountauburn.org
SUMMARY:Sensing Mount Auburn: A Landscape in Motion
DESCRIPTION:Mount Auburn Cemetery is not a static repository of memory but a living\, evolving landscape shaped by movement\, perception\, and time. Sensing Mount Auburn: A Landscape in Motion presents the work of 24-25 Artists-in-Residence\, Yufan Gao and Adam Molinski\, in dialogue with a design studio they led at the Boston Architectural College. The work reimagines Mount Auburn through sensory engagement and experimental design methodologies.  \nOver the course of their residency\, Gao and Molinski conducted meditative walks across the seasons\, using devices and exercises created to disrupt habitual ways of seeing. These walks activated a multisensory awareness of the landscape\, revealing how scent\, touch\, and sound can evoke memory and deepen spatial perception.  \nThis exhibition will showcase the data collected from the Sensing Mount Auburn walks including abstract drawings\, written impressions\, and marks left by participants. It will also display BAC student works that investigate Mount Auburn’s literary\, planar\, and sectional layers through archival collage\, binaural film\, motion mapping\, and sectional analysis.   \nSensing Mount Auburn: A Landscape in Motion transforms Bigelow Chapel into a multi-sensory abstracted experience of the cemetery\, offering a dynamic understanding of the landscape. By reconsidering Mount Auburn as both a space of passage and a space of pause\, this exhibition asks: How do our memories inscribe themselves into space? What new rituals emerge when we experience landscape as an active\, participatory medium rather than a static backdrop?  \nBigelow Chapel \nFree to all; No registration required\n 
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/sensing-mount-auburn-a-landscape-in-motion/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
CREATED:20250401T204443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T200317Z
UID:10000393-1746727200-1746730800@mountauburn.org
SUMMARY:Death\, Grief and Early Childhood Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:Death\, dying\, and grief are everywhere— including in the lives of children. In this workshop\, led by Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist-in-Residence Fatima Seck\, we will discuss how we can empower small children with skills that foster emotional resilience and courage around death and grief. Through a brief presentation\, an activity\, and discussion\, we will explore ideas\, stories\, and forms of play that may be used to discuss these difficult topics in a way that inspires emotional confidence rather than fear. \nREGISTER HERE (Free)>>\n… \nFatima Seck is a teacher\, poet\, and community artist. Through public and community-centered projects\, Fatima explores Black history\, archival expansion\, public space\, land and materiality\, and Black childhood.  Her work has received support from several organizations including Grow Boston\, Revival Road Farm\, the City of Cambridge\, Wellesley College’s Anti-Carceral Co-Laboratory\, the New England Foundation for the Arts\, and more. She is deeply grounded in pedagogy and social engagement\, and has worked as an educator and teaching artist at several local public schools and institutions including the ICA Boston\, where she currently facilitates their teen Photo Collective program. Her poem\, “Carrots\,” was selected for the 2023 Mayor’s Poetry Program and was displayed at Boston City Hall.  \n… \nThis project has been funded in part by Cambridge Arts. \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/death-grief-and-early-childhood-pedagogy/
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence,Death and Grief Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T110000
DTSTAMP:20260417T045349
CREATED:20250319T125004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T125004Z
UID:10000308-1744365600-1744369200@mountauburn.org
SUMMARY:Sensing Mount Auburn
DESCRIPTION:The human body is remarkable in its ability to perceive the environment through a wide spectrum of senses. Smell\, touch\, and taste often have the strongest connections to memories\, yet we almost exclusively document the environment through visual means. The power of these senses lies in their ability to evoke emotions and recollections\, creating a deeper and more intimate connection with our surroundings. By engaging our full sensory palette\, we unlock a richer\, more immersive understanding of the world around us.  \nJoin Adam Molinski and Yufan Gao\, 2024-2025 Artists-in-Residence and landscape architecture faculty at the Boston Architectural College\, for a guided\, meditative walk that uses a series of devices and exercises to intentionally defocus participants’ familiar ways of seeing the landscape\, bringing attention to more than just the visual aspects of the landscape experience.  \nTo trace their experiences\, feelings\, conscious and subconscious thoughts\, participants will leave marks of abstract drawings and words. Collectively\, over the course of the next year\, these drawings and words will form a multi-sensory\, temporal map of Mount Auburn.  \nREGISTER HERE>>\nCheck-in at Story Chapel \nCapacity: 10 people per walk \n1pm & 4pm Walks \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/sensing-mount-auburn-3/
LOCATION:Mount Auburn Cemetery\, 580 Mount Auburn St.\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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