MFA Exhibit: Tender Loving Care

At their core, creating and looking at works of art are acts of care, from the artist’s labor to the viewer’s contemplation and appreciation. Storage, conservation, and display are also ways of tending to art. This exhibition invites visitors to explore how contemporary artists trace and address concepts of care through their materials, subjects, ideas, and processes.
This Fall we invite our students to join us for two Co-Curricular events around the MFA’s exhibit Tender Loving Care. We will be taking group tours of this exhibit, followed by a Panel Discussion event with some contributors to the collection. Browse the drop-down boxes below to learn more about each event.
Exhibit Group Tours
Date & Time: October 1 – 7, 2023
times vary
Location: Students should meet the group at Kilachand Hall, before departing for the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Ave) together.
Event Description: In small groups, we invite students to join us for a self-guided tour around the MFA exhibit Tender Loving Care. You can sign up for a tour group here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CA9AC23A0F8C16-mfaexhibit#/
View the exhibit’s informational pamphlet here
Important: You must bring your BU ID with you to the museum so that you can get a free student ticket.
Please review the MFA’s visitor policies here: https://www.mfa.org/visit
Attendance: At the event, a QR will be provided for you to check-in. This QR will expire so please complete the check-in form immediately. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event. This event will count as one co-curricular credit.
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
5:30 – 7 pm
Location: Kilachand Hall, Common Room (101)
91 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215
Event Description: Join us for a discussion and Q&A with several of the contributors to the MFA exhibit Tender Loving Care.
In order to provide a more engaging conversation for everyone, students are encouraged to attend the TLC exhibit before attending this event.
Attendance: At the event, a QR will be posted for you to check-in. This QR will expire so please complete the check-in form immediately. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event. This event will count as one co-curricular credit.
Meet our Panelists
Michelle Millar Fisher is the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, she worked at MoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum. Her work focuses on the intersections of people, power, and the material world. At the MFA, she is working on “Craft Schools: Where We Make What We Inherit” which took her on a train journey across all 48 contiguous US states. She leads an independent team on a book, touring exhibition, and program series called “Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.” She holds an MA and an M.Phil in Art History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and received an M.Phil from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY) where she is completing her PhD. She is widely published, and has received numerous fellowships.
Kendall DeBoer, Curatorial Assistant in Contemporary Art
Jessica Doonan, Manager of Accessibility
Sarah Mastrangelo is a paintings conservator with a range of experience in the conservation of both old masters and modern and contemporary works. She is currently the Cunningham Associate Conservator of Paintings in the Eijk and Rose-Marie Van Otterloo Paintings Studio at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA). She received her M.S. in conservation of historic and artistic works and M.A. in art history and archaeology from the Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.
In her current role at the MFA, she is lead paintings conservator for modern and contemporary art projects. Recent exhibitions she has been involved with include, Frank Bowling’s America, Making Past Present: Cy Twombly, and Tender Loving Care Contemporary Art from the Collection.
Read her full bio
Sanah Devika Rao is an Exhibition Designer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She designs three dimensional spaces of varying scales with a strong focus on visitor experience and interaction. She holds a Master of Design in Exhibition and Narrative Environments from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Design in Public Space Design from Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India. Prior to MFA Boston, she worked at the RISD Museum as the Exhibit Design Graduate Assistant and has also worked in set design for a Netflix US feature film in India. Instagram: @the.spaceissue