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Lunder Institute Fellow artist E. Saffronia Downing working with clay

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Lunder Institute fellow welcoming three visitors into their studio
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Artist Lynn Daphne Rudolph performing at The Broad
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Summer Think Tank

Performance artist on her knees in a gallery in front of an audience casts her gaze upward and spreads her arms out behind her
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Summer Think Tank participants convening, seated in a circle
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Past Projects, Programs, Partnerships

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Throughout its history, the Lunder Institute has organized a variety of special projects, events, and initiatives in partnership with other institutions and key collaborators.

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Meet Our 2026 Fellows

A grid of six portrait photographs of the 2026 Lunder Fellows, arranged in two rows of three. Each photo is framed in a thick black border with the artist's name listed below it, preceded by a small black play icon. Top row: Laylah Ali, a person with short hair looking directly at the camera; Maria de Los Angeles, a woman with long dark hair standing in front of a colorful, abstract painting; Demian DinéYazhi', a person with long dark hair wearing a brown hoodie and leaning their head on their hand. Bottom row: Merik Goma, a man with long dreadlocks and a wide-brimmed hat looking off-camera; Alex Jackson, a man with an afro and beard looking forward; Joshua A.M. Ross, a man with dreadlocks smiling in front of a brick wall.
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Transforming the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Journal

A woman with gray hair and glasses, wearing a long-sleeved black dress and reddish-brown boots, stands with one hand on her hip in a hallway with a red accent wall.
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Student-Scholars Shine at International Art Conference

So, the piece is a lithograph dominated by red and sepia tones, featuring a pensive, sketchy profile portrait of a woman. Loose, expressive red lines surround her, giving the impression of movement or atmosphere.
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Colby College Museum of Art Launches Five-Year Whistler Studies Initiative with Tate Britain Partnership

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