Jen Mergel

@art_curators @ccl_curators Fellow @thearmoryshow 2018 Platform Curator @EmNecklaceBos Curator #FogxFLO with #FujikoNakaya:

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Hi friends. With all going on, I am so excited to talk TOMORROW at 5pm (Weds June 25) with the wonderful @leah_triplett for @now_and_there. You can catch our IG Live Chat on Now + There’s account until about 5:45.… https://t.co/Iyf0trjdOU

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Along with all of the important listening, learning, speaking up & showing up going on, I’m very excited to work with brilliant Boston-area colleagues to shape timely opportunities for the artists & orgs supporting… https://t.co/FTALDLAW8k

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Had paused from IG. Encouraged by the thoughtful reflecting & learning in this space given all that’s happened since my aunt passed. Pleased to report on my husband’s side, an aunt near Pixburgh had rallied from a… https://t.co/FKjpKEVHA6

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Laid to rest today.

Thanks to all for the care extended this past week. Looking forward to gathering to celebrate her, and all lost to Covid-19, when safe in the future.

Onward to do her proud...

#auntAmy… https://t.co/Oi1qAE0kB9

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These blooms were an unexpected uplift. The BIGheartedness behind them is why I love supporting my colleagues at @smfaattufts. Thx nancyfaybauer & ddeitsch & monimano1016 & Torrey & the whole SMFA/Tufts family.
Your… https://t.co/1N2scBx8IU

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What gives me hope: after losing my aunt this week, a colleague generously offered what I’ve been craving while my library has been closed: to mail me finished fiction books worthy to lose myself in. #grateful to all… https://t.co/2MP4ymrff6

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Last night, my aunt passed away in her sleep in her nursing home, joining too many others who’ve succumbed to Covid-19. My mom lost her older sister & closest friend much too soon. I’ll personally miss her many… https://t.co/FMVxHKMwjw

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So yesterday was our 5th wedding anniversary (14 years together!).... Yes, we were married on the first Monday in May, but no, not at the Met Gala! We exchanged our gifts late last eve & now that 3 days of… https://t.co/MjXzbz3i9o

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This year’s annual conference of Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) has had some powerhouse speakers & panels since Friday! Today’s keynote with kaywinfeldman, director of nationalgallery and @sashasuda… https://t.co/ykcTTVsoxM

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Today’s a birthday in our home! The requested birthday meal is comfort food: beef stroganoff! Of course, no egg noodles were to be found in stores! Here’s my attempt at making for tonight’s dinner > super fun! >

The… https://t.co/g3AnmzLnXL

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Another Friday, another #ArtatHome collection tour to look closely & appreciate the art & artists that give my days some much needed perspective. For tour #5, the living room walls—objects will get their own… https://t.co/1EBSlE6Knx

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Happy 50th #Earthday to all. I’m an inner-city kid, and to celebrate, we harvested our first home-grown from-seed vegetables: baby lettuce planted in late Feb. One tiny step toward more sustainable life on 🌎...… https://t.co/DYNmh9lwHW

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Today @art_curators announced the 2020 Curatorial Awards for Excellence!

As last year’s recipient for the award for an exhibition with an org operating under $5M (yay #FogxFLO & Boston’s @EmNecklaceBos !) I want… https://t.co/YxeFQAyc1w

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Oh friends, this is yet another week indoors, so here is my #4 Friday “collection tour” of #artathome.

1) This week a look at my tangerine walls, starting with this sweet 2005 ink on paper curtained image by the… https://t.co/ARUjJReTDA

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Taking this day thinking about miraculous cycles of life & regrowth... it was just before #mardigras these seeds were planted and this shoot resprouted. Now we are on the verge... Beauty in a forthcoming pole bean,… https://t.co/jeYHG0XfZU

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#TGIF ! After another week indoors staring at walls, I’ll start my 3rd weekly tribute tour to #artathome with this piece by the beloved father of contemporary wall drawings, the maestro #SolLeWitt. 1) This is a gift… https://t.co/sNVE0KWfBG

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Happy #pinkmoon birthday nicolecherubinistudio 🎂 💗 #bestdecadeever #birthdaybook #birthdaychick named #50 💕 #marcel #pinktongue #pinkwig #realsunset #zoombackgrounds #babyhats 💕 #flores #oldfriends #newfriends… https://t.co/GXQTKZUdqD

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Poetry month, inside behind closed doors. I live with these two poems—by Robert Kelly, kind soul, life observer & faculty at Bard when I was there for grad school (2005). These poems spoke to me then for my thesis… https://t.co/cFVPhd4Cqz

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Midday beauty: leaning lines of fluffy white intersecting. (So glad the plum tree we planted is welcoming spring like business as usual.) #plumblossom #contrail #midday #keepcalmandcarryon https://t.co/9KOKaqpJuL