Join The Mary Baker Eddy Library on Thursday, September 20, as we welcome acclaimed director Peter Sellars for an evening of celebration and thought-provoking discussion on the role of culture and the arts in society and in education.
Sellars's ideas on society's need for art and culture speak to the core purpose of many educational and cultural institutions, including the Library. He will focus on the innovative potential of cultural institutions like the Library to empower a variety of communities with transformative educational experiences. This evening will also reflect on the Library’s first ten years, while exploring the horizon of possibility before it and for cultural providers generally.
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The Library will host a catered reception before the talk featuring performances by Project STEP, a Boston-based organization that prepares musically gifted African-American and Latino students for careers in classical music. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., reception begins at 6 p.m., Peter Sellars will take the floor at 7 p.m.
Availability is limited, please visit mbelibary.org/call-for-culture for further information about this event or to purchase tickets online; $40 for adults, $25 for Library “friends”, students with ID, and seniors.
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Peter Sellars began his career in Boston after graduating from Harvard University in 1981. He was the director of the Boston Shakespeare Company and earned national recognition for his transformative treatment of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni for public television in collaboration with Boston-based conductor Craig Smith. His event-filled career has crisscrossed the globe and engaged with the arts and education from the grassroots level to the most distinguished venues of high culture. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards; directed and showcased at festivals internationally; and created for the stage, television, and film. Currently, Sellars teaches at U.C.L.A.'s Department of World Arts and Cultures with courses including “Art as Social Action,” and “Art as Moral Action” where he advocates for the relevance of culture in finding solutions to pressing social and political questions.
The Mary Baker Eddy Library houses the largest collection by and about an American woman and the premier research center on Mary Baker Eddy and the history of the Christian Science movement. The Library draws on its resources to provide distinctive public programming and exhibits on a range of subjects and is committed to the advancement of culture and education in Boston and beyond by hosting a variety of free events featuring local arts and cultural performances for children and low-income families.
