On the latest Open Studio With Jared Bowen, we travel to the Fitchburg Art Museum to profile its extraordinary pandemic-era efforts. With escalating COVID infection rates and a high risk of transmission in its community, the Fitchburg Art Museum closed for much of the pandemic. However, it retained both its staff and its commitment to the community by developing a food relief distribution program, moving ahead with its plans for an artist housing development, organizing arts programming in public schools and more.
PREVIEW: Fitchburg Art Museum director Nick Capasso on its community initiatives
Also on this episode, Worcester Art Museum Director Matthias Waschek joins us to discuss the exhibition, "The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design" and for a conversation about the pandemic's effects on the museum world. "The Kimono in Print" is on view through May 2.
Watch the full episode below.
