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Ekua Holmes and Elizabeth James-Perry s Garden for Boston to Transform Grounds Outside MFA Boston
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This spring, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will launch
Garden for Boston, a new outdoor project by local artists and activists Ekua Holmes (African American, born 1955) and Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag, born 1973) that welcomes visitors and opens conversations about the land that the Museum occupies. For more than a century, the focal point of the MFA’s main entrance has been Cyrus Dallin’s
Appeal to the Great Spirit (1909), a depiction of a Native American figure that represents an icon of the Museum for some and a painful stereotype for others. From May to September, two installations by James-Perry and Holmes will reshape the grounds around the monumental sculpture with sunflowers and corn, transforming the space into a blooming summer garden that represents the resil