51 Sandy Pond Road Lincoln, MA 01773 Admission Price: $14 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors Free for Trustees Members, NEMA members, children 12 and under Jim Dine, "Two Big Black Hearts." Bronze. 1985. Photo by author. The phrase “contemporary art exhibition” tends to conjure visions of colorful mixed media works set against the stark white walls of a pristine art gallery, complete with high glass windows, watchful docents, and a general sense of academic, even austere, silence

In Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders, Virgil Ortiz continues telling his stunning, multi-year futurist narrative that builds on Native American history, time travel, and the power of resilience. Not many students learn about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 in their grade school classes but in Ortiz’s words, it’s the first American Revolution. The Spanish began to colonize Mexico in the 1500s and steadily made their way up to present-day Southwest America. In 1680, led by powerful