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  • Friday, January 31, 2025 – Deadline for Application for Artist-in-Residence Program at Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Calling all local artists! Have you wanted to deepen your relationship with Mount Auburn? Do you have a creative practice as a visual or performing artist? Are you inspired by the themes of horticulture, wildlife, ecology, history, death, and people stories? Then apply to be a 2025 Artist-in-Residence! Image below by Bill Denzer.

    Each year, a diverse group of chosen artists are charged with creating an original, site-specific work based on an in-depth experience at the Cemetery that conveys a fresh and innovative perspective of Mount Auburn.

    Award amount: $500 – $4,000
    Accepting Applications: November 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025
    Notification date: March 1, 2025
    Residency: April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026

    More info at https://www.mountauburn.org/artist-in-residence/

  • December 7 – 8, 10 – 11, 13 – 15, 17 – 18, & 20 – 21 – Mount Auburn Cemetery Solstice: Reflections on Winter Light

    SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light is an annual event at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, that includes an outdoor journey with large-scale light and sound artworks created by MASARY, and an indoor experience with live music and candle lighting. Guests are invited to walk through the light-filled landscape, explore the Winter Solstice atmosphere, and to reflect on moments of change as the year ends and a new cycle begins. Connect to a landscape of exceptional beauty, consider an intention for the new year, or commemorate the memory of a loved one. Let SOLSTICE light your way as you encounter the unique spirit of Mount Auburn. Dates are December 7, 8, 10. 11. 13. 15, 17, 18, 20 and 21. For pictures, tickets, and complete information visit https://www.mountauburnsolstice.org/. VIP night will be December 6. Join Mount Auburn leadership, lead designers from MASARY, SOLSTICE sponsors, and surprise special guests as we mark the opening of this annual winter tradition. The evening’s program will include remarks from Mount Auburn and MASARY leadership, food and beverages, and a behind-the-scenes preview of the SOLSTICE artworks by the designers who created them. Be the first to experience two new artworks in a small group setting before the event opens to the public on December 7th! Tickets at https://www.mountauburnsolstice.org/tickets-2024

  • December, 2024 – Solstice: Reflections on Winter Light

    SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light is an annual event at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge that includes an outdoor journey through large-scale light and sound artworks, and an indoor experience with live music and candle lighting. Guests are invited to walk through the light-filled landscape and explore the Winter Solstice atmosphere, and to reflect on moments of change as the year ends and a new cycle begins. Connect to a landscape of exceptional beauty, consider an intention for the new year, or commemorate the memory of a loved one. Let the Solstice light your way as you encounter the unique spirit of Mount Auburn. 

    Presented by the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery | Created by MASARY. Purchase tickets at https://www.mountauburnsolstice.org/tickets-2024

    EVENT DATES

    Dec 7–8
    Dec 10–11
    Dec 13–15
    Dec 17–18
    Dec 20–21

  • Tuesday, October 29, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Laurel Circle Lecture Series: Horticulture and Climate Change

    For the final 2024 installment of Mt. Auburn Cemetery’s Laurel Circle Lecture Series, Vice President of Horticulture & Landscape Ronnit Bendavid-Val will provide an in-depth look at the current effects of the changing climate on our landscape and what to anticipate in the future. Among a host of relevant topics, Ronnit’s discussion will focus on ways that horticulturalists can adapt to changes in the environment.

    The event starts with a catered reception in Bigelow Chapel at 5:30 with the lecture following at 6:30. For more information, please contact Matt Tufts, Special Events and Sponsorships Manager, at 617-540-0076 or mtufts@mountauburn.org.

    Space is limited, register today!

    REGISTER HERE>>

  • Sunday, November 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Nature Sketching Workshop with Clare Walker Leslie

    Want to learn some very basic ways for drawing the nature you know and love here in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge? Join illustrator Clare Walker Leslie in a Sunday afternoon session on November 13. Appropriate for ages 10 and up, teens and adults. No previous drawing experience needed. Bring a drawing pad, several pencils and an eraser. There will be materials provided, as well. Workshop takes place indoors. Meet in Story Chapel, masks required. Registration required HERE. $7 for Friends of Mount Auburn, $12 for nonmembers.