Some of my colleagues and friends have mentioned recently how vital arts experiences are to their lives. Concerts, dance performances and public art displays are no longer just for fun; they are necessities. Sometimes art allows us to escape everyday struggles, and other times it provides a path to immerse ourselves deeper into issues from different lenses. Art encompasses a multitude of perspectives and expressions that we depend on to better understand the world.
Sound designer and artist Skooby Laposky will create a live soundscape with a pop-up garden called “Earth Studies: Ancient and Future Sounds” at MassArt Art Museum on Thursday night. His work will be in conversation with “To Burn, Forest, Fire” by Katie Paterson — a piece relying on scent to investigate the first and last ever forest due to climate change. Laposky is based in Cambridge and Hudson, New York and utilizes biodata sonification and acoustic ecology to develop his work.
A collaborative quilt titled “Triangle Party” by Rising Star Quilters will be raffled off at the quilt show. The guild will choose a winner on Dec. 3. BoSoma Dance Company will showcase contemporary dance works directed by Katherine Hooper in “INTERCONNECTIONS” at Shore Country Day Theatre in Beverly this weekend.