#  Opening Reception Familiar Faces | Living Spaces 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 18, 2025** 

 05:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

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 **Harvard Ed Portal**  

224 Western Ave., Allston

 

 

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Celebrate our newest exhibit at the Harvard Ed Portal's Crossings Gallery. Come meet the artist, grab a bite, network with neighbors, and enjoy the art.

Light refreshments will be served.

[**ABOUT THE EXHIBIT**](https://edportal.harvard.edu/crossings-gallery)

***Familiar Faces | Living Spaces*** invites you into a world where global craft traditions meet contemporary design. Local artist Hugo Nakashima-Brown’s graceful Ming-inspired Chinese chairs sit in conversation with bold wooden portraits, sculptural yoga figures, and delicate hand-bound books made in the 4th-century Coptic tradition of Ethiopia and Egypt. Influenced by Japanese aesthetics, American folk art, and centuries-old woodworking techniques, Nakashima-Brown reimagines everyday objects as portals to history and culture. This exhibition brings art and function together in surprising ways, highlighting the beauty of form, material, and craft.

**Hugo Nakashima-Brown** is a teaching artist, designer, and woodworker based in Allston-Brighton.



 

 



 

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