A new show opens at the Nave Gallery in Somerville this afternoon. From 3-5 p.m. check out Surprise the Tender Alphabet: Image Meets Text, a show curated by Ann Forbush and Jenny Lawton Grassl. The exhibit incorporates many different media, from printmaking to performance art; the featured artists demonstate the common thread of using text or language in their work. As the show description says, "Our 'alphabet' takes many forms, from intimate handwriting scrawled in a diary to disintegrating messages found on the street; allowing the fusion of words and images to seduce, comfort or incite." See what you can decipher this afternoon, or later—the show runs through June 26.
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