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MassArt President Mary Grant Discusses Policy and Summer Selections on the Culture Show

President Grant stands with Jared Bowen at The Culture Show podcast studio at GBH.
President Grant with Jared Bowen at GBH's The Culture Show podcast.
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During her monthly appearance on WGBH’s The Culture Show, MassArt President Mary K. Grant shares her summer reading recommendations, the importance of museums as cultural institutions, the BRIGHT Act to modernize higher education, and more.

President Grant’s summer list:

To read: Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses by Peter Wolf

To watch (television): Dept Q and The Four Seasons

To watch (film): I’m Still Here

Listen to the full interview (President Grant’s segment starts at 35 minutes).

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