New Sole of the Old Machine: Steampunk Brockton – Reimagining the City of Shoes

September 10, 2016 - January 1, 2017 -  Fuller Craft Museum’s exhibition will focus on Brockton’s esteemed history as a shoe manufacturer. The exhibition is being curated by Bruce Rosenbaum, the preeminent authority on Steampunk. There also will be a supporting exhibition of student work in the Community Gallery, STEM to STEAM to STEAMPUNK, featuring the young artists’ future visions for Brockton.​ New Sole of the Old Machine will spotlight Steampunk, a highly popular art design genre that asks the question–What if yesterday’s innovators had access to today’s technologies? Steampunk, in general, includes the repurposing of objects and materials around us to examine the past while reimagining a path to a brighter future.