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"It's an intellectual's fantasy: witty, sardonic cheerleaders, high-kicking not about the wide receiver, but about the plight of the artist in modern society. Wait - as long as they still have the little skirts. They do? Oh, good" -Brandon Reynolds, Style Weekly, May 30, 2007
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Cheerleaders, 1996-1998
"An offbeat squad of cheerleaders dedicated to poking fun [at themselves] and highlighting some of the harsh realities of the art world" -New York Times Sunday, August 4, 1997
"They try to stress the cheerleading/conformity/smiling/perfection against the message of the cheer...the more [they] separate it, the more interesting it is to the viewer, and the more complexity it has." -David Wildman, Boston Sunday Globe, March 2, 1997
"They're cheering for art...poking fun at stereotypes about artists, while playing into stereotypes about cheerleaders...people love them!" -Chronicle for Higher Education, April 1997
"Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Arts Cheerleaders...were invited to advocate for federal arts supports. The school, which has no sports teams, is holding out for a call from Letterman" -Playboy, Aug 97
"The offbeat cheerleaders ...will take their campy routines to an outdoor stage on Capitol Hill...We need to make noise here. Without the arts, we are bankrupt emotionally" -Mary Jo Palumbo, Boston Herald, March 24, 1997
©2007 Rebecca Goldberg Oliver