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New England Watercolor Society
2023 Annual Regional Juried Show October 4 – November 2, 2023.Over $5000 in awards. Juror of selection and Awards: Vladislav Yeliseyev AIS NWS Open to artists 18 years or older residing in or represented by a gallery in New England. All work must be original Submissions Deadline: July 15, 2023 Details: https://newenglandwatercolorsociety.org/exhibitions-upcoming.htmlProspectus: https://newenglandwatercolorsociety.org/documents/2023%20Regional%20Show%20Prospectus.pdfContact: info@newenglandwatercolorsociety.org
National Association of Women Artists, MA
Apply at thenawa.org by 3/15 and 9/15 of each year. NAWAMA Artists exhibit at Cotuit Center For the Arts, Multicultural Arts Center, Berkshire Art Museum, URI Providence Campus Gallery, Fountain Street Gallery, SoWa Art & Design District, Gallery at Atlantic Wharf, Seaport, RAA&Museum, Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery, The Vendue Art Hotel, The Art Complex, JL HQ, Newbury […]
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Atlantic Works Gallery
May 4 - 27Eric Hess and Ian Babylon “M’aidez”Receptions: Thursday May 4 and Thursday May 18, 6-9 p.m.June 3 - 30Charlene Liska “A Blinding Flash of Light” and Christine Palamidessi “Summer” Receptions: Saturday, June 4, 2-5 p.m., and Thursday June 15, 6-9 p.m. Hours: Fri.-Sat. 2-6 p.m. | or by appointment
NOA Gallery
Spring/Summer Show through April 2023Featuring work by Sue Bleiweiss, Don Bullens, Arnie Casavant, Donna Caselden, Elizabeth Craumer, Joelle Feldman, Tamara Gonda, Barbara Lucas, Elissa McMeniman, Julia Mitchell, Sue Penney, Linda Puiatti, Michael Robbins, Alexia Rosoff-Wilber, Stephen Silver, Rita Tavilla,Trina Teele, Marla Greenfeld and Neil Tischler. The show will run April through September 2023. While visiting, check out the rest […]
Galatea Fine Art
May 5 - 28Marjorie Kaye: “Millionth Wave Futurism” Youngsheen A. Jhe: “See Me in You.” NAWA: “Contrast”Reception: May 5, 6-8 p.m.June 2 - July 2Norman Finn: “Faces along the way Real and Imaginary” M. M. Moyer: “INAPPROPRIATE” Gallery Artists: “Beloved Geographies - The Passion for Place”. Reception: June 2, 6-8 p.m.Hours: Fri.-Sun., 12-4 p.m. |or by appointment
Yale University Art Gallery
Through June 25“Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800” Through July 23 “Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale” Through December 3 “In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art” The Gallery’s encyclopedic holdings range from ancient times to the present day and represent cultures from around the globe.Free and open to the public.Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |Thurs. […]
Newport Art Museum
Through June 23 “DISCOlour: The Light Paintings | Bradley Wester,” Museum School Mini-Exhibition.May 6 - October 8“Dress Code, Ilgenfritz Gallery”May 20 - October 28“Ana Flores: Shaman Ladders and Other Stories,” Wright & Corridor GalleriesMay 27 - July 9“Pride: In Retrospect,” Contemporary GalleryThrough June 11 “Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues,” Cushing & Morris GalleriesOpening Receptions:June 2, 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m., […]
Worcester Art Museum
Through July 7“New Terrain: 21st-Century Landscape Photography” Discover how boundary-pushing artists are using photography to explore the idea of landscape in ways you might not expect.Through September 1“Jakob Fioole: The Sally Bishop Prize”On view as part of the Museum’s ongoing partnership with ArtsWorcester, Jakob Fioole depicts an imagined world that is at once familiar and foreign.Hours: […]
Williams College Museum of Art
Through July 16“Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Artists in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection”Ongoing“Embodied Words: Reading in Medieval Christian Visual Culture”“Remixing the Hall: WCMA’s Collection in Perpetual Transition”“Rheingantz x Prendergast”Explore WCMA with our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.
URI Providence Gallery
Through May 31The 17th Annual Richard W. and Ronald S. Buteau Memorial“PS2023 and Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island Exhibit” The mixed media exhibit features more than 250 artworks by K-12 students from public and charter schools throughout the state. Gallery Night Reception - May 18, 5-9 p.m.June 5 - 29“RHODE ISLAND STATE OF THE […]
New Britain Museum of American Art
Through September 3“Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!”The whimsical world of Walter Wick has fascinated people of all ages since 1991, when his first children’s book series I SPY found its way onto the bookshelves of millions of American households. Celebrating five decades of creativity, as well as Wick’s indelible role in the development of photographic illustration, Walter Wick: Hidden […]
The Tavern Club
The Tavern Clube is a private social club in downtown Boston, founded in 1884. The club has a small collection of works by painters of the Boston School, some of whom were members. The club periodically arranges for small groups to view these paintings, and anyone interested in a visit should call the Club, leave […]
South Shore Art Center
Through May 20“Lost in Translation,” a national juried exhibition; juror: Michael Noyes, Director, Canal Street Art GalleryJune 10 - July 22“Repeat Offenders: TRIIIBE Returns,” curated by Chris Rifkin, featuring large-scale collaborative works by Cary Wolinsky, Alicia Casilio, Kelly Casilio, and Sara CasilioGala Reception: June 10, 6 p.m.Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.68th annual South Shore Arts FestivalJun 16 […]
Springfield Museums
Through July 30“Mark Chester: Twosomes”Through July 30“New/Now: Contemporary Art Acquisitions”Through September 3“Nelson Stevens: Coloring Rapping”Through December 31“Artifice: New Paintings by Priya Green”Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Sun., 11 a.m.-p.m.
SoWa Artists Guild
First Friday is always exciting at SoWa Artists Guild, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston. Three floors of artists’ studios open Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2, 5-9 p.m. Many studios also open every Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Next to SoWa Open Market. Find out more at sowaartists.com
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Through November 12Featuring a three-acre ocean-side sculpture park, rotating exhibits with a diverse collection of modern and contemporary art, lectures, etc. Just steps from Perkins Cove and the village of Ogunquit. All season: Joe Wardwell: Mural Commission; permanent collection. April 29- July 16: Shifting Sands: Beaches, Bathers, and Modern Maine Art. Hours: Everyday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Addison Gallery of American Art
Through July 30“Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It” “Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now” “Lavaughan Jenkins: Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence”
Art Center Gallery, Anna Maria College
Through May 2023Campus Sculpture Matthias Neumann, “Basics” Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Gilmore Through 1 MaySenior Exhbition IIReception 26 April, 5-7 p.m. Through 8 MaySenior Exhbition IIIReception 3 May, 5-7 p.m. 10 May - 15 MaySpecial Exhibition of 9 Students
Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture
Public art projects, no admission.Remembrance of Climate Futures/Arlington: 23 markers developed by Tom Starr and 12 Arlington High School interns imagining the future impact of the climate crisis on the landscape and community of Arlington, MA; public locations along Mass Ave and throughout Arlington. Project website: climatefuturesarlington.org. Ongoing: Pathways: Art Along the Minuteman Bikeway. info@artsarlington.org
Art Complex Museum
Through November 5 “Unsettled Pieces”Opening September 17 “50/50: Fifty Years of Collecting Art”“50/50: Collecting the Boston Printmakers”Ongoing“Please Approach the Bench”October 22: Boston Printmakers Panel and DemoThe museum offers shows of contemporary works and shows featuring objects from the museum’s collection. See website for schedules and other programming.Free admission.Hours: Wed.-Sun., 1-4 p.m.
Hera Gallery
Through December 31“Objects of Agency” Virtual Exhibition: visit heragallery.org/objectsofagency and our social media pages.A National Open Call in Response to the Overturn of Roe v. WadeVirtual Artist Talk: July 13 at 7 p.m. via zoom.Link available on heragallery.org May 13 - June 17“Oh, Mother”A National Juried ExhibitionJuror: Nadiah Rivera Fellah, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of […]
Hopkinton Center for the Arts
April 24 - June 1"Arts in Bloom" HCA’s 18th annual exhibition. This year’s show was juried by Kaveh Mojtabai. Six pieces will be identified for an award and honored with fresh flower arrangements designed by the garden members. Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. |Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.Free Reception: May 12 @ 6 p.m. June 6 - […]
Kingston Gallery
May 3 - 28 In the Main Gallery:Hilary Tolan, “In this Place”In the Center Gallery:Cameron Schmitz, “The Space Between”In the Project Space Gallery:Linda Leslie Brown & Jennifer Moses, “A Conversation”Opening Reception Friday May 5, 5-8 p.m. May 31 - July 2In the Main and Center Gallery:Ann Wessmann, “Cycle”In the Project Space Gallery:Rhonda Smith, “Madonna of the Woods”Opening […]
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts
Through May 21“Spring Muse,” a group exhibit of paintings, prints, sculpture and glass.May 27 - July 9Paintings by David Rohn: “As I See It,” delicate washes and expansive passages of color represent liberation from an art world of expectation and judgement.Hours: Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Sun., 12-5 p.m.
Danforth Art Museum
Through June 4 “Visionary Boston” featuring work by John Brook, Stephen Trefonides, and Kahlil Gibran “Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection”June 24 - September 17 “Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition” Permanent “In the Studio: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller” See website for hours, to register for events, and explore membership options.
Fairfield University Art Museum
Through July 15Bellarmine Hall Galleries: “In Their Element(s)Women Artists Across Media,” featuring more than 50 contemporary artworks by women artists this exhibition places an emphasis on the variety of media employed. Through July 1Walsh Gallery (Quick Center):“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights,” this exhibition features posters from around the world created to celebrate the vital role that all citizens play […]
The Tavern Club
The Tavern Clube is a private social club in downtown Boston, founded in 1884. The club has a small collection of works by painters of the Boston School, some of whom were members. The club periodically arranges for small groups to view these paintings, and anyone interested in a visit should call the Club, leave […]
Attleboro Arts Museum
September 9 - 23 “Creature Comforts”An Invitational Exhibition inspired by Kevin Wilson’s novel Nothing to See Here. Featuring original 2D and 3D stuffed animals that comforted, entertained, and became members of the family. October 13 - November 4“Benefit Art Auction Preview Exhibition”
Concord Art
Main GalleryMay 18 - June 4“Concord-Carlisle High School Show”Reception: May 18, 5:30 p.m. June 8 - August 8“Quiet Light”Curated by Nina Nielsen and John BakerReception: June 8, 5:30 p.m. Members GalleryThrough June 4“Sig Roos + Patricia Busso”Reception: May 18, 5:30 p.m.June 8 - July 9“Nadine Wallack + Nancy Roberts”Reception: June 8, 5:30 p.m.
Three Stones Gallery
May 10 - June 18"Terra Firma: An Artist’s Metamorphosis and a Farm’s Legacy,” Brenda's Cirioni's mixed media barns and abstract floral paintings; Ellen Harasimowicz's documentary photographs of Willard Farm in Still River, MA.Reception: Saturday, May 20, 6:30-8 p.m.June 21 - July 26“The Chi of Everything,” Jennifer Johnston's abstract photographs, Colleen Pearce's botanical paintings, and Mara Wagner's graphic […]
Currier Museum of Art
Through Summer 2023“Seeing is Not Believing: Ambiguity in Photography”May 11 - September, 2023“A Floresta Viva: UÝRA (The Living Forest: UÝRA)”Hours: Wed., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Thurs., 10 a.m-8 p.m. | Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fuller Craft Museum
May 13, 2023 - March 3, 2024Material Mapping: Data-driven Sculpture by Adrien Segal and Norwood Viviano features two artists working at the intersection of information and craft. Using a range of materials, from glass to wood to steel, Adrien Segal and Norwood Viviano transform data into tactile, sculptural forms.Hours: Tue. - Sun. 10 a.m. - 5 […]
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
May 13 - June 11Join us for the 12th biennial State of Clay. The State of Clay is a juried show and art sale for original, innovative ceramic work by current and former residents of Massachusetts or those with close ties to Massachusetts. The aim of the show is to broaden public awareness of contemporary […]
Multicultural Arts Center
This summer, the Multicultural Arts Center gallery brings you two exceptional exhibits: Neetu Singhal’s Only LOVE is Real (May 8 – Jun 2) and the group show We are not women; we are gods (June 12 – August 11). Gallery open Tuesday through Friday for in-person viewing, or visit our Virtual Gallery.
6 Bridges Gallery
May 17 - June 23“Close to Home” Paintings by Ernest Stonebraker, inspired by motifs near the artist’s residence. Reception Saturday May 20, 5-7 p.m.June 28 - August 5“Only from Maynard” Artwork in various mediums by artists who live or work in Maynard. Reception Saturday July 15, 5-7 p.m.
Arts League of Lowell
May 24 - June 18“Barbara Fletcher: Nature Decoded”This exhibition of mixed media sculpture, paper collage and monoprints reflects Fletchers whimsical and often satiric take on nature and the nature of the human condition.Reception: Sunday June 4, 3-5 p.m.May 19 - July 16 “Red, White, or Blue”The exhibition featured in our main gallery contains work composed primarily of […]
Creative Connections Gift Shop & Gallery
May 20 - August 19Iphigenia Gossios Burg – “Raw Expressions: A Visual Poetry in Mixed Media”Opening reception May 20, 12-2 p.m. June 3 - August 12Susan Wahlrab – “Wonder”Opening reception June 3, 12-2 p.m. Gallery & Gift Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Take our virtual gallery tour by visiting: www.ccgiftgallery.com/about-us
Bates College Museum of Art
Through May 27"Senior Thesis Exhibition 2023"Through October 7"Selections from the Diversify the Collection Program, 2015-"Artists: Nouf Alhimiary, Ghada Al Rabea, Sammy Baloji, Beauford Delaney, Brad Kahlhamer, Daniel Minter, Ebony G. Patterson, Martin Puryear, Yinka Shonibare, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Randy WilliamsJune 9 - October 7"Who Are They? Who Am I? Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection"
Beacon Gallery
Through May 28“Julia Csekö: This Is Where My Heart Is,” delves into the nature of humanity, unending appetites, and finite resources. Reception 5/5 @ 5 p.m. Artist talk 5/11 @ 6 p.m. June 2 - July 16“Raquel Fornasaro: Cerol,” explores externalities of capitalism, including their impact on climate and ecosystems. Reception 6/2 @ 6 p.m.Hours: Thurs.-Sat., 12-5 p.m. | Sun., […]