In the throes of COVID-19, many museums, galleries, artists and organizations are offering exciting new modes of art-viewing and -making through online platforms. See below for a list of resources and gallery closures in light of the pandemic. This list will be updated as we receive information from artists and institutions across New England.

As the pandemic remains in effect, we highly suggest calling any museum or gallery you are traveling to before you leave; if you are a museum, gallery, artist or open studio event organizer with something that is still going on, please send us a message at pr@artscopemagazine.com so that we can help let people know.

ARTSCOPE-SPONSORED EVENTS

• Newport Art Museum: Their Gala at Home will take place on July 17 in the form of a gourmet dinner delivered right to your home. The meal includes food, specially selected wine and fresh flowers. Delivery locations include Aquidneck Island, Jamestown, and Bristol. Tickets are limited and must be purchased by June 30, so don’t wait to secure your spot! For more information such as the menu and to purchase your tickets, click here.
• Society of Arts and Crafts: CraftBoston Spring 2020 has been cancelled. 

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND

• 6 Bridges Gallery: CLOSED until further notice.
• Addison Gallery of American Art: Closed until further notice. 
• Art Center Gallery at Anna Maria College: Special events cancelled through March.
• The Art Complex Museum: Will remain closed until June 2021. During this time, the museum will be making renovations. The June 2021 reopening will coincide with the museum’s fiftieth anniversary.
• Arts League of Lowell: Closed until further notice.
• Art on the Trails at Beals Preserve: 
  • From their website, in regards to the art selection for “Rising Up:” Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no opening event in June. However, we will be live streaming the installation process on June 6 & 7 and will host recordings of these events on our website.
• ArtSpace Maynard: Closed until further notice.
  • OPEN CALL: ArtSpace Maynard invites artists to submit proposals for exhibitions for the 2020-21 season in our new West Gallery. See here for more information. Submission deadline June 15.
  • Offers a series of virtual events intended to keep the public and artists engaged in the arts. These online gatherings are free to the public and are presented each Saturday from 2-4 p.m. To receive updates through their mailing list contact maynardartspace@gmail.com.
• Attleboro Arts Museum: Closed until further notice.
  • Visit their website or social media for a new video series of demos that utilize mostly household materials and art supplies and are structured for either kids/families or teens/adults.
• Augusta Savage Gallery at UMass Amherst: Closed until further notice.
  • Now on view virtually: “Rethinking the Boundaries: Ponnapa Prakkamakul.” On view through May 31.
• Beard and Weil Galleries at Wheaton College: Closed for the semester. 
• Cahoon Museum of American Art: Closed until further notice. 
  • Several online exhibitions available now.
• Carney Gallery at Regis College: All events suspended until further notice.
• Conant & Williams Galleries at Lawrence Academy:
• Creative Connections Gallery:
• Concord Art Association: Closed until further notice. 
• Cotuit Center of the Arts: Reopens on June 20 by appointment and with safety restrictions.
• Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University: Closed until further notice.
• deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum: Outdoor sculpture park is now OPEN in a controlled manner to limit overcrowding. The buildings will remain closed until further notice.
• Dedee Shattuck Gallery: Closed until further notice. 
• Ferrin Contemporary Gallery: Open by appointment through the summer.
• Fitchburg Art Museum: Closed until further notice. Annual Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft postponed to the summer of 2021. 
  • Offers a collection of children’s art activities to do from home.
• Fruitlands Museum: Grounds OPEN in a controlled manner to limit overcrowding. Buildings will remain closed until further notice.
• Gallery A3: Closed until further notice. Their exhibition “Encounters” viewable in the display windows of the gallery.
• Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst: Closed until further notice. 
  • “A Horse Walks Into A Bar” Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi virtual gallery tour now available.
• Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross: Closed until further notice.
  • View “énouement,” College of the Holy Cross’s 2020 Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition, here.  
• Lexington Arts and Crafts Society: Closed until further notice.
• MASS MoCA: The museum will be open, with safety restrictions, on July 11.  
• Monsterrat College of Art Galleries: Closed to the public until further notice. Public receptions and events postponed.
  • ARTRAGEOUS!34 auction — due to COVID-19, the event is now taking place online. There will be a silent auction beginning June 1, followed by a live auction on June 12 at 6 p.m. The items being sold are already available for preview here. Don’t miss the North Shore’s signature art event! Sponsorships and tickets can be purchased here. 
  • Read a message from Montserrat College of Art President Kurt T. Steinberg in the Salem Evening News here. 
  • Senior thesis “Capstone Shows” now online.
  • Click here to schedule an appointment for virtual guided tours of the college for prospective students and their parents.
• Museum of Russian Icons: The museum will reopen to the public on July 17 with safety restrictions. 
  • Online exhibitions available here.
• Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy: Closed until further notice. 
• New Bedford Art Museum / ArtWorks!: Closed until further notice. 
  • Celebrating the 16th annual Teen Artist Internship Program (TAIP) — virtually! Check out the 2020 Teen Artist Internship Program’s Exhibition and Digital Catalog for “STEPPIN’ OUT” here.
• New Bedford Whaling Museum: Museum plans to open to visitors in July. 
  • View their museum from Home.
  • View their current exhibitions here.
• Newton Open Studios: NOS 2020 cancelled. 
• Norman Rockwell Museum: Anticipating to reopen in Mid-July. Until then, explore their “virtual museum.”
• Powers Gallery: 
• Provincetown Art Association and Museum: Opening July 11.
• Smith College Museum of Art: Closed until further notice. 
  • View online exhibitions here
  • SCMA-FROM-HOME
  • Critical Bounds podcast by Nicole Bearden — considers global issues through conversations with contemporary emerging artists and curators.
• South Shore Art Center: Closed until further notice. 
  • Virtual art classes for youth
  • Virtual art classes for adults
• Springfield Museums: Closed until further notice.
• Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston: Closed until further notice. 
• Three Stones Gallery: Open with safety restrictions as of June 25. 
  • Virtual gallery tours available.
• Umbrella Arts Center: CLOSED until further notice. 
  • Virtual gallery tour of “Aperture” available here.
• University Gallery at UMass Lowell: Events cancelled until further notice. 
  • View RESILIENCE, an exhibition showcasing Senior Capstone projects from BFA Candidates at the Art and Design department at University of Massachusetts Lowell, here.
• University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst: Closed until further notice. 
  • From the Archives: Roni Horn’s opening reception panel discussion.
  • Visit Wunder UMass to have fun creating your own virtual exhibition with objects from the UMCA Art Collection and UMass Natural History Collections, created for UMCA by Art History students.
• Wedeman Gallery at Lasell College:
• Whistler House Museum of Art: Closed until further notice.
  • James McNeill Whistler Distinguished Art Award 2020 honoring Nancy Donahue, Celebrating her 90th Birthday, rescheduled at this time for Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
• Williams College Museum of Art: Closed until further notice. 
  • Download their special museum Zoom background images here.
• Worcester Art Museum: Closed until further notice. 

METRO BOSTON

• Atlantic Works Gallery: Closed until further notice. 
• Beacon Gallery: Open by appointment only.
• Berklee Performance Center: Berklee College of Music has announced that it is using the Berklee Performance Center exclusively for internal and institutional events this Fall. Information regarding non-academic performances scheduled for the Fall can be found on their website.
• Boston Athenaeum: Closed until further notice.
  • Their Virtual Events Calendar can be found here.
• Boston Sculptors Gallery: OPEN by appointment only. 
  • View Ellen Schön’s “(Re)Generation” virtual gallery tour and artist talk here.
  • View Andy Zimmermann’s “Sailing to the Edge” virtual gallery tour and artist talk here.
• Brickbottom Gallery: Closed until further notice. 
• Brookline Arts Center: Closed until further notice. 
  • Art at Home activities for all ages.
  • Offering Virtual Classes (for toddlers, children, teens and adults in painting, drawing sculpture and more). Registration is now open. 
• Cambridge Arts:
  • Cambridge Arts River Festival cancelled. From their website: $20,000 that would have been used to produce the festival has been contributed to the Cambridge Artist Relief Fund, based at the Cambridge Community Foundation.
  • Online Cambridge Arts Stream Festival planned. To participate, click here. Artists, partners and sponsors needed!
• Copley Society of Art: Closed until further notice. 
• Dorchester Art Project: Closed until further notice.
• Fountain Street: Closed until further notice. 
  • View “Where The Worlds Meet” virtual tour here.
  • View “The Boundaries Between” collection here.
• Galatea Fine Art: Closed until further notice. 
  • The Galatea OnLine Gallery.
• Gateway Arts: Closed until further notice.
  • A Taste of Gateway fundraiser will take place September 12 from 5-8 p.m. at Gateway Arts.
  • Online archive open. Browse artist portfolios here.
  • Online shop now open!
• Gallery 344: Closed until further notice.
• Guild of Boston Artists: Closed until further notice. 
  • “Movement and Stillness” – Annual Members Juried Exhibition on view here through June 6.
• HallSpace: Open by appointment only. 
• Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College: Closed until further notice. Opening reception for “Foundation” postponed. 
• Huntington Theater Company: All performances scheduled for the 2020 season have been cancelled. A new schedule is to be released in December 2020. Courses and other online material relating to their Huntington@Home series can be found on their website.
• The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Closed until mid-July. Their exhibition, “Boston’s Apollo,” will be extended through mid-September. The exhibition “Titian: Women, Myth & Power” has been rescheduled to August 2021.
• Kingston Gallery: Open with safety restriction. 
  • Browse their profile on Artsy which features three shows, including “A New Poignancy,” containing works that respond to the crisis.
• Lanoue Fine Art: Open by appointment only. 
• Melrose Open Studios:
• National Association of Women Artists, MA Chapter: 
  • Four online shops on view virtually here.
• SoWa Artists Guild: Open by appointment only. Please contact individual artists to make appointments. 
• StoveFactory Gallery/Artists Group of Charlestown:

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND

• Barbara Prey Projects: Will open for the summer season on July 1.
• Bennington Museum: Reopening on July 3 with safety restrictions. 
  • Tours at Ten series archive features interesting presentations of the galleries and objects in Bennington Museum’s collection.
• Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: Open with restrictions on June 18.
• Burlington City Arts: Closed until further notice.
  • “33rd Annual Children’s Art Exhibit” presented here.
  • BAC Home Studio — art and activities designed to bring the local arts community together.
  • The BCA Artist Relief Fund provides grants of up to $500 to Burlington-based individual artists in need of financial assistance and artists who have lost income due to a COVID-19-related cancellation of a specific, scheduled arts opportunity between March 16 and June 30. Funded artists are asked to contribute their creative talents to the Burlington community in the future.
  • Summer Artist Market applications now open. BCA is looking for artists who exhibit professionalism and quality with a clear brand identity, who strive for diversity in their product offerings and price points, and who contribute to creating a cohesive and cooperative summer season. Round two of applications open through June 1. Click here to apply.
• Center of Maine Contemporary Art: Expected to re-open on July 1.
• Catamount Arts Gallery: Closed until further notice. 
• Colby College Museum of Art: Closed until further notice.
  • Colby Museum @ Home
  • Colby College’s virtual Senior Show, commemorating the work of their 2020 graduating studio art majors, on view here.
• Dowling Walsh Gallery: Open as of June 23.
• Greenhut Galleries: Open as of June 1.
• Hood Museum of Art: Closed until further notice.
  • Events posted here.
• Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy: Closed until further notice.
  • See “Being & Feeling (Alone, Together)” exhibition webpage to view the exhibition, listen to artist talks and more. 
• Hanover Fine Craft Gallery: The Hanover Fine Craft Gallery has closed permanently. However, Hanover’s CraftStudies studios will continue to offer programming at this location. CraftStudies is moving forward with summer camps and classes for all ages. Online courses are also available at their website.
• Putnam Gallery at Dublin School: Closed until further notice.. 
• Shelburne Museum: Closed until further notice. 
• Southern Vermont Arts Center: Closed until further notice. 
  • Click here for information about their virtual classes.
• Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire: Closed until further notice.

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

• AS220: Closed until further notice.  
• Bannister Gallery: Closed until further notice.
• Berta Walker Gallery: Open by appointment and with safety restrictions. Their reopening exhibition will be “Providenicetown 400” which celebrates the upcoming 400 year anniversary of The Mayflower Compact.
• Bruce Museum: Outdoor museum grounds OPEN provided visitors observe social distancing protocols. Museum closed until further notice. 
• Chazan Gallery at Wheeler: Closed until further notice.
  • The 2020 Wheeler School Senior Art Show can be viewed online at this link.
• Coastal Contemporary Gallery: Open with limited hours and by appointment. 
  • View “Step in Time” on CCG’s Artsy page through May 31. See their website, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube profiles for virtual tours, opening receptions, and more.
• Fairfield University Art Museum: Closed until further notice. 
  • Click here to view virtual museum exhibitions and exhibition audio tours.
  • Click here to view virtual museum experiences, family and classroom activities.
• Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery: Closed until further notice.
• Hera Gallery: Closed until further notice.
  • “Art in Nature” weekly outdoor art challenge. Tag @hera_gallery and #herartinnature to share your creations! Click here to learn more.
  • #CreativeQuarantine / Food For Thought Blog: All Hera artists will be sharing inspirations of their every day creative experience during this time of quarantine. Visit and subscribe to this ongoing blog here
• Jamestown Art Center: Open by appointment only through August 15.  Their Jamestown Arts Center’s Outdoor Arts Experience exhibition opens June 27.
• New Britain Museum of American Art: Closed until further notice. 
• Newport Art Museum: Museum will open to visitors on July 2.
  • Their Gala at Home will take place on July 17 in the form of a gourmet dinner delivered right to your home. The meal includes food, specially selected wine and fresh flowers. Delivery locations include Aquidneck Island, Jamestown, and Bristol. Tickets are limited and must be purchased by June 30, so don’t wait to secure your spot! For more information such as the menu and to purchase your tickets, click here.
  • Art at Home — a selection of age appropriate discussion topics, writing and art making prompts related to works of art from NAM’s permanent collection.
  • Artist talk with Maggie Nowinski.
  • Tiny Tours — a series of 60-second close-ups of artwork and artists included in NAM’s Annual Juried Exhibition.
• Providence Art Club: Closed until further notice. 
• Yale University Art Gallery: Closed until further notice.
  • YUAG invites you to re-create some of the Gallery’s most beloved objects and open an art gallery at home with your own YUAG coloring book. The book includes works by Katsushika Hokusai, Martin Johnson Heade, and more. Download the coloring book, then get creative! Post your masterpiece on Instagram with the hashtags #YaleArtGalleryAtHome & #BuddingArtist. Don’t forget to tag @yaleartgallery.
  • View their online art gallery here.
  • Collection of audio tracks available on the gallery’s Sound Cloud channel and audio guide mobile app.

OTHER UPDATES & RESOURCES FROM THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST (AND BEYOND)

OUTDOOR ART & GROUNDS

• The Clark Institute (Williamstown, MA): Grounds and trails are open.
• The Greenway (Boston, MA)
• TurnPark Art Space (West Stockbridge, MA): Grounds are open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily. TurnPark Art Space is suspending its 2020 season (through October) due to the pandemic.

EVENTS

• Amherst Media (Amherst, MA): Amherst Arts Night Plus/Virtual Art Walk June 4, 5-8 p.m. on Amherst Media Channel 15. Click here to watch the livestream.
• Art of the Ride: A vehicle for philanthropic artists and art collectors to support the Pan-Mass Challenge and its mission to raise money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Online sale and gallery open through June 1.
• Hopkinton Center for the Arts: The center is offering a wide array of online courses, drive-in concerts, and other activities during the summer. More information can be found on their website.
• Design Museum Foundation (Boston, MA and Portland, OR): Design Museum LIVE is an ongoing series of virtual events featuring talks and conversations with design thought leaders around the world.
• IFPDA (International Fine Print Dealers Association): The IFPDA has launched an online exclusive fair taking place through June 13. Click here to view and learn more about the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair.
• The League of NH Craftsmen: In-person 2020 Annual Craftsmen Fair has been canceled. A virtual fair will run online later in the summer, August 1-9. More information can be found on their website.
• Photo L.A.’s Virtual Connect + Collect Weekend: June 27 – June 28. This event is bringing some of the best and iconic photography to you. Their digital platform will bring you in contact with some of the greatest photography galleries across the world, along with collectors and dealers. Grab your ticket at their website.
• Society of Arts & Crafts: The Arts & Crafts fair scheduled for the fall of 2020 has been canceled due to the pandemic. More information can be found at their website.
• South Shore Arts Festival: Annual festival has been moved online. More information can be found on their website.
• Venice Design Series (Los Angeles, CA): Sixth annual Venice Design Series, a signature fundraiser for Venice Community Housing, has been reimagined as VDS Live. Date and details to be announced soon.

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS

• Artists For Humanity (Boston, MA): Social media-based “Social/Distance Gallery.”
• Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge, MA): Share your CAA story – post your CAA story on social media, or email CAA at info@cambridgeart.org. Your story can include text, videos or images. If you post to Instagram, tag @cambridgeart and use the hashtag #CAADay!
• The Eliot School (Jamaica Plain, MA): Join The Eliot School on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and show them what you’ve been doing, how you keep your creative juices flowing or share a project you’ve finally had time to work on with the hashtag: #ShareYourHeART.
• MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA): “Art Breaks” posted on social media three times daily.

ONLINE GALLERIES, EXHIBITIONS & ARTIST TALKS

• 13FOREST Gallery (Arlington, MA):
  • “Panorama” exhibit now online. Click here to take a tour, watch an artist talk, and view a preview of the exhibition.
  • Studio Visit is with painter Heather Pilchard. Check out Heather’s Studio Visit here.
• Arts Center East (Vernon, CT)
• Art of the Ride: A vehicle for philanthropic artists and art collectors to support the Pan-Mass Challenge and its mission to raise money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Online sale and gallery open through June 1.
• Bates Museum of Art (Lewiston, ME)
• Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge, MA): “2020 National Prize Show” on view through July 30. Click here to view their full exhibition page and here for studio visits.
• Canvas Fine Arts (Boston, MA): Current NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Exhibit at CFA Gallery now available online.
• Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME): “Erin Johnson | Unnamed for Decades” on view starting June 6. Opening reception Saturday, June 6, 5-6 p.m. To register, click here.
• City of Boston:
  • Check out the fourth cohort of Boston artists-in-residence here.
  • Check out their Artist Fellows here.
• Cove St. Arts (Portland, ME): Gallery reopening June 1. Only 10 people will be allowed in the gallery at a time, and everyone in the gallery must wear a face mask.
  • Virtual exhibition and accompanying video of Tim Greenway’s “Mackworth Island Transformed: Rocks Reimagined” available here.
• Drive-By Projects (Watertown, MA): “Love Match” extended through June 13. 
• Edgewater Gallery (Middlebury, VT): “Sight Seeing: a Group Exhibition” on view through May.
• Gallery A3 (Amherst, MA): “The Time We’re In,” online exhibit via Instagram June 1-30.
• Gallery NAGA (Boston, MA): Current online exhibition: Nicole Chesney, “Current.”
• Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA): Have launched a series of Google Arts & Culture tours showcasing the stunning works in the exhibition “Painting Edo: Japanese Art” from the Feinberg Collection.
• Helen Day Art Center (Stowe, VT):
  • Take a virtual tour of “Love Letters.”
  • Visit Helen Day online for art activities, classroom education offerings, virtual studio visits, and more!
• Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College (Chestnut Hill, MA): Marjorie Kaye’s “Foundation.”
• Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA): Virtual gallery shows. See HCA’s Arts in Bloom 2019 retrospective here.
• Hugo Galerie (New York, NY): Online solo exhibition of original paintings by Albert Hadjiganev.
• The Hyde Collection (Glens Falls, NY): Exhibitions, Hyde House and the Permanent Collection now online.
• IFPDA Online Viewing Rooms
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA):
  • Take an online tour
  • View a video visit to the South Shore Nursery where the Museum’s famous nasturtiums are grown and a web story, Nasturtiums: A Gardner Tradition, further detailing the intricate process needed to grow and display the flowers each year.
• J. Cacciola Gallery W (Bernardsville, NJ): Digital catalogue “Back to the future: works from the catalogue” available for download via their website.
• Lacoste/Keane Gallery (Concord, MA): “Jeff Shapiro: A Creative Journey.”
• M Fine Arts Galerie (Boston, MA)
• MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA):
  • Virtual tour of “NATURE/NURTURE” at Ferrin Contemporary
  • Virtual tour of “Evan Hauser” at The Porches Inn
• McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College (Boston, MA)
  • “Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives” virtual walkthrough
  • McMullen From Home
  • Digital exhibition catalogues
• Mobilia Gallery (Cambridge, MA): Shane Fero “Spring Birds.”
• Monmouth Museum (Lincroft, NJ): “R’emerged: an Emerging Artists Alumni Exhibition” now a virtual exhibit, available for viewing through June 3.
• Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art (South Hadley, MA): Last year’s campus performance of Mirror Piece I & II: Reconfigured (1969/2018-2019) by internationally celebrated artist and MHC alumna Joan Jonas ’58, featuring Mount Holyoke students, is available for viewing online.
• Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, MA)
• On Center Gallery (Provincetown, MA): “Virtual Connections” online exhibition. On view through May 30.
• Photographic Resource Center/VanDernoot Gallery (Boston, MA): Current exhibitions viewable online.
• Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME): “Stories of Maine: an Incomplete History,” a bicentennial exhibition, now open online.
• Provincetown Gallery Stroll (Provincetown, MA): “Over 30 art galleries working together to guide you through our spaces, both virtually and physically, and assist you with viewing and purchasing art. News, events, and virtual viewings updated weekly.”
• Providence College Galleries (Providence, RI): online exhibition “Geographically Indeterminate Fantasies: The Animated GIF as Place” and past exhibitions available for viewing online.
• Pulp (Pelham, MA): Online exhibition “pushing the envelope: art in the time of pandemic” now on view.
• Ricco/Maresca (New York, NY): Bi-monthly online exhibition series fluence +
• RISD Museum (Providence, RI): Online collection plus “Raid the Icebox Now,” a free publication that features new writings and multimedia projects in collaboration with contemporary artists and designers.
• Robert Klein Gallery (Boston, MA)
• Salem Arts Association (Salem, MA): Has launched Virtual 3D tours of their entire building along with a special tour fo the Young at Art exhibition of student work. The new Grand Opening Member Showcase is the largest single exhibition Salem Arts has ever presented in their own galleries.
• Salmon Falls Gallery (Shelburne Falls, MA): Gallery open by appointment.
  • “KATE WHITTAKER: Visual Poems” on view virtually and at gallery June 5 – August 2. Reception: TBA.
  • Online store.
• The Shed (New York, NY): Ongoing digital series “Up Close” invites a series of artists and creatives to contribute new artworks, discussions, playlists and more, exploring what it means to think about the world and make art right now. Shared every Sunday on their social media channels (@theshedny) and website.
• The Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center (New York, NY): Commemorating Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) with the PBS/WNET film of Jeff Cohen’s “The Soap Myth,” this staged “concert reading” is available for streaming for free via WNET’s ALL ARTS platform.
• Tufts University Art Gallery (Medford, MA):
  • Tour TUAG’s full spring exhibitions program using the new TUAG app.
  • “As Above, So Below” Virtual MFA Thesis Exhibition Launching June 1 on the SMFA at Tufts website. Zoom Artist Talks and Virtual Walkthrough Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m.
• UMass Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA):
  • 2020 Art + Design Senior Exhibition now online.
  • “We Are All Contagious,” an online exhibition juried by Nato Thompson, is on view June 1 through August 31. An opening reception is scheduled for June 11 from 6-8 p.m.
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT): Objects in the permanent collection available for viewing online. Audio tour highlights accessible on smartphone, tablet or computer.
• Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, CT): 2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition now virtual.
• The Wit Gallery (Lenox, MA)

AT-HOME ART, CLASSES, ACTIVITIES & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• Arts Center East (Vernon, CT): Offers various online workshops and classes.
• Boca Museum (Boca Raton, FL): Online community art initiatives for all ages available, including the Keep Kids Smart with ART series. 
• Boston Lyric Opera: The Boston Lyric Opera is unveiling their new digital platform, [insert:opera]. Some of the new content includes a podcast, their soothing “Bedtime Lullibies Online”, and a director’s cut of their production of “Norma” from this past spring. More information can be found on their website.
• Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge, MA): Virtual programs added weekly. Visit their Virtual Workshops page for updates. 
• Design Museum Foundation (Boston, MA and Portland, OR): Design Together is a growing collection of design activities and challenges for all ages, along with resources for teachers.
• EMcGee (ME): Click here to view a collection of online art lessons.
• The Greenway Conservancy (Boston, MA): In partnership with Boston Cyberarts and Hoverlay, The Greenway has launched an augmented reality (AR) platform. This at-home AR experience can be used in your own home, back yard or a public space to create your own public art gallery through the Conservancy’s 2019 AR installation. Click here to find out how to experience AR at home or on The Greenway.
• Helen Day Art Center (Stowe, VT): Helen Day online has art activities, classroom education offerings, virtual studio visits, and more!
• Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton, MA): Online classes and workshops available.
• The Hyde Collection (Glens Falls, NY):
  • At-Home Resource Guide for families with children.
  • Miss Keri’s art classes and projects available on Youtube and via the Museum’s audioguide channel.
• Jamestown Arts Center (Jamestown, RI): Creative Classes, Workshops, and more for children, teens and adults.
• Marblehead Arts Association (Marblehead, MA): Art and writing classes and workshops available. Visit their website to learn more.
• McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College (Boston, MA)
  • Lectures
  • Podcasts
• The Museum of Science, Boston (Boston, MA): MOS at Home features live presentations daily, creative engineering projects, podcasts, kid-friendly activities and more.
• New Art Center (Newton, MA)
  • New Art at Online is a monthly subscription-based online class platform offering online video art lessons, art making prompts, art lectures, and art demos by New Art faculty members. New content and classes are added weekly.  
  • Remote Zoom Classes are live, virtual weekly class meetings with New Art faculty. For adults, teens and children.
  • New Art at Home is for students enrolled in New Art Center’s Spring 2020 classes.
• Toronto Biennial of Art (Toronto, Canada): Tools for Learning activities.
• Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, MA): Offers a collection of nature-inspired resources to keep kids learning.
• Trinity Rep (Providence, RI):
  • Virtual classes and events for kids, adults and teens.
  • Educational resources page.
• Truro Center For the Arts (Truro, MA): Online workshops through June posted on their website.
• WGBH and MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Schools (MA): Distance Learning Center for grades Pre-K-12.
• Worcester Cultural Coalition (Worcester, MA): “Arts at Home” online collection and playlist.

AID & RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS, ORGANIZATIONS & COMMUNITIES

• Americans for the Arts: The COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers “is crucial to telling the story of creative workers and making sure that you are supported during this ongoing crisis and the eventual recovery.” Click here to take the survey now.
• Artist Relief: Will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19. Click here for more information and to apply.
• The Arts Council of Greater New Haven (New Haven, CT): New Haven Creates Relief Fund will distribute immediately, up to $1,000 in financial assistance to help low-income individual creatives and art institutions with small budgets survive and adapt through COVID-19 crisis. Click here to learn more and apply and here to make a donation.
• Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund: Offering grants up to $200 per applicant. For US-based BIPOC artists and administrators who demonstrate financial need as a result of COVID-19. View and fill out application here.
• Burlington City Arts (Burlington, VT): The BCA Artist Relief Fund provides grants of up to $500 to Burlington-based individual artists in need of financial assistance and artists who have lost income due to a COVID-19-related cancellation of a specific, scheduled arts opportunity between March 16 and June 30. Funded artists are asked to contribute their creative talents to the Burlington community in the future.
• Author and activist Fred T. Johnson: has started a GoFundMe fund for rent/bills relief and will Paypal/Cashapp you if you tweet or DM him. See GoFundMe page to donate and/or learn more.
• Boston Artists Relief Fund: For Boston Area artists whose income has been impacted by COVID-19. Donations will be accepted through May.
• Boston Cyberarts: List of Emergency funding for New England Artists.
• Boston Music Maker Relief Fund: Grant of up to $200 per applicant. For performers in the Greater Boston area who have demonstrated lost income due to performance cancellations related to COVID-19.
• The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation: Offering up to 40 emergency grants of $2,500 each to playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists who have had a full professional production cancelled, closed, or indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 closures. A total of $100,000 will be distributed to theatre writers. Eligible playwrights, composers, lyricists, or librettists can apply at this link.
• Cambridge Community Foundation: Cambridge Artist Relief Fund for Cambridge-based creatives.
• City of Boston:
  • A new Radical Imagination for Racial Justice regranting program has just been launched. The city received a grant in partnership with MassArt for $1.2 million from the Surdna Foundation to distribute funds to artists seeking to advance racial justice through collaborative projects in their communities.
  • Click here to access details about the city’s weekly calls with arts organizations and individual artists that happen every other week. There you will also find recordings of past calls.
• General Operating Support for Connecticut Arts Organizations & Municipal Arts Departments: Grants being offered to Connecticut artist. Deadline to submit applications is June 29.
• The Fenway Alliance (Boston, MA): FENWAY CARES, a collective of Fenway community organizations and residents seeking to coordinate support for Fenway Community members in need.
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts: Offering a $500-$2,500 grant for artists making work that is experimental or contemporary in nature.
• The Maine People’s Alliance: Mainers Together is a community-based response to coronavirus. If you are interested in various local volunteer efforts, want to help raise funds, or are in need of assistance, click here for more information.
• Mass Cultural Council: Surveys for Artists/Individuals and Cultural Organizations.
• Newport Festivals Foundation (Essex, MA): Newport Festivals Musician Relief Fund. For musicians who have lost income from a performance or gig cancellation related to COVID-19. Click here for more information or to apply.
• Sara Mora’s GoFundMe fund for rent relief for immigrants
• Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: Provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers struggling to make ends meet. Click here for information about “COVID-19 @ Sweet Relief.”
• Theatre Community Benevolent Fund: Grants for individual theater performers and non-profit theater organizations in the Greater Boston area who have suffered financial loss due to COVID-19 or related events of a severe nature.

OPEN CALLS

• Artspace (New Haven, CT): Project Zoomie (a creative call for action): invites artists to provide care for our frontline caretakers by creating one-of-a-kind Virtual Image and Video Backgrounds that can be uploaded to their Zoom accounts. Click here to learn more. Submissions accepted on a rolling basis.
• Bromfield Gallery (Boston, MA): Seeks artwork that sizzles with excitement for an online August exhibition. Open to all media, any interpretation. $18 for 3 images. Prizes include a 2021 solo exhibition for First Place, and Second and Third Place awards of $50–$100. Apply online. Questions? Email info@bromfieldgallery.com. Deadline: July 1.
• Burlington City Arts (Burlington, VT): Summer Artist Market applications now open. BCA is looking for artists who exhibit professionalism and quality with a clear brand identity, who strive for diversity in their product offerings and price points, and who contribute to creating a cohesive and cooperative summer season. Round two of applications open through June 1. Click here to apply.
• Dorchester Art Project (Dorchester, MA): Are excited to adapt their Open Mic program to an online format! Every month they will select a curator and accept text, video and image submissions to be featured every last Tuesday of the month in the form of a blog post on Brain Arts Blog.
• Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center (Greenfield, MA): Seeking art submissions for “The ART of Social Distancing” gallery show, which will be displayed in the windows of Hawks and Reed. Artists interested in being a part of this show should email info@hawksandreed.com for more information.
• SPACE gallery (Portland, ME): OPEN CALL for new multi-disciplinary remote exhibition “Broadcasts: Art in the Age of Social Distancing” click here for more details.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Consider making a donation to arts and culture organizations in your area — they need your support more now than ever!
• Contribute to mutual aid initiatives such as:
  • Artist Relief (Throughout America)
  • Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
  • The Arts Council of Greater New Haven (New Haven, CT)
  • Boston Artists Relief Fund (Boston, MA) accepting donations through May
  • Boston Music Maker Relief Fund (Boston, MA)
  • Burlington City Arts’ BCA Artist Relief Fund (Burlington, VT)
  • Cambridge Artist Relief Fund (Cambridge, MA)
  • City of Newton’s COVID-19 Care Fund (Newton, MA)
  • FENWAY CARES (Boston, MA)
  • Fred T. Johnson’s GoFundMe fund for rent and bills relief
  • Mainers Together
  • New Haven Creatives Relief Fund (New Haven, CT)
  • Sara Mora’s GoFundMe fund for rent relief for immigrants
  • Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
• Support mask-making and distribution initiatives (by sewing, donating fabric or elastic, or doing pick-ups or deliveries) such as:
  • The Boston Area Mask Initiative.
  • Join the #MillionMaskChallenge, a global sew-a-thon aimed at supporting healthcare workers and others in need. To join the challenge:
    • Watch the instructional video here.
    • Download the pattern here.
    • Sew your project.
    • Donate the masks and post a photo on social media using #millionmaskchallenge