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ALPHA GALLERY
Address: 38 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.536.4465
Email: alphagall@aol.com
Web: www.alphagallery.com
Founded in 1967, this gallery began as a non-profit organization determined to represent the best in contemporary artwork in the Boston area. Current exhibitions include works from other areas of the country, as well as other time periods. Artwork on paper, mixed media, and sculpture are represented as well as paintings. Located one block from the Arlington stop on the Green Line. Open Tues through Thurs,10 am to 5:30 pm, and Sat, 11 am to 5:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 7 Season Preview
NOV 7 THROUGH DEC 2 David Kapp: New Paintings
ARDEN GALLERY
Address: 129 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.247.0610
Email: ardengallery@gmail.com
Web: www.ardengallery.com
Open Mon through Sat, 11 am to 5:30 pm. First Friday artist receptions, 5 to 7 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 29 Paul Beliveau
OCT 1 THROUGH 31 Lynda Lowe: “Seeing Things”
NOV 2 THROUGH 30 Robert C. Jackson
DEC 1 THROUGH 30 Pedro Bonnin
ARLINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Address: 41 Foster St, Arlington, MA
Phone: 781.648.6220
Email: info@acarts.org
Web: www.acarts.org
Established in 1988, the Arlington Center for the Arts was created by local artists as a way to share art with the community. Along with several upcoming exhibits, the children’s theater will perform Fantastic Mr. Fox Nov 5 through 8. Visit Web site for details about fall classes and studio rental. Open Mon through Fri, 9 am to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 28 Amy Thompson (Tufts Street Gallery)
THROUGH NOV 6 Arlingon Open Studios Group Show (Gibbs Gallery)
OCT 1 THROUGH NOV 9 Arlington Open Studios Group Show (Gibbs Gallery)
NOV 9 THROUGH 20 ACA Fall Student Exhibit (Tufts Street Gallery)
NOV 23 THROUGH JAN 15 Keiko Hiromi (Tufts Street Gallery)
ARTANA GALLERY
Address: 1378 Beacon St, Suite B, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
Phone: 617.879.3111
Email: info@artanagallery.com
Focused primarily on promotion of New England artwork. Call for details on upcoming exhibits. Open Mon through Fri, 10 am to 5 pm, or by appointment.
ARTFUL HAND GALLERIES
Address: 459 Main Street, Chatham, MA
Phone: 508.945.5681
Email: sales@artfulhandgallery.com
After 25 years, Artful Hand was forced by economic realities to leave Copley Place and move to the Cape for good. The modest gallery specializes in handicraft artwork, including jewelry, ceramics, handblown glass, and wooden furniture. Open Mon through Sat, 10 am to 9 pm, and Sun, 11 am to 5 pm. Secondary location at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. Call 508.385.4477 ext. 30
ARTISTS-AT-LARGE GALLERY
Address: French’s Opera House, 45 Fairmount Ave, Hyde Park, MA (Riverside Theatre Works)
Phone: 617.276.3223
Email: anwynaal@mac.com
Web: www.artistsatlargeinc.org
Artists-at-Large is a not-for-profit gallery that, while currently spaceless, has a presence and a following and has for now taken root in the lobby of Riverside Theatre Works.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 1 THROUGH OCT 31 Havana, AAL’s annual show of Cuban art in conjunction with Arts Amica, with a reception and gallery talk on October 17, 6 pm, at Riverside Theatre Works
AXIOM GALLERY
Address: 141 Green St., Jamaica Plain, MA
Phone: 617.676.5904
Email: info@axiomart.org
Web: www.axiomart.org
Formerly The Gallery @ Green Street, AXIOM was founded five years ago as a collective and is located on the ground-floor level of the Green Street T station on the Orange Line, outbound to Forrest Hills. It showcases emerging and established artists working in new media and is run almost entirely on a volunteer basis, so donations are appreciated. Hours are Wed and Thurs from 5 pm to 9 pm, Sat from 2 pm to 5 pm. Check online for workshops.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 26 “Pulling Back the Curtain,” juried by George Fifield and Heidi Kayser
OCT 2 THROUGH 29 Nita Sturiale and Amber Davis Tourlentes: Performance/Installation
NOV 13 THROUGH DEC 12 “Riders on the Train” project show, organized by Nancy Davies
BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY
Address: 10 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.262.4490
Email: info@barbarakrakowgallery.com
Web: www.barbarakrakowgallery.com
Open Tues through Sat, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH NOV 10 Sol LeWitt: “Locations”
NOV 14 THROUGH JAN 12 Michael Mazur
BERWICK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Address: 14 Palmer St, Roxbury, MA
Phone: 617.606.5552
Email: info@berwickinstitute.org
Located in Dudley Square, the Berwick Research Institute is a non-profit organization run by and for artists “outside the commercial world.” Educational programs are offered, as well as local and international artwork. Call for hours.
BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL CENTER
Address: 320 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.262.5000
Web: www.the-bac.edu/
McCormick Gallery is located inside the Boston Architectural Center, where classes, workshops, and lectures are also held. Gallery hours are Mon through Thurs, 9 am to 10 pm; Fri and Sat, 9 am to 5 pm; and Sun, noon to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 31 Recent Work by Richard Griswold (Stankowicz Gallery)
BOSTON ATHENÆUM
Address: 10-1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.227.0270
Web: www.bostonathenaeum.org/
Members and scholars are invited to this distinguished art gallery. Open on Mon from 9 am to 8 pm; Tues through Fri, 9 am to 5:30 pm; and Sat, 9 am to 4 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 23 THROUGH JAN 3 “George Pope Morris: Defining American Culture”
BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Address: 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.426.5000
Email: info@bcaonline.org
Web: www.bcaonline.org
A hub of artistic activity in Boston, the BCA offers exhibitions, performances, concerts, and poetry readings. Subsidized work spaces are also available in the form of studios, rehearsal space, and theaters. The Cyclorama, built in 1884 (to display a wrap-around mural of the Battle of Gettysburg), is used for exhibitions, performances, and community events. Check out the dog-friendly “Howloween” on Oct 31. It also houses the Music Center of Boston and the Art Connection. The Tremont Estates Building houses artists’ studios and the Mills Gallery. Mills Gallery hours are Wed and Sun, noon to 5 pm, and Thurs through Sat, noon to 9 pm. BCA administrative offices are open Mon through Fri, 9 am to 5 pm. See weekly Phoenix listings or visit the BCA Web site for schedules.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 25 “Drawings That Work,” 21st drawing show
BOSTON OPEN STUDIOS
Address: Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events, Room 802, Boston City Hall, One City Hall Square, MA
Phone: 617.635.3911
Email: cfarris@mpwi.org
Web: www.bostonahtsfestival.com/ahts/Boston_Open_Studios.html
This year Boston Open Studios, now called the Boston Arts Festival (“ahts”), will exhibit artwork from 12 of Boston’s neighboorhoods from Sept 16 through Dec 3. The event, usually in the range of 11 am to 6 pm, also offers free musical performances, demonstrations, and food. Neighborhood dates listed below. Check Web site for specific times.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 19 AND 20 South End
SEPT 26 AND 27 Jamaica Plain
OCT 3 AND 4 Roxbury (including Mission Hill)
OCT 10 AND 11 East Boston
OCT 16 THROUGH 18 Fort Point
OCT 24 AND 25 Dorchester
OCT 31 AND NOV 1 South Boston
NOV 7 AND 8 Roslindale
NOV 14 AND 15 Allston; Fenway
DEC 5 AND 6 Charlestown; Hyde Park
BOSTON SCULPTORS GALLERY
Address: 486 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.482.7781
Email: bostonsculptors@yahoo.com
Web: www.bostonsculptors.com
Media-acclaimed gallery for solo sculpture exhibitions. First Friday receptions. Open Wed through Sun, noon to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 4 Ellen Wetmore and Mary Sherman
OCT 7 THROUGH NOV 8 Leslie Wilcox and Nancy Selvage
NOV 11 THROUGH DEC 20 Donna Dodson and Peter Haines
BOSTON UNIVERSITY GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS
Address: 771, 775, 808, and 855 Comm Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.353.3329
Email: gallery@bu.edu
The Art Gallery at Boston University, a former Cadillac-Olds dealership, showcases work of national and international artists, as well as student works. Regular panel discussions and gallery lectures. Open Tues through Fri, 10 am to 5 pm, and Sat and Sun, 1 to 5 pm. Free public admission.
BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY
Address: 1 Fitchburg St, Somerville, MA
Phone: 617.776.3410
Email: info@brickbottomartists.com
Web: www.brickbottomartists.com
Brickbottom was named after an area of Somerville rich in clay deposits used for making bricks, and it is one of the only nonprofit art galleries in the area. The building includes 150 condominiums for artists to live and work in, along with a free-of-cost gallery. Its “Open Studios” event held the weekend before Thanksgiving, is one of the oldest in Boston, with more than 100 artists inviting the public in to see how and where they work. The Gallery also publishes an online newsletter, The Baguette.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 24 “Somatic Mirror II,” curated by Peter Marquez
DEC 6 THROUGH JAN 16 “Holy,” curated by Pauline Lim, with a concert Dec 12
BROMFIELD GALLERY
Address: 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Phone: 617.451.3605
Email: gduehr@comcast.net
Web: www.bromfieldgallery.com
Located in the center of South End’s creative haven, this is Boston’s oldest artist-run cooperative gallery. Open Wed through Sat from noon to 5 pm. Free admission. SOLO 2010 competition through Oct 1, for artists who have not yet had a solo show in a commercial gallery.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 26 “Plus One,” a survey of contemporary artmaking in the Greater Boston area (Galleries I and II). Karen Davis: “The McCann Family,” photographs of vintage plastic dolls arranged in dioramas of family life that reflect the artist’s childhood (Gallery III).
BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER
Address: 86 Monmouth St, Brookline, MA
Phone: 617.566.5715
Email: bac@brooklineartscenter.com
Web: www.brooklineartscenter.com
The Brookline Arts Center is a non-degree school for the visual arts that is open to all who want to take part. Check online for fall class schedule. Gallery hours are Mon through Fri from 9 am to 4:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 25 Photographs by Keiko Hiromi, with a discussion closing night at 6:30 p.m.
SEPT 21 THROUGH NOV 6 Brookline artist Robert Baart: "Landscapes: Paintings and Drawings by Robert Baart,” opening reception Oct 2 at 6:30 pm
OCT 5 THROUGH NOV 10 “Dialogues,” photography by Istvan Akos Morocz
BRUSH ART GALLERY
Address: 256 Market St, Lowell, MA
Phone: 978.459.7819
Email: info@thebrush.com
Web: www.thebrush.org
The Brush is currently the professional home to many local artists, whose studios are open to the public. The front gallery (a restored mill) holds ongoing exhibits throughout the year. “Chick Flicks and Chocolate” will be in Sept and Nov. Open Tues through Sat from 11 am to 4 pm; Sun, noon to 4 pm. Free admission, group tours available.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 19 Art Quilts Lowell 2009
NOV 9 THROUGH JAN 11 “Herding Cats,” a juried exhibition the celebrates those of the feline persuasion and benefits homeless and feral cats of greater Lowell (“meet and greet” with the cats on Oct 17)
NOV 1 THROUGH JAN 10 “Art and Psychology,” curated by Jean Winslow
CAC GALLERY
Address: 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.349.4380
Web: www.cambridgeartscouncil.org
Municipal exhibition space located on the second floor of Cambridge’s City Hall annex. Also offers gallery talks, seminars, performances, and educational presentations. Open Mon and Wed, 8:30 am to 8 pm; Tues and Thurs, 8:30 am to 5 pm; and Fri, 8:30 am to noon.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 28 THROUGH DEC 18 “Breaking Ground: The past, present, and future of the Maud Morgan Visual Art Center”
CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION
Address: 25 Lowell St and 124 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.876.0246
Email: info@cambridgeart.org
Web: www.cambridgeart.org
The Kathryn Schultz Gallery at the CAA is open Tues through Sat from 11 am to 5 pm. The University Place Gallery (124 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge) is open Mon through Fri from 9 am to 6 pm, and on Sat from 9 am to 1 pm. Exhibits are in both galleries. Lectures in the CAA’s monthly speaker series are presented on the third Thursday of the month at 7 pm and are free and open to the public. On the second Saturday of the month at 10 am, the Art Focus Group meets for coffee, snacks, and a free art discussion with CAA artists about a variety of films, books, and essays. See specific information on lectures and focus groups, which both meet at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery, below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 17 Lecture series: Wyona Lynch-McWhite, executive director, Fuller Craft Museum
THROUGH SEPT 29 Fall Salon (both galleries)
OCT 2 THROUGH 30 Catherine Evans, Robert Hesse, Judy Robinson-Cox, Madeleine Lord, Lorraine Sullivan: “Seeing is Forgetting”; reception Oct 8 at 6 pm (University Place Gallery)
OCT 9 THROUGH 29 65th Members Prize Show, with reception Oct 17 at noon (Kathryn Schultz Gallery)
OCT 10 Screening of
Pollock (2000), 10 am
OCT 15 Lecture series: Jodi Colella, sculptural fiber artist
NOV 10 THROUGH JAN 14 “Red: it's more than a color: metaphor, feeling, idea, or hue”; reception Nov 20 at 6 pm (both galleries)
NOV 14 Art Focus Group: Xu Bing
NOV 19 Lecture series: Jesse Thompson, artist
DEC 12 Art Focus Group: Shepard Fairey
CAMBRIDGE MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER
Address: 41 Second St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.577.1400
Email: amanda@cmacusa.org
Web: www.cmacusa.org
The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center provides a facility for artists and guests who may not otherwise have access to “a professionally equipped facility or the cultural mainstream.” Open Mon through Fri from 10 am to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 9 Terry Schupbach-Gordon: “Prints, Drawings and Affirmations” (Lower Gallery)
THROUGH OCT 13 Yuji Hiratsuka: “Urban Portraits” (Upper Gallery)
CARPENTER CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
Address: 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.495.3251
Email: ccva@fas.harvard.edu
Web: www.ves.fas.harvard.edu
Located on the campus of Harvard University, the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts is the only building in the US designed by Le Corbusier. Along with art exhibits, the building houses the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and the Harvard Film Archive. Open Mon through Sat, 10 am to 11 pm, and Sun, 1 to 11 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 27 Visiting Faculty 2009-10
OCT 15 THROUGH DEC 24 “Act Up New York: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis, 1987–1993”
OCT 15 THROUGH DEC 23 “Fierce Pussy,” site-specific installation
CARROLL AND SONS GALLERY
Address: 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.482.2477
Email: info@carrollandsons.net
Web: www.carrollandsons.net
Formerly the Bernard Toale Gallery, Carroll and Sons specializes in contemporary art across all media, with a focus on under-appreciated or lesser-known artists. Open Tues through Sat from 10:30 am to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 17 Sandra Allen
OCT 21 THROUGH NOV 28 Robert Amesbury
CHASE GALLERY
Address: 450 Harrison Ave, # 57, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.859.7222
Email: mail@chasegallery.com
Web: www.chasegallery.com
Expanding its focus from contemporary narrative, figurative, and abstract paintings, Chase has begun to also feature photography and sculpture by prominent American artists. Open Tues through Sat from 11 am to 6 pm, Sun 11 to 4.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 27 “A New Perspective,” a landscape show
OCT 1 THROUGH OCT 31 Bernd Haussmann
NOV 4 THROUGH NOV 30 Rob Douglas
DEC 2 THROUGH DEC 31 Holly Farrell
CHILDS GALLERY
Address: 169 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.266.1108
Email: info@childsgallery.com
Web: www.childsgallery.com
Operating since 1937, Childs has one of the largest inventories of oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, and sculpture in the US. Take the Green Line to Copley Square. Open Tues through Fri from 9 am to 6 pm, Mon and Sat from 10 am to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 21 THROUGH NOV 14 “Ben Norris: American Modernist, 1910-2006”; “The Printmakers of Taller Grafica Popular”; “Albert Groll's Southwest”
CITY HALL GALLERIES
Address: One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.635.3245
Email: john.crowley@cityofboston.gov
Boston’s City Hall features the Mayor’s Art Gallery on the fifth floor of City Hall and the Scollay Square Gallery in the main lobby on the third floor of City Hall. Open Mon through Fri from 9 am to 5 pm.
CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION
Address: 37 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA
Phone: 978.369.2578
Email: gallery@concordart.org
Web: www.concordart.org
Permanent collection includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, and objects collected by the American Impressionist painter Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, the gallery’s founder, in the early years of the Concord Art Association. Art classes begin in late Sept and run through Nov. Also look for upcoming day trips to exhibits throughout New England ($150) and New York ($225). The space is undergoing renovation until late Oct, when it will pick up full force again with the events below. Open Tues through Fri from 10 am to 4:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 30 “Connections,” an exhibit featuring artists affiliated with the Concord Art Association throughout its 90-year history, at the Concord Public Library, 129 Main Street
NOV 3 THROUGH 29 Frances N. Roddy Open Competition: New England artists exhibit work in a variety of media; opening reception and awards ceremony Nov 12 at 6 pm
NOV 19 Chamber Music Concert with member artist Siri Smedvig, 7 pm
COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART
Address: 158 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.536.5049
Email: info@copleysociety.org
Web: www.copleysociety.org
The Copley Society of Art, founded in 1879, lays claim to being the oldest nonprofit art association in America and now represents more than 500 living artist-members nationwide. Bi-level galleries allow for multiple exhibitions (about 20 per year), workshops, and events. Open Tues through Sat, 11 am to 6 pm; Sun, noon to 5 pm; Mon, by appointment only.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 31 “Judith Solomon: In Perspective”; “Co|So Artists A to Z: Spice”; “Stuart Dunkel: Stu'z Zoo”
SEPT 26 Judith Solomon, artist talk, 2 pm
FINE ARTS WORK CENTER
Address: 24 Pearl St, Provincetown, MA
Phone: 508.487.9960.
Email: general@fawc.org
Founded in 1968, this gallery was built to support local artists and houses the work of 500 artists from the US and beyond. Along with exhibits at the Hudson D. Walker Gallery, the FAWC offers workshops and lectures. Check Web site for details. Office hours Mon-Fri, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY GALLERY
Address: 300 Summer St, M1, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.423.4299
Email: info@fortpointarts.org
Web: www.fortpointarts.org
Fort Point includes a public gallery as well as 33 floors of artist residences. Along with regular exhibitions, the gallery also hosts an annual Open Studios, held in the artist residences. Open Mon through Wed, 9 am to 3:30 pm; Thu and Fri, 9 am to 10 pm; and Sat, 5 to 10 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 25 “Image/Imaged/Imaginary,” Lauren Kalman and Millee Tibbs
OCT 2 THROUGH 30 Open Studios Group Show
NOV 6 THROUGH DEC 11 “Patterned Tactics”
DEC 18 THROUGH JAN 22 Teh
GALERIE D’ORSAY
Address: 33 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.266.8001
Web: www.galerie-dorsay.com
A gallery dedicated to its patrons, featuring work from such renowned artists as Renoir, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, Chagall, and Miro. Open Mon through Sat, 10 am to 6 pm, and Sun, noon to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 1 Jean Kazandjian
OCT 3 THROUGH OCT 31 Sammoun
NOV 7 THROUGH NOV 28 Royo
DEC 5 THROUGH JAN 9 La Belle Epoque
GALLERY KAYAFAS
Address: 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.482.0411
Email: arlette@gallerykayafas.com
Web: www.gallerykayafas.com
Regular hours Tues through Sat, 11 am to 5:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 17 “Night/Shift” photographs and book by Lynn Saville
THROUGH OCT 17 “Shrines,” photographs by Guillermo Srodek-Hart
GALLERY NAGA
Address: 67 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.9060
Email: mail@gallerynaga.com
Web: www.gallerynaga.com
The gallery’s primary focus is exhibiting work of New England artists, but Naga also works with Clark Gallery to present unique and limited-edition studio furniture. Take the Green Line to Arlington or Copley Square. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 3 Harriet Casdin-Silver, “To Van Eyck and Bosch”; Keira Kotler, “Lumina”; Bryan McFarlane, “Love For Sale”
GASP (GALLERY ARTISTS STUDIO PROJECTS)
Address: 362-4 Boylston St, Brookline, MA
Phone: 617.731.2500
Email: galleryinfo@g-a-s-p.net
A space for artistic exchange where artists explore and propose new possibilities for contemporary practices. Open Thurs through Sat from 11am to 5 pm, Sun through Wed by appointment only.
GATEWAY GALLERY
Address: 60-62 Harvard St, Brookline, MA
Phone: 617.734.1577
Email: gatewayarts@vinfen.org
Established in 1995, Gateway is the first gallery in the Boston area to exclusively exhibit the work of artists with disabilities. Open Mon through Fri, 9 am to 4:30 pm, and Sat, noon to 5 pm.
HAMILL GALLERY OF AFRICAN ART
Address: 2164 Washington St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.442.8204
Email: hamill@hamillgallery.com
Devoted to the underlying beliefs and values of African art. Pieces on display include African currency, dolls, costumes, masks, and musical instruments. Open Sat and Sun, noon to 6 pm.
HOWARD YEZERSKI GALLERY
Address: 460 Harrison Avenue, A16, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.262.0550
Email: info@howardyezerskigallery.com
Web: www.howardyezerskigallery.com
Mr. Yezerski runs this gallery, one of Back Bay’s many artistic treasure troves. Open Tues through Sat, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 13 Rona Pondick, with book signing Sept 24 at 6 pm
OCT 16 THROUGH NOV 17 “Grey, Red, and White,” Peter Tollens
HURST GALLERY
Address: 53 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.491.6888
Email: manager@hurstgallery.com
Smack in the middle of that academic thrill-ride called Harvard, the Hurst Gallery sells antiquities, Asian, African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, and American Indian art and artifacts. Norman Hurst himself conducts appraisals and consultations. The gallery also features a collection of rare and out-of-print reference books on ethnographic art. Open Wed through Sat from noon to 6 pm, Thurs until 7 pm, and by appointment. Check Web site for details on upcoming exhibits, including a show in Nov of Yoruba art from Nigeria.
INTERNATIONAL POSTER GALLERY
Address: 205 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.375.0076
Email: info@internationalposter.com
Founded in 1994, the International Poster Gallery features one of the world’s largest collections (more than 10,000) of original vintage posters from around the world. Check online for upcoming exhibitions. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 6 pm, Sun from noon to 6 pm.
JUDI ROTENBERG GALLERY
Address: 130 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.437.1518
Email: info@rotenberggallery.com
Web: www.judirotenberg.com
An “open and unintimidating” environment meant to create meaningful connections between artists, collectors, curators, and visitors. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 10 Carol Gove, “Lineage”; “Paper Trail v. 6,” Patte Loper
OCT 15 THROUGH NOV 14 Rebecca Chamberlain, opening reception Oct 15 at 6 pm
NOV 19 THROUGH DEC 23 Brian Knep, opening reception Nov 19 at 6 pm
KINGSTON GALLERY
Address: 450 Harrison Ave, #43, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.423.4113
Email: director@kingstongallery.com
Web: www.kingstongallery.com
Located in the SOWA district of Boston’s South End, the Kingston Gallery is a home for alternative artwork by emerging artists. Each month, the Main Gallery presents a solo exhibition of a member’s artwork. Open Tues through Sat from noon to 5 pm or by appointment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 26 “Take Away,” annual gallery members’ exhibition
OCT “Immersion Emersion,” Luanne E. Witkowski; opening reception Oct 2 at 5:30 pm
NOV Elif Soyer
DEC Gail Erwin
LACOSTE GALLERY
Address: 25 Main St, Concord, MA
Phone: 978.369.0278
Email: info@lacostegallery.com
Web: www.lacostegallery.com
Exhibits of handmade American crafts, especially ceramics, glass, wood, and jewelry. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5:30 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, and by appointment. Free and wheelchair accessible.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCT 3 THROUGH 25 Karen Karnes and Mark Shapiro, opening reception Oct 3 at 3 pm
OCT 31 THROUGH NOV 22 Warren MacKenzie
L’ATTITUDE GALLERY
Address: 218 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.927.4400
Email: info@lattitudegallery.com
Specializes in the exhibition of artwork using metals, glass, stone, and wood; furniture; ceramics; and decorative arts. Wall art on display uses mostly fabrics and paper. Open Mon through Sat, 10 am to 6 pm, and Sun, noon to 5 pm
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERIES
Address: 77 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.369.4800
Email: boston@martinlawrence.com
Specializing in the exhibition of original artwork, sculpture, and limited-edition graphics. The Galleries house fine art by the likes of Picasso and Andy Warhol. Open Mon through Thurs, 10 am to 6 pm; Fri and Sat, 10 am to 8 pm; and Sun, 11 am to 7 pm.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART
Address: 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.879.7000
This megaplex of campus art is comprised of the Arnheim, the Bakalar, the Doran, the President’s, the Brant, the Student Life and Student Center, the Godine Family, the Paine, and the Tower galleries, all of which are free and open to the public. Check online for an abundant season of exhibits and events. Hours for individual galleries vary.
MERCURY GALLERY ROCKPORT
Address: 20 Main Street, Rockport, MA
Phone: 978.546.7620
Email: amnon@mercurygallery.com
Web: www.mercurygallery.com
Founded in 1994 by Amnon Goldman, Mercury Gallery recently moved to Cape Ann but continues to focus on the artwork of the exclusive 1930s-era New York expressionist group known as The Ten (which included Mark Rothko, Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb and Joseph Solman). Today, the gallery also exhibits the sculpture, ceramics, and paintings of expressionist contemporaries and predecessors. Open every day from 10 am to 5 pm, and by appointment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 4 “Studio Interiors”, works by Julia Von Metzsch, Joseph Solman, Louis Schanker, and Ben Zion
MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
Address: 20 Ames St, Building E15, Atrium level, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.253.4680
Email: lvac@mit.edu
Though one might not automatically think of MIT as a place rich in the arts, the LVAC on the first floor of the Wiesner Building at MIT (not to mention the university’s fascinating architecture and planning) proves that the arts are very much at home with science and technology. The permanent collection at LVAC includes more than 1200 sculptures, paintings, photographs, and prints. Open Tues, Fri, Sat, and Sun, noon to 6 pm, and Thurs, until 8 pm.
MOBILIA GALLERY
Address: 358 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.876.2109
Email: mobiliaart@verizon.com
Specializes in the exhibition of jewelry, metals, textile, beadwork, ceramics, glass, furniture, paintings, and mixed media. Open Tues through Fri, 11 am to 6 pm, and Sat, 10 am to 5 pm, or by appointment.
MOBIUS
Address: 725 Harrison Ave, Suite One, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.638.0020
Email: mobius@mobius.org
This self-proclaimed “home for experimental work in all media” is celebrating 30 years in Boston. Check Web site for upcoming exhibitions and call for hours.
MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART
Address: 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA
Phone: 978.921.4242, ext. 1319
Email: gallery@montserrat.edu
Web: www.montserrat.edu
Montserrat College of Art includes five established galleries: the Montserrat Gallery and the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery (open Mon through Thurs, 10 am to 5 pm; Fri, until 1 pm), the student-run Bear Gallery (beargallery.blogspot.com/), the 301 Gallery (301 Cabot St), and frame 301 (23 Essex St). Through early Dec, there will be a series of artist talks, usually mid-week at 11:30 am. Check Web site for details.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 26 Daniel Phillips, “Tear Down These Walls” (301 Gallery)
THROUGH OCT 17 Anna Hepler, “Intricate Universe” (Montserrat)
NEW ART CENTER
Address: 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, MA
Phone: 617.964.3424
Email: cecimendez@newartcenter.org
Web: www.newartcenter.org
The New Art Center in Newton holds numerous classes and workshops taught by a staff of 40 artists. Galleries include the Main Gallery and the Holzwasser Gallery. The Main Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Open Mon through Fri, 9 am to 5 pm, and Sat and Sun, 1 pm to 5 pm. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 30 “Minds & Matter,” Boston through the lens of Peter Vanderwarker, author and photographer, 7 pm
NOV 18 “This is Your Brain on Art,” Bevil Conway, artist and neuroscientist, 7 pm
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Address: 537 Comm Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.437.1868
Email: info@nesop.com
Web: www.nesop.com
NESOP’s Center for Photographic Exhibitions showcases work by students and faculty, as well as established professional photographers. Open to the public during school hours.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCT 5 THROUGH NOV 13 Jed Hickson, opening reception Oct 8, at 7 pm
NOV 16 THROUGH JAN 9 Tony Donovan, reception Nov 19, at 7 pm
119 GALLERY
Address: 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell, MA
Phone: 978.452.8138
Web: 119gallery.org/
Promotes contemporary and new-media art through exhibitions, performances, and community-based arts services.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH SEPT 26 “Life is Art is Life is...” Claire Elizabeth Barratt and Patrick Pierce
OCT 20 THROUGH NOV 7 Denise Dumas
NOV 24 THROUGH DEC 19 5th Annual Juried Show
OUT OF THE BLUE ART GALLERY
Address: 106 Prospect St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.354.5287
Email: outoftheblueartgallery@comcast.net
Out of the Blue Art Gallery is run by local artists to encourage the sharing of art. The gallery has a number of satellite locations, including the Middle East Restaurant (480 Mass Ave, Central Square) and 1369 Coffee House (1369 Cambridge St, Inman Square), so check the Web site for who’s going up where. Typically open every day from 10:30 am to 8 pm, sometimes later. Drum circle every Sun at 5 pm; Poetry and Music with “Poetess” Deborah M. Priestly Saturdays at 8:15 pm; artists’ meeting on Tuesdays at 6 pm. Check online for information on classes.
PANOPTICON GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Address: 502c Comm Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.8929
Email: gallery@panopt.com
Web: www.panopt.com
Panopticon, established in 1971, specializes in 20th-century American photography. They have sold photographs from the collection to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Museum. Located in the Hotel Commonwealth. Open Mon through Fri, noon to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH NOV 10 Architecture and Landscape: photographs by Steve Rosenthal, John Woolf, Keith Johnson, and Peter Vanderwarker
PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER
Address: Boston University, 832 Comm Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.975.0600
Email: prc@bu.edu
Web: www.bu.edu/prc
Founded in 1976, the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University is an independent, non-profit organization committed to local photography, particularly that of BU faculty and students, and the exploration of new ideas, methods, and related media. The PRC operates two spaces, one at 832 Comm Ave (the PRC Gallery), the other at 808 Comm Ave (the 808 Gallery). Monthly online exhibitions. Open Tues, Wed, Fri from 10 am to 6 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, and Sat and Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission is $3 non-members, $2 students and seniors, free for members, children under 18, and school groups. Free admission for all on Thursdays and the last weekend of every month. Student exhibitions always free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 18 THROUGH OCT 18 Live Auction preview (PRC)
OCT 9 THROUGH 18 Silent Auction (808 Gallery)
OCT 8 Free opening reception at 5:30 pm (both spaces)
OCT 22 THROUGH NOV 28 The PRC Portfolio (Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Avenue #37, Boston, MA)
OCT 24 THROUGH OCT 2010 "Out of the Box: Photography Portfolios from the Permanent Collection” (DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA )
NOV 13 THROUGH JAN 24 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards, public reception Nov 12 at 7 pm (PRC)
PUCKER GALLERY
Address: 171 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.9473
Email: contactus@puckergallery.com
Web: www.puckergallery.com
An extensive collection of eclectic international contemporary art. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5:30 pm, Sun from 10:30 am to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 26 Brother Thomas: Tenmoku Masterworks
OCT 31 THROUGH NOV 30 Imagined Reality: The Work of Roger Bowman
OCT 31 THROUGH NOV 30 Gathering Energy: The Work of Mark Davis
ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY
Address: 38 Newbury St, 4th Floor, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.7997
Email: inquiry@robertkleingallery.com
Web: www.robertkleingallery.com
The only major art gallery in New England devoted exclusively to fine-art photography. Founded in 1980, the gallery deals primarily with established photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries (Weston, Penn, Bresson, etc.) but also introduces new talent to the public. Open Tues through Fri from 10 am to 5:30 pm, Sat from 11 am to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 17 THROUGH OCT 24 “Still Seen,” works by various artists
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Address: Grossman Gallery, 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.6100
Web: www.smfa.edu
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts has a number of galleries open to the public. Grossman Gallery is located inside the School; the Courtyard and Foster galleries are located inside the nearby Museum of Fine Arts; and the Tufts University Art Gallery is located in the Aidekman Arts Center in Medford. Call individual galleries for hours and updated information. This is a partial listing of visiting artist lectures and exhibitions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 23 Beckwith Lecture: Kim Berman (Anderson Auditorium))
SEPT 29 Visiting Artist Lecture: Josephine Halvorson (Riley Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts)
OCT 13 Visiting Artist Lecture: Sanford Biggers (Riley Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts)
THROUGH OCT 17 Faculty show (Grossman)
THROUGH OCT 18 “Simply the Best 2009,” award-winning works from the previous academic year by Museum School students (Courtyard)
OCT 22 Visiting Artist Lecture: Karl Baden (Grossman)
NOV 5 Visiting Artist Lecture: Moyra Davey
NOV 19 Visiting Artist Lecture: Laurel Nakadate
SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
Address: 175 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.266.1810
Email: exhibitiongallery@societyofcrafts.org
Web: www.societyofcrafts.org
Founded 1897, the Society of Arts and Crafts is the oldest non-profit craft organization in the US. The Retail Gallery is on the first floor; the Exhibition Gallery is on the second, hosting four exhibits per year. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 6 pm, Sun from noon to 5 pm, and Mon by appointment only. Free and open to the public.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 22 POP Craft: presenting the ways in which the lessons of Pop Art have been absorbed and filtered by contemporary artists working in ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, and/or wood
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST
Address: University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, 151 Presidents Dr #2, Amherst, MA
Phone: 413.545.3670
Email: ugallery@acad.umass.edu
Web: www.umass.edu/fac/universitygallery/index.html
Located in the Fine Arts Center off Mass Ave, the University Gallery opened to the public in 1975 and continues to represent contemporary art in all media. The permanent collection includes 2600 drawings, prints, and photographs from the late 20th century. The Gallery also offers lectures, film series, symposia, and group tours. Open Tues through Fri from 11 am to 4:30 pm; Sat and Sun from 2 pm to 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 23 THROUGH DEC 13 “Connect the Dots … The Warhol Legacy: Tom Friedman, Ellen Gallagher, Vik Muniz, Rob Pruitt”
SEPT 23 THROUGH DEC 13 “The Minox and the Big Shot: Andy Warhol's Photography, 1970-87”
VOSE GALLERIES OF BOSTON
Address: 238 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.536.6176
Email: info@vosegalleries.com
America’s oldest family-owned gallery, established in 1841, the Vose has handled more than 34,000 paintings, specializing in American artwork from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The gallery also features the largest inventory of American realist paintings in New England. Open Mon through Fri from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm; Sat from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
WALKER-CUNNINGHAM FINE ART
Address: 162 Newbury St, 2nd floor, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.247.1319
Email: gallery@walkercunningham.com
Web: www.walkercunningham.com
Walker-Cunningham Fine Art has specialized for the last 30 years in works by American artists, mostly of the late 19th and early 20th centuries but with a few contemporary painters as well. Open Tues through Sat by appointment only. Paintings can be viewed ahead of time online.
UPCOMING EVENTS
THROUGH OCT 10 Dora Atwater Millikin: new paintings
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
Address: 1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT
Phone: 203.432.0600
Email: artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
Web: www.yale.edu/artgallery
This four-floor gallery’s permanent collection contains artwork from ancient Africa, Asia, and early Europe. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, and Sun from 1 to 6 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 25 THROUGH JAN 3 “The Pull of Experiment: Postwar American Printmaking”
ZEITERION THEATRE
Address: 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA
Phone: 508.994.2900
Email: info@zeiterion.org
Mainly a venue during the fall for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, ‘the Z’ will also host ‘60s rock muse Marianne Faithfull on Sept 26 at 8 pm, $35 to $45. Box office open Tues through Fri, 10 am to 5 pm, and Sat, 10 am to 3 pm.
