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November 2 – 30, 2023 Reception Wednesday, November 15, from 7 to 8:30 PM Newton Free Library 330 Homer St. Newton, MA 02459 617-796-1360 Library is open Monday – Thursday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sunday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exhibit is in the Main Hall of the Library https://newtonfreelibrary.net/about/more-information/art-exhibits/ Painting by Eugene Styller, Scream

September 9th to October 1st, 2023 Reception: Sunday, September 10th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm This Fall exhibition for 2023 will explore the broad range of work being created by regional artists. We welcome as participants, artists from LexArt and from Lexington, surrounding towns and New England. We hope the exhibit meets LexArt’s goal to be creative, joyful, and playful while reaching out to the community. List of Artists and Artwork Click Here Reception Photos taken by Nicole Mordecai

October 10 - November 24, 2023 In this compelling series of paintings, Donald Langosy celebrates and explores the time-honored connection between visual artists and poets. This is the second exhibit of Donald Langosy’s paintings to appear in the Art Center’s gallery, following a retrospective, Excerpts From My Studio, in 2021. https://www.multiculturalartscenter.org/gallery/ Opening Reception: October 26 from 5:00-7:00 Click here to RSVP

THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT! Painters will have just two hours to complete their works, before their work will be hung, wet, on easels for visitors and buyers to pursue or take home. All artworks created will be available for sale after the judging. $2,000 in prizes are awarded to the top painters – the energy and excitement will be high, along with the quality of work. Juried and non juried artists will be judged separately. Our judge this year for our Quickdraw is artist T.M. Nicholas, a renowned painter from Rockport, Massachusetts, who specializes in plein air oil paintings. T.M. Nicholas has studied with various masters of the art and has won many awards for his work. He is also an experienced instructor who teaches workshops and retreats. 8am-9am Artist Check - in and Canvas Stamping 9am-11am Artists Paint! 11am - 11:30 am Artists frame their paintings for display 11:30am-12:30pm Judging 12:30pm-3pm Awards and POP UP ART SHOW! $25 fee for participating artists (free to public to attend to view, watch painting, and purchase) Registrations are non-refundable Food available for purchase: Lobster Roller and Far Out Ice Cream! Monday, October 9, 2023 9:00 AM 3:00 PM Maritime Gloucester23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA, 01930 To register, use this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-registration-quickdraw-2023-tickets-678844521237

Walk through Lexington Center, and take in over 50 different artist's work ​October 6 - November 27, 2023 SAVE THE DATE: Friday, October 13 4-6pm - Painting event with Pinot's Palette - Free event, but spaces limited and registration required! 6pm - Artist-led tour of the artwork along the avenue 6-8pm - Band - grab a pizza and your dancing shoes and join us in Emery Park for the sounds of Three Dollar Shirt TOUR SIGN UP​ PAINTING SIGN UP More information available later this fall: Scavenger hunt form ​Online, interactive map of participating businesses and artist work ARTISTS - submissions accepted now through September 25, Monday ART SUBMISSION

Translucent | Opaque Calling watercolor and gouache artists! Whether you paint en plein air, strive for realism, or construct worlds through narrative illustrations, we welcome all gouache and watercolor artists to showcase their work in our upcoming exhibition! We are looking for artists whose use of the medium invites unexpecting eyes. Do you employ fine lines or intense saturation? Does your application create drama or an illusive atmosphere? Perhaps the scale of your work allows you to explore new dimensions in your artistic journey. We want to see how you breathe life into watercolor and gouache! Arlington Center for the Arts has a long history of celebrated watercolor and gouache artists, classes, and teachers that incubate both creativity and community. This exhibit not only calls upon the artists already participating at Arlington Center for the Arts, but also invites those working in the mediums of gouache and watercolor to join us. In honor of this, work in this show will be curated by none other than ACA's beloved teaching artists, Marjorie Glick and Vicki Paret.​ Important Dates Dates of Exhibit: February 1 - March 27, 2024 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 15, 2023 from 6-7:30 PM Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 10, 2023 Drop-Off Art for Jurying: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 between 8:30 am - 6:30 PM at ACA Selected Art Announced: Monday, January 22, 2024 Work Not Selected Pick-up: Tuesday, January 23 & Wednesday, January 24 between 9-6:30 PM Pick up Work: Thursday, March 28, 2024 between 8:30 am - 6:30 pm Submission Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVnArkcBhHKwZg11JFf50_0E6Y4sg1TwpveV9Xv3UIewfwvg/viewform Submission Guidelines ​There is a $30 submission fee for up to 3 pieces Artists must be ages 16 and up. Work submitted must use watercolor and/or gouache as the medium. No other mediums will be accepted. Work must be ready to hang, installed, or displayed. 2D works must be on canvas or framed with a wire in the back for hanging or it will not be accepted. Specific display needs must be specified and provided by the artist. Site-specific proposals are welcome, but there is no guarantee we can accommodate. Please reach out to cat@acarts.org if you have any questions. There are no size restrictions beyond the height of the gallery, which is 6 feet tall. There are limited opportunities for anything taller than 6 feet (see site-specific proposals). Due to the small size of our operations, we are unable to accept international work at this time. This show will showcase artists from the Greater Boston Area, as we are a community art center and our organization’s mission is to build community through the arts. Artwork shown at ACA in the past year will not be accepted.

Aug 5 - Sep 3, 2023, Reception: August 6th, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Soulful Sculpture | 2023 New England Sculptors Association NESA and LexArt are once again pleased to present a juried exhibit of sculpture in all its creative forms and in a variety of styles and media. Learn more about NESA Free and Open to the public. List of Artist and Artwork Titles: Tone Ørvik The Boy on the Raft Bayda Asbridge Pukao Bayda Asbridge Blue Mountain Lynne Johnson Contrasting Surfaces Douglas Aja Second Chance Craig Anderson Ascent Craig Anderson Unity Elisa Vanelli The Mermaid Douglass Rice Take Another Piece of My Heart Now Baby William Casper Resolute Daniel Zampino Six Dancers Brad Matthews Of Color Wondering Scott Cahaly Quan-Yin Scott Cahaly Orpheus Carol Hartman Lost in Thought Natasha Dikareva Where Did Our God Go? Domenic Esposito Anima Domenic Esposito Invisible Cassie Doyon Subconscious Mridula Satyamurti (Sat-ya-mur-ti) The Prayer Kimberly Smith Countess of the Flea Market Sylvia Vander Sluis Passage V Scott Keeley OM Alton Frabetti Cloudcover 2 Memy Ish-Shalom Here you are Daniel Rocha Juno Melanie Zibit Daphne Delanie Wise Liaison Delanie Wise Home Ryan Kelley Low Bow II Pete Spampinato The Future of Romance Madeline Lord Old Flame Elisa Adams Spirited Elisa Adams Oracle Elisa Adams Serenity Silvinia Mizrahi Soul's Breeze Susan Barahal Pivot Daniel Kovacevic Welcome Maria Luongo Goddess Remembered Judith Davis Ode to Ukraine

The 2023 Marks of Distinction National Juried Pastel Exhibition, sponsored by Central Mass Pastel Society, showcases diverse work from some of the best soft pastel artists in North America, including many from Massachusetts and Southern New England. It takes place at Fivesparks, 7 Fairbank St., Harvard, MA, from August 29-September 30. A public reception with food, wine, live music, People's Choice voting, and awards from judge Mim Brooks Fawcett, Director and Curator of Attleboro Arts Museum, will be held Sunday. Sep 10 from 2-4 pm. There will also be a free gallery tour on Sunday, September 17 led by the Board of Directors https://www.cmpastels.org/event-5362047

Start Date: 9/7/2023 6:00 PM EDT End Date: 9/7/2023 8:30 PM EDT https://www.womensjewelryassociation.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=9%2F7%2F2023&eventid=1213 Venue Name: Studio on The Common Location: 22 Church Street Winchester, MA United States 01890 Organization Name: WJA Boston Contact: Lori Magno Email: WJABostonEvents@gmail.com Phone: (845) 473-7324 Sponsor: Studio on the Common Website: https://www.studioonthecommon.com/ Jewelry Night Out - Boston Chapter! Join us for the Women's Jewelry Association's annual Jewelry Night Out! For one night, WJA brings together industry professionals for an inspiring evening of community, connection, collaboration, and celebration! Join us for food, fun, friendship, free headshots, door prizes and more! Join us from 6:00pm - 8:30pm Studio on the Common 22 Church Street, Winchester MA 01890 Tons of free parking, easy access from 128 & 93! Tickets Members: $40 in advance | $45 at the door Non-Members: $45 in advance | $50 at the door CLICK on the buttons to the right to order your tickets. BONUS NEW MEMBERSHIP/OR RENEWAL DISCOUNT: Join or Renew online at time of ticket purchase. New and renewing members receive a 10% discount. 1. You can only join or renew for the individual who is logged in at the time of purchase. 2. You must check the checkbox at the top right of the first screen during the checkout process. 3. Use the following promo codes based on your membership type when you check out: SEPT23NEW - New Member SEPT23RENEW - Renewal To register and join/renew memberships for groups of 2 or more, learn more about corporate or student membership, contact Rachel Jurisz, WJA Membership and Operations Manager, at 845-473-7324 or rachel@womensjewelryassociation.com.

Newton, MA– Join New Art Center in a fun, collaborative artwork & happening as part of the exhibition “Guess Who I Saw Today,” curated by Ashleigh Coren and featuring the work of artists DaNice Marshall, Ivan Brens, and Matt Brackett. The opening of the exhibition will take place at New Art Center Trio Corridor Gallery Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. We are asking individuals to take a moment to reflect on those who cross their paths daily – the people we know, and those we don’t. Participants stationed across Greater Boston will gather names and locations of those on similar paths. The fragments of info collected will be assembled into a collaborative artwork in the upstairs of the Trio Gallery and on display the night of the opening reception. Artists Ashleigh Coren (she/her) is a museum interpreter in Washington, D.C. Her writing has been published in The Journal of American Folklore, Viewfinder: Reflecting Upon Museum Education, and the International Review of African American Art. She also serves on the Board for the Museum Education Roundtable. Ivan Brens is a self-taught painter born in the Dominican Republic. He studied printmaking and photography at the University of Massachusetts and sculpture in Mass College of Art in Boston. The artwork has an emphasis upon distortion of the human form resembling the struggle and distress for freedom. DaNice Marshall started painting abstracts, mostly to watch the paint dry – before discovering portraiture as a way for her to paint the stories that she could no longer write. Matt Brackett uses techniques of traditional painting to explore themes such memory, wonder and menace through a contemporary lens. His imagery, while realist in appearance, is derived from completely artificial constructs. Learn More For more information on the exhibition or to get involved, contact us at: (617) 964-3424 or email: Exhibitions Coordinator, Rose Perriello at rose@newartcenter.org https://newartcenter.org/guess-who-i-saw-today-collaborative-artwork-happening/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=szCwNDexNDM3sDQ0BQA&sseid=MzI1NzQxMDM2tgQA&jobid=bbfa6b83-0d91-4a6b-9bc8-f028b9b9d53b

Community arts organization, LexArt and LexHAB, a Lexington-based affordable housing organization, collaborate on a joint art exhibition titled “HOME” that links both missions. The juried show will run from October 28 through November 19, 2023 at the Nye Gallery in Lexington, MA. The show is open to artists in New England working in all media. The exhibit, HOME, will focus on the essential role housing plays in our lives and the importance of affordable housing. Whether it is a physical place or an idea, ‘home’ can mean something different at each stage of life and varies by culture and geography. Housing as shelter is a universal human need that is inaccessible for too many, locally and globally. A shelter is a need, a house can be a haven, a nest can be empty, a home can be inhabitable: climate change, income inequality, racism, violence, love, community, and family are just a few of the factors that impact our concept of home and our ability to attain and maintain a home. We invite you to reflect on this theme and to submit a work of art that shares your perspective on the notion of ‘home’. Juror: Sarah Morrison is an award-winning artist whose work includes painting, printmaking and collage. She exhibits locally and nationally. Her work is available at 13Forest Gallery in Arlington and CLAY Art and Concept in West Concord. A member of LexArt, Sarah is the Executive Director of LexHAB, an affordable housing organization in Lexington. Sarah studied Studio Art and English Literature at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. Her graduate studies at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City focused on Social Policy and Community Organizing. As a social worker, Sarah concentrates on the overlapping issues of homelessness, poverty, and affordable housing. Her artwork is informed by the transient, temporal beauty of daily life and the interplay between humans, the natural world and our man-made environment, including social and political issues. Her approach to art making is spontaneous, experimental, and experiential. Throughout her career, she has combined the arts with social justice work. To submit items for consideration, see the Submission Guidelines attached to this email or click here. Please note that we ask that you pay the Entry Fee here before submitting images (LexArt members get a 50% discount on the entry fee). Submission fees are waived for artists presently experiencing Financial Hardship can be found on the registration page. For more information about LexHAB click here About us The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society (LexArt) is committed to sparking joy, enriching lives, and building community through the practice, teaching, and sharing of art and craft. Under the dynamic leadership of Executive Director Matthew Siegal and supported by an enthusiastic and active volunteer backbone, LexArt sponsors a variety of innovative public exhibits, workshops, demonstrations, and events, both online and in-person at our 11,000 sq. ft. facility located in the center of Lexington, MA. For additional information contact Chase Jones, chase.jones@lexart.org or 781.862.9696.

The LexArt Society-wide Juried Invitational Exhibit The Best Of LexArt returns once again this July! Visit our Nye Gallery to see and shop the many expertly crafted treasures made by our skilled artisan members. Juror: Emily Belz Emily Belz is an independent photographer, educator, and curator based in Lincoln, MA. Her photographs focus on domestic still lifes and durational studies of place, telling stories through the traces, objects, and slants of light that have been left behind. Belz has exhibited her photographs widely in both solo and group exhibitions at venues including Gallery Kayafas, the Danforth Museum, and the Newport Art Museum. She is represented by Gallery Kayafas in Boston. Belz holds a BA in photography and art history from Hampshire College (1997); an MA in community-based art education from the Rhode Island School of Design (2009); and an MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art (2017). She teaches classes and workshops at the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA) and the deCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA), and is on the faculty at Lasell University (Newton, MA). Belz works privately with artists as a mentor, and specializes in reviewing and sequencing portfolios. With 20+ years in the art world, Belz brings this experience to her role as juror for local art competitions with organizations including the South Shore Art Center, the Plymouth Center for the Arts, and the Arlington Center for the Arts where she is also a Board Member. She enjoys curating exhibitions in collaboration with emerging artists working in all media in the Boston area. For list of Artists and Artwork Titles please click here Photos taken by Nicole Mordecai

At their core, creating and looking at works of art are acts of care, from the artist’s labor to the viewer’s contemplation and appreciation. Storage, conservation, and display are also ways of tending to art. This exhibition invites visitors to explore how contemporary artists trace and address concepts of care through their materials, subjects, ideas, and processes. More than 100 works from the MFA’s collection—including recent acquisitions and objects that have never been on view before—define, depict, and demonstrate many forms of care through five thematic groupings: threads, thresholds, rest, vibrant matter, and adoration. Gisela Charfauros McDaniel’s portrait of her mother, Tiningo’ si Sirena (2021), moves between intimacy and an attentiveness to larger concepts that are meaningful to the artist, like cultural inheritances and ecological interconnectivity. For his Sound Suit (2008), Nick Cave extended the lifespan of discarded objects by transforming them into a surreal, otherworldly costume that asserts the value of Black life. The intensive time and labor that goes into creating textiles and fiber art is evident in examples by Sheila Hicks, Howardena Pindell, and Jane Sauer. Through these works and many others visitors can consider how different forms of care may inspire new models for living and feeling—now and in the future. Please Be Seated Throughout “Tender Loving Care,” visitors are invited to take a moment for rest and contemplation. Please Be Seated began at the MFA in 1975 and was the first museum program in the country to commission contemporary artists to make benches and chairs for visitor use that were also acquired into the Museum’s collection. These objects transcend the traditional observational relationship between works of art and their audience, instead becoming active participants in providing care for museumgoers. https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/tender-loving-care?utm_source=dm_exhibitions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ex-tlc&utm_content=version_A&promo=51157

Join the League of NH Craftsmen for the 90th Annual Craftsmen’s Fair at the Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury, NH August 5-13. Experience New Hampshire's iconic summer time event, the Annual Craftsmen’s Fair, at the beautiful Mount Sunapee Resort. Enjoy shopping for fine art and craft and learn about the techniques and inspirations behind the exceptional work of hundreds of master craftsmen. Engage with nearly 200 juried League craftsmen and invited guest artist booth holders who are bringing their newest creations to share with the public. We are welcoming twenty-two first year League booth holders, continuing the tradition of fine handcrafted work in their own signature styles. Ongoing daily demonstrations and curated exhibitions deepen appreciation for the handmade, workshops allow guests of all ages to experience the joy of creating, and a scavenger hunt will draw children and youth through the entire Fairgrounds - with special craftsmen-made prizes for completion! Don't miss the Art, Craft & Design and Sculpture Garden Exhibitions and discover how to add beautiful art and craft into your wardrobe, home, and landscape. Visit the cooperative sales area known as The Shop at the Fair for additional options for gift giving. Support the Next Generation tent and encourage these young craftsmen of tomorrow, who are mentored by our juried members. Plan to stay for lunch and enjoy delicious items from specialty food vendors as well as the Mount Sunapee Resort lodges. A full line-up of live music, presented adjacent to the food vendors and seating area, will round out your day at the Fair. This New Hampshire arts tradition, now in its 90th year, is the largest fundraiser for the non-profit League of NH Craftsmen. Revenues allow us to sustain our mission to advance, cultivate and champion excellence in fine craft throughout the year. The Fair is open 10 AM – 5 PM rain or shine. Buy tickets online and move quickly through our gates. Looking for a quieter time to join us? Try mid-week! Find more details and ticket information at nhcrafts.org Find more information about visiting New Hampshire at VisitNH.gov