Untouchable: MFA Thesis Show 2021

Friends, family, and community members are invited to attend the sidewalk opening on Saturday, July 10, 5-7pm. The artists will be in attendance to speak about their work. RSVP to the sidewalk opening event on Facebook.

Plein Air Painting Workshop

deCordova invites all-level acrylic and oil painters to join this outdoor landscape painting workshop. Plein Air Painting is a French term meaning to paint the landscape outside, what could serve as better painting inspiration than the grounds of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum?

$50

6th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts

Celebrate Newton’s talented musicians, singers, bands, poets, story tellers & more! Free and open to all!

From Blues to Baroque, classical guitar to R&B and jazz to opera, there is something for all to enjoy!

Some Assembly Required

Distillery Gallery in South Boston MA

The Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance, a volunteer artist-run organization, is displaying works by local queer artists at the Distillery Gallery in South Boston until late July.

From Boats to Birds, A Sculptor’s Journey

Join CAM for a conversation between Harold Burnham, a master boat designer, shipwright and sailmaker, and Essex sculptor Brad Story. After graduating from college in 1969, Story returned home to work with his father, Dana Story, in the family shipyard. 

Reimagining Historic House Museums

Online webinar about reimagining historic house museums American Ancestors’ Curt DiCamillo hosts the legendary Ken Turino for a presentation on the state of historic sites across the United States and around the world. Ken, long-time curator and educator at Historic New England, will present an illustration-rich lecture that draws upon “Reimagining Historic House Museums: New …

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ReachArts Swampscott “Garden Art Walk”

A town-wide outdoor community event featuring a walking tour of Swampscott gardens and artists and family-friendly activities. Start at ReachArts to pick up a map showing all sites and activities.

Materialized: 2020 MFA Alumni Exhibition

MassArt x SoWa is pleased to present Materialized: 2020 MFA Alumni Exhibition, on view from June 11 - July 18, 2020. Featuring the work of ten 2020 MassArt MFA alumni, Materialized showcases new work as well as select highlights from the ten artists’ MFA theses, presented fully virtually in May of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

July Open Studio with Laurie Savage

Open to intermediate students and above. Bring your ideas of what you would like to create to this hands-on class. You will spend one-on-one time with Laurie as she helps you advance your skills set as you navigate from an idea to completion.

The $80 class fee includes a $5 Studio fee.

Drawing Together: Watercolors with Lauren Gooding

Museum Attendant Lauren Gooding '22 will lead us on a watercolor journey! We’ll learn how to paint using still lifes as our subject. Whether you’re a watercolor novice or a pro, this still-life study will help hone your skill and sharpen your eye to see color, composition, and shape.

Festival of Us, You, We & Them

The Dance Complex celebrates our heritage as a home to our diverse and eclectic Boston Dance Community with the eighth annual Festival of Us, You, We & Them; inviting the community at large to sample new movement styles, engage in conversation, and witness and interact with performances- each participant taking a deeper step into their journey as a moving body and into our community.

Outdoor Art Fair

Society-wide Art Sale in our Parking Lot Rain Date Jul 25th

Join  for a Society-wide Art Sale in our Parking Lot as we celebrate Summer!