Moss Galleries
Portland Gallery, opening September 5: Charlie Hewitt. Falmouth Gallery, through October 11: Geoffrey Dorfman & Brian Smith. Opening October 17: The Haunted: Contemporary Photography Conjured in New England.
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Harvard Art Museums
Opening September 12: Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black. Discover how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression. Enjoy drawings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat, John Singer Sargent, and Odilon Redon, alongside 20th- and 21st-century artists such as Piet Mondrian, Lyonel Feininger, Diego Rivera, Richard Serra, John Wilson, Isabella Quintanilla, and Toyin Ojih Odutola, all of whom push their use of drawing media in new directions.
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Florence Griswold Museum
Opening September 27: Inside Out: Contexts for American Art. The Florence Griswold Museum is a unique institution rooted in the context of its site-specific environment. Inspired by this multi-sensory setting, Inside Out investigates the power of contextualizing selected artworks from the Museum’s collection, turning them “inside out” for viewers to engage with paintings, sculpture, prints, textiles, and photographs in creative ways. Works of art are placed in conversation with archival materials, period music, artmaking tools, and interactive activities.
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Concord Art
September 11–October 19, Main + Members galleries: 26th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition, juried by Sarah Montross. Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5:30 p.m. Opening October 23, Main Gallery: Motherhood as Muse, curated by Kathryn Geismar and Deborah Peeples. Members Gallery: Color Conversations, Laura Barr, Kay Hartung, Anne Johnstone. Reception: Thursday, October 23, 5:30 p.m.
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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
Ongoing: Making Space, a group exhibition featuring artwork by Beverly Acha, Emily Noelle Lambert, Mika Obayashi, Howardena Pindell, Michelle Samour, Deborra Stewart-Pettengill, and Lauren Watrous; Laura Chasman: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Founded on Artists’ Books: Franklin Furnace 50th Anniversary Tribute; GLASSTASTIC 2025; John Kenn Mortensen: Dream Homes; Jonathan Ryan Storm: Time Was a River, Too; and Mark Barry: Petals to Metal and Other Stories.
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Kingston Gallery
September 4–28, Main Gallery: Kurt Ankeny, Linda Cordner, Richard Dorff, Sharon Kaitz, Mario Kon, Virginia Mahoney: Six New Artists. Center Gallery: Jennifer Liston Munson: The Petrifying Gaze. Project Space Gallery: Randy Garber and Rachel Garber Cole: So Late So Soon. Opening reception: Friday, September 5, 5–8 p.m. October 2–November 2, Main and Center galleries: Mary Lang: Entangled. Project Space Gallery: Hilary Tolan: Waterland. Opening reception: Friday, October 3, 5–8 p.m.
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Vermont Artisan Designs
Fine art and contemporary American craft. September 5–October 2: Color-focused abstract oil paintings by E. Joseph McCarthy and humorous artwork by Skip Morrow. October 3–November 6: The opening of a two-month juried show of work by the Pastel Society of Vermont.
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Cahoon Museum of American Art
Through December 21: A rich history of Cape Cod, the Islands, and the Southcoast region is brought back to life in Taverns to Trades: American Folk Art Signs, highlighting the centuries-old artistry of tavern and trade signs known and loved by the region. These signs reflect the trades and travel destinations of their times and represent an array of woodworking, painting, gilding, and welding techniques from skilled craftspeople and artisans. Inspired by these historic examples, contemporary artists Jeff Dinardo of Cotuit and Pete Vogel from Nutmegger Workshop in Maine continue these traditions through woodworking, sign painting, and antiquing processes.
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