Exhibitions

Openings and events around the region

Connecticut

• Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph

  1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford, CT
  (860) 231-5399
  usj.edu/artmuseum
  Tu–Sa 11–4

  March 21–May 10: A House Divided: Photography and the Civil War, an exhibition documenting aspects of the Civil War as seen through the lens of the most gifted artist-photographers of 19th century America. All works are from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. The exhibition is organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions. Opening reception: Thursday, March 20, 5–7:30 p.m. Lecture on Civil War soldiers: Thursday, March 10, 5:30 p.m., Paul A. Cimbala, Professor Emeritus, Fordham University.

  

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• ECOCA

  51 Trumbull St., New Haven, CT
  (203) 507-7320
  info@elycenter.org
  elycenter.org
  W, Th, Su 12–5 or by appointment

  March 9–April 20: Tin There, Done That: Adria Arch, Adam Brent, Tamara Dimitri, Madison Donnelly, Terry Feder, Lesley Finn, Elli Fotopoulou, Deborah Greco, Shanti Grumbine, Nate Heiges, Tom Kutz, Hillel O’Leary, Maria Markham, Sok Song, Alixe Turner, Shane Ward, Christina Wood. A Desire Path: Jessica Bottalico, Annie Ewaskio, Jessica Fallis, Sydney Kleinrock. Stone Screen: Anita Maksimiuk. Maidan: Amartya De. Reception: Sunday, March 9, 1–3 p.m.

  

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• Fairfield University Art Museum

  Fairfield University
  200 Barlow Rd., Fairfield, CT
  (203) 254-4046
  fairfield.edu/museum
  Tu–Sa 11–4, Th 11–8

  Bellarmine Hall Galleries, through April 12: Dawn & Dusk: Tonalism in Connecticut. This exhibition explores Tonalism in Connecticut from the 1880s to the early 20th century, through artists from the Northeast. Walsh Gallery (Quick Center), through March 29: To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home. To See This Place, curated by Al Miner and David Brinker, presents work by Athena LaTocha, Mary Mattingly, and Tyler Rai, three contemporary artists looking at environmental threats and climate change.

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• Hartford Art School Galleries

  Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
  200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT
  (860) 768-5522
  hartford.edu/galleries
  M–Th 12–6, F & Sa 1–5

  March 3–April 12: Dream Murals: Public Art with Hartford Art School Alumni invites six artists to paint their dream murals on the walls of Silpe Gallery. The painting process is open to the public. Closing reception and artist talks: Friday, April 4, 4–6 p.m. March 6–April 12, Joseloff Gallery: How Can the Grid Deal with a Messy World? is a multimedia exhibition of work by graphic designer Silas Munro that explores the grid as a design tool with ties to the artist’s Ugandan heritage. Opening reception: Thursday, March 6, 5–7 p.m. Artist talk, Wilde Auditorium: Wednesday, March 26, 5–6:30 p.m. April 19-27: The first round of BFA Thesis Exhibitions features Illustration in Joseloff Gallery and Visual Communication Design in Silpe Gallery.

  

• Hotchkiss School Tremaine Gallery

  11 Interlaken Rd., Lakeville, CT
  (860) 435-3663
  tmoore@hotchkiss.org 
  hotchkiss.org/arts
  Tu–Sa 10–4, Su 12–4 

  Through April 6: The Art of Joy Brown, a retrospective tracing Brown’s work, from tiny clay figures to clay-headed puppets, to small statues and wall tiles, to the monumental work found in public spaces. Hear Joy Brown speak, along with documentary filmmaker Eduardo Montes Bradley who is completing a film about Brown, Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

  

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• Mattatuck Museum

  144 West Main St., Waterbury, CT
  (203) 753-0381 x130
  info@mattmuseum.org
  mattmuseum.org
  M–Sa 11–5, Su 11–4

  The museum showcases American art and cultural history through its collection of over 15,000 objects, provides access to a research library and archives, hosts lectures, workshops, and community events, and offers spaces for corporate, wedding, and holiday rentals. Through January 5: Poskas, Father and Son. Through January 12: Federico Uribe’s Menagerie. Ongoing: O’Keeffe in Conversation. Opening January 12: Mixmaster 2025: Juried Members’ Exhibition. Opening January 19: Gordon Parks, Homeward to the Prairie I Come. Opening celebrations: Sunday, January 19.

  

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• Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisan Store

  61 Main St., Centerbrook, CT
  (860) 767-0742
  events@spectrumartgallery.org
  spectrumartgallery.org
  W–Sa 12–6, Su 12–5. Daily: December 9–24

  Voted Best Gallery for Art and Gifts on the Shoreline with painting, mixed media, sculpture, photography. November 22, 2024–January 11, 2025: Let There Be Love. As 2024 ends, the world trembles with war, racism, health and climate change. Yet, we still hope compassion, empathy and love exist. Show spotlights this with fine art and photography and Artisans Store with seasonal pottery, glass, fiber, home décor, jewelry, gift cards, and handmade ornaments on six-foot holiday tree. Shop online: SpectrumAnytime.com with U.S. shipping.

  

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• The Bruce Museum

  One Museum Dr., Greenwich, CT
  (203) 869-0376
  info@brucemuseum.org
  brucemuseum.org
  Tu–Su 10–5

  The Bruce Museum is a world-class institution offering a changing array of exceptional exhibitions and educational programs that cultivate discovery and wonder through the power of art and science. Opening March 6: On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness. Opening April 4: Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror. Through April 27: Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist. Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty. Ongoing: The Art of Work: Painting Labor in Nineteenth-Century Denmark. Nature’s Impressions: The Modernist Landscape. Hockney/Origins: Works from the Roy B. and Edith J. Simpson Collection. Tara Donovan: Aggregations. Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 43. The Robert R. Wiener Mineral Gallery. Permanent Science Galleries: Natural Cycles Shape our Land. Admission: Adults $20, Students/Sr. Citizens $15. Free for children under 5; free on Tuesdays.

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• The Mercy Gallery at The Loomis Chaffee School

  4 Batchelder Rd., Windsor, CT 
  christian_ryan@loomis.org
  loomischaffee.org/arts/mercy-gallery
  M–F 10–5, Su 1–5 (September–June)

  The Mercy gallery invites groundbreaking artists working in a variety of media, representing diverse endeavors and cultural + geographic perspectives to share their art with the community. Open to the public. Through April 11: Khae Haskell: From Rot to Ravish. Opening April 24: Jeremy Dennis: Everywhere but Unseen. Dennis creates large cinematic photographs that question and disrupt damaging post-colonial narratives, while exploring indigenous identity, cultural assimilation, and the ancestral traditional practices of his tribe, the Shinnecock Indian Nation.

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• Widener Gallery

  Austin Arts Center, Trinity College
  300 Summit St., Hartford, CT
  trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center/widener-gallery
  M–Sa 1–5

  Through April 30 (closed March 15–22): Echoes and Collisions: The Art of Frantz Patrick Henry in Conversation with Selections from the Edith A. Graham Collection of Haitian Art. In this exhibition, artistic legacies and contemporary visions meet, creating a dialogue that oscillates between harmony and dissonance, connection and collision. Free and open to the public. 

  

• Yale University Art Gallery

  1111 Chapel St., New Haven, CT
  (203) 432-0600
  artgallery.yale.edu
  Tu–F 10–5, Sat & Sun 11–5

  The Gallery’s encyclopedic holdings range from ancient times to the present day and represent cultures from around the globe. Ongoing: David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive. Opening March 29: Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England. Free and open to the public.

  

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Maine

• Bates College Museum of Art

  75 Russell St., Lewiston, ME
  (207) 786-6158
  bates.edu/museum
  M & W 10–7:30, Tu & Th–Sa 10–5

  Ongoing: Across Common Grounds: Contemporary Art Outside the Center. Drawing upon diverse styles and media from traditional craftwork to digital art, this exhibition features works by over twenty artists living across America that expand, deepen, and challenge how we cultivate and connect to land, culture, art, and one another in rural places.

  

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• Colby College Museum of Art

  5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME
  (207) 859-5629
  colby.edu/museum
  Tu–Sa 10–5, Su 12–5 , Th until 9, September–May

  Some American Stories is a thematic presentation of works from Colby’s collection in the museum’s Lunder Wing that leads visitors on a journey from before the founding of the United States to the present day. Galleries represent a different topic within the broader narrative of American art and history, reflecting a great diversity of experiences.

  

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• Moss Galleries

  100 Fore St., Portland, ME
  (207) 804-0459
  251 US-1, Falmouth, ME
  (207) 781-2620
  liz@elizabethmossgalleries.com
  elizabethmossgalleries.com
  Portland: Tu–Sa 10–5
  Falmouth: Tu–Sa 10–5

  Portland Gallery: Kate Hargrave: The Journal, through March 8. Hunt Slonem, March 14–April 12. Opening April 18: Billy Gerard Frank. Falmouth Gallery: Jessica Gandolf: Some Assembly Required, through April 5; Elijah Ober: Proto Carrot, through April 5.

  

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Massachusetts

• Addison Gallery of American Art

  Phillips Academy Andover
  3 Chapel Ave., Andover, MA
  (978) 749-4015
  addison@andover.edu
  addisongallery.org
  September–July: Tu–Sa 10–5, Su 1–5

  Through its world-class collection and ongoing query What is America?, the Addison seeks to engage with the history of American art and American experience—past, present, and future. Winter exhibitions: Opening March 15: June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart. Opening February 2: Highlights from the Addison’s collection. Free and open to the public.

  

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• Armenian Museum of America

  65 Main St., Watertown, MA
  (617) 926-2562
  info@armenianmuseum.org
  armenianmuseum.org
  Th–Su 12–6

  Ongoing: Filtered Identity: The Art of Tigran Tsitoghdzyan. Tigran is a New York-based artist whose photo-realistic paintings merge an interest in classical and modern art with an emphasis on his own experiences as a father and an immigrant. He has exhibited widely including Art Basel Miami, Cube Art Fair in Times Square, and globally in cities such as Dubai, Singapore, Zurich, and Brussels.

  

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• Art Complex Museum

  189 Alden St., Duxbury, MA
  (781) 934-6634
  artcomplex.org
  W–Su 1–4; admission is always free

  Through April 19: Duxbury Art Association Winter Juried Show; Raku from the Art Complex Museum Collection. Through May 5: Steve Branfman: Thought Translated into Form. Saturday, April 12, 1–4 p.m.: Painters & Poets—Ekphrastic poetry, guest speakers, readings.  Ongoing: Nora Valdez: Passage.

  

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• Atlantic Works Gallery

  80 Border St., East Boston, MA
  (857) 302-8363
  contact@atlanticworks.org
  atlanticworks.org
  F–Sa 2–6 or by appointment

  Through March 22: New Members Exhibition, Duygu Aytaç, Jean M Bernstein, Jeff Briggs, Elsa Campbell, Nick Di Stefano, Daniel Gaviani, Katie Kimbrell. Third Thursday reception: March 20, 6–9 p.m. April 4–26: Two Painters/Dos pintores, work by Diane Teubner and Renato Viganego. Opening reception: Saturday, April 5, 5–8 p.m. Third Thursday reception: April 17, 6–9 p.m.

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• Boston Sculptors Gallery

  486 Harrison Ave.
  Boston, MA
  (617) 482-7781
  bostonsculptors@gmail.com
  bostonsculptors.com
  W–Su 11–5

  Through March 30: Mags Harries, An Artist’s Chair and Jonathan Latiano, Scaling a Pyramid. First Friday, March 7, 5–8:30 p.m. Artists’ reception and artists’ talks: Saturday, March 1, 3–5 p.m.; talks begin at 3:30 p.m. Opening April 3: Andy Zimmermann, Snulpture and Anna Kristina Goransson, Topia. First Fridays, April 4 & May 2, 5–8:30 p.m. Artists’ talks: Sunday, April 13, 3 p.m. Snulpture live music event: Thursday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

  

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• Brickbottom Gallery

  1 Fitchburg St., Somerville, MA
  (617) 766-3410
  gallery@brickbottom.org
  brickbottom.org

  March 6–23: The world as a supermarket is a commentary on consumerism. Cuban artist Janette Brossard and American artist Mary Sherwood both being part of the TransCultural Exchange Conference. Opening reception: Saturday, March 8, 3–5 p.m. Closing reception: Sunday, March 23, 3–5 p.m. April 4–26: Everlasting: Group exhibit by Sarah Alexander, Heather Binder, Anna Kreslavskaya, Lidia Mikhaylova, Olga Privina. Paintings, photography, herbalism, steel sculpture and ceramics—all in pursuit of the human quest for happiness. Opening reception: Saturday, April 5, 3–5 p.m.

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• Cahoon Museum of American Art

  4676 Falmouth Rd. (Route 28), Cotuit, MA
  (508) 428-7581
  cahoonmuseum.org

  Opening March 14: John Enneking: American Impressionist. Enneking is often credited as “America’s first Impressionist.” His continued studies with the great impressionists of Europe influenced the development of his personal style, nurtured his love of nature, and reinforced his drive as a professional artist. He brought these teachings back with him to the U.S. where he painted in Boston and throughout the greater region. Discover New England in a new light through Enneking’s bubbling trout brooks, thickly forested landscapes, solitary clam diggers, and his favorite subject: the brilliant New England twilight.

  

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• Cambridge Art Association

  Cambridge, MA
  (617) 876-0246
  info@cambridgeart.org
  cambridgeart.org

  Kathryn Schultz Gallery (25R Lowell Street) + CAA @ University Place (124 Mt Auburn Street), through April 25: 2025 Members Prize Show. CAA @ Canal (650 E. Kendall Street), through May 2: Materiality: Memory in Cloth.

  

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• Clark Art Institute

  225 South St., Williamstown, MA
  (413) 458-2303
  clarkart.edu
  Tu–Su 9–5

  Winter is the ideal time to visit the Clark! A renowned collection of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and decorative arts fills the galleries. Outside, the walking trails wind through a serene wintry landscape. Borrow a free pair of snowshoes to explore the campus. Opening November 23: Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable. Opening December 14: Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris.

  

• Concord Art

  37 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA
  (978) 369-2578
  info@concordart.org
  concordart.org
  Tu–Sa 10–4:30, Su 12–4

  Through March 27: Members Juried 2: Collage, Crafts, Drawing, Graphics, Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking (Main Gallery) and Tracey Maroni + Linda Hammett Ory (Members Gallery). Opening April 3: Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric (Main Gallery) and Rebecca Mann + Astrid Reischwitz (Members Gallery). Reception: Thursday, April 3, 5:30 p.m.

  

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• Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University

  14 Vernon St.
  Framingham, MA, Floor 2
  (508) 215-5110
  danforthartmuseum@framingham.edu
  danforth.framingham.edu

  
  The Museum has a permanent collection focusing on American art, rotating exhibitions of contemporary, regional artists, and a gallery focused on the artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. Ongoing: Tina Feingold: Wishful Thinking; Tim McDonald: The Diamond Sea; Selfhood, featuring work by Alice Dillon, Scott Foster, Kathryn Geismar, Lisa Tang Liu, and Keith Morris Washington. See website for hours and membership information.

  

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• Davis Museum at Wellesley College

  106 Central St., Wellesley, MA
  (781) 283-2051
  thedavis.org
  Tu–Su 11–5

  Ongoing: The Davis and Wellesley College Library Special Collections join together to celebrate acquisitions of works on paper from the last decade that represent Wellesley’s commitment to inclusive excellence. The artworks in Better on Paper hail from around the world, span diverse makers and approaches, and date to many periods. Free and open to the public.

  

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• East Boston Artists Group (EBAG)

  256 Marginal St., East Boston, MA
  eastbostonartistsgroup2@gmail.com
  eastbostonartistsgroup.com
  Sa & Su 11– 4

  November 16–17: Harboring Creativity at ICA Watershed, featuring over forty local artists exhibiting and selling their work. Included artist talks and a screening of Hoopla Productions’ documentary. Free and open to the public. A must-see event for art lovers and collectors.

  

• Fitchburg Art Museum

  185 Elm St., Fitchburg, MA
  (978) 345-4207
  info@fitchburgartmuseum.org
  fitchburgartmuseum.org
  W–F 12–4, Sa & Su 11–5
  First Thursdays 12–7

  Ongoing: Tara Sellios | Ask Now the Beasts. Sellios is a Boston-based artist whose monumental photographs highlight the beauty of the grotesque. Sellios creates still life vignettes from organic materials including animal bones, insect specimens, and dried flowers which she photographs using a large format 8 X 10 inch camera. Printed at a large scale, Sellios’s photographs capture the vivid details of her materials. Through May: Stephen DiRado, Better Together: Four Decades of Photographs, a career retrospective exhibition featuring the work of Stephen DiRado, the leading contemporary artist and fine art photographer in Central Massachusetts.

  

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• Fuller Craft Museum

  455 Oak St., Brockton, MA
  fullercraft.org
  Tu–Su 10–5
  Opening March 1: Art Evolved, Intertwined. 

  Ongoing: Cicely Carew: BeLOVEd. Ongoing: Everybody’s Bolos. Ongoing: Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene. Ongoing: Hand in Hand: Works from the Fleur S. Bresler Collection. Ongoing: Small Wonders: Beauty, Alchemy, and the Art of Enameling. Fuller Craft Museum’s wide-ranging exhibitions and outdoor sculpture showcase the finest contemporary craft in a spectacular organic modernist building and woodland setting. All are welcome, completely free of charge.

  

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• Gallery Sitka

  227 Spring St., Newport, RI
  (978) 425-6290
  office@gallerysitka.com
  gallerysitka.com
  M–T, Th–Sa 11–5

  Through January 15: Gallery Sitka will host work by local Newport artist Jerrell Angell. Opening February 8: A group show featuring work by Barbara Groh, Kate Huntington, Marston Clough, and Rux Darie. Reception: Saturday, February 8, 2–4 p.m. This opening will also feature jewelry by New York City designer Laurenti New York.

  

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• Griffin Museum of Photography

  67 Shore Rd., Winchester, MA
  (781) 729-1158
  griffinmuseum.org
  Tu–Su 12–4

  Through March 30: Nuclear Family, Mengwen Cao, Jess T. Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Leifheit, Laurence Philomene, Anne Vetter; Meditations in an Emergency, Kevin Bennett Moore; An Impossibly Normal Life, Matthew Finley. All exhibitions were created by curator and artist Katalina Simon, in collaboration with Crista Dix, executive director of the Griffin Museum, and exhibition designer Yana Nosenko. Opening April 17: New Horizons: Korean Contemporary Photography. 

  

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• Harvard Art Museums

  32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
  (617) 495-9400
  harvardartmuseums.org

  Opening March 7: Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking. Discover the experimental methods of Edvard Munch, who creatively explored materials and techniques across media. Join the Harvard Art Museums to celebrate the opening of this exhibition by hearing from the exhibition organizers and specialists from the Munchmuseet, Oslo on Thursday, March 6.

  

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• Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery

  College of the Holy Cross
  Prior Performing Arts Center
  1 College St., Worcester, MA
  (508) 793-3356
  holycross.edu/cantorartgallery
  M by appointment, T & W 10–5, Th 10–6, F 10–5, Sa 12–5

  Through April 1: Michael Beatty: Fabrications, Selections from 1992 to present: Associate Professor Emeritus Michael Beatty’s retrospective exhibition celebrates his sculptural practice, which is informed by concepts from science, nature, philosophy, and mathematics.

  

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• Jane Deering Gallery

  19 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA
  (917) 902-4359
  info@janedeeringgallery.com
  janedeeringgallery.com
  F & Sa 1–5, Su 1–4 & by appointment

  Jane Deering Gallery presents Two Photographers | Two Solos: November 9–December 8: Paul Cary Goldberg’s street images from the 1970s alongside his contemporary farm portraits, and Anthony Ohman’s black and white series exploring the relationships of images in sequence. December 14 & 15: Paige Farrell, Art in Clay: Lighten up, It’s Christmas!

  

  

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• Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery

  Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., Cambridge, MA
  (617) 495-8657
  ventures@radcliffe.harvard.edu
  radcliffe.harvard.edu/events-and-exhibitions?exhibitions=1
  M-Sa 12-4:30

  Ongoing: The exhibition by visual artist Alia Farid features large, greenish-blue resin panels embedded with family photographs, spiritual charts, and historical documents. The work explores themes of lineage, memory, and geopolitical histories, reflecting personal and collective identities shaped by migration, cultural traditions, and archival storytelling. The image below reflects small, irregularly shaped blue ceramic fragments resting on a textured greenish surface, casting soft shadows. Free and open to the public.

  

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• Kingston Gallery

  450 Harrison Ave., No. 43, Boston, MA
  (617) 423-4113
  info@kingstongallery.com
  W–Su 12–5 or by appointment

  March 5–30: Main Gallery—Nat Martin: Over Days. Center Gallery and Project Space—Diane Novetsky: On the Cusp, new paintings and prints. Opening reception: Friday, March 7, 5–8 p.m. April 2–27: Main Gallery—Linda Leslie Brown: Circulations. Center Gallery—Bonnie Sennott: Noise Antidote, abstract embroidery. Project Space—Vaughn Sills: Still. Opening reception: Friday, April 4, 5–8 p.m. Artist talk: Saturday, April 19, 2 p.m.

  

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• Krakow Witkin Gallery

  10 Newbury St., Boston, MA
  (617) 262-4490
  Info@krakowwitkingallery.com
  krakowwitkingallery.com
  Tu–Sa 10–5:30

  Through December 7: Jo Sandman: Folded Fabric. Saturday, November 9, 2 p.m.: Gallery talk with Jennifer M. Swope (David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textiles, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and Katherine French (curator, Sandman Legacy Project, and Director Emerita, Danforth Museum of Art). Reception to follow. Through December 7: Aiko Miyawaki: Work; and Robert Gober: One Wall, One Work. Saturday, November 30, 10 a.m.: Annual AIDS benefit (online only).

  

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• Milton Academy: Nesto Gallery, Art & Media Center

  Arts Commons Gallery,
  Kellner Performing Arts Center
  170 Centre St., Milton, MA
  (617) 898-1798
  milton.edu/arts/nesto-gallery
  M–F 9–4

  Through April 17: AAMARP Group Exhibition. Curator: Marlon Forrester. The African American Masters Artists in Residency Program presents artworks from eighteen intergenerational artists, encompassing a variety of mediums and genres that reflect an array of approaches to the art of Africa and the African diaspora.

  

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• MIT List Visual Arts Center

  20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA
  (617) 253-4680
  listinfo@mit.edu
  listart.mit.edu
  Tu, F, Sa, Su 12–6; W & Th 12–7

  Ongoing: List Projects 31: Kite. Ongoing: Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning. The List Center galleries and programs are always free and open to the public. Visit listart.mit.edu for programming and exhibition updates along with their most up-to-date visitor information.

  

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• Montserrat College of Art Gallery

  Montserrat College of Art
  23 Essex St., Beverly, MA
  (978) 921-4242
  galleries@montserrat.edu
  M–F 10–5, Sa 12–5

  Through March 5, Montserrat Gallery: Jay Critchley, Democracy of the Land, Inc.—FLAGrancy. Through March 15, Schlosberg Gallery: Claudia Valenti, The Other Room. Senior Thesis Exhibitions, March 26–May 16, all galleries. Please visit montserrat.edu for more details.

  

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• Nantucket Historical Association—Whaling Museum

  13 Broad St., Nantucket, MA
  (508) 228-1894
  marketing@nha.org
  Daily 10–5

  Through December 31: Tony Sarg: Genius at Play is the first comprehensive exhibition exploring the life, art, and adventures of Tony Sarg (1880–1942). Known as the father of modern puppetry in North America and the originator of the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, Sarg was an accomplished illustrator, animator, designer, and nimble entrepreneur who summered on, and took inspiration from, Nantucket for nearly twenty years. Organized and in partnership with the Normal Rockwell Museum. Made possible in part by funding by the National Endowment for the Arts.

  

• New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill 

  11 French Dr., Boylston, MA 
  (508) 869-6111 
  nebg.org 
  Daily 10–5

  November 23, 2024–January 5, 2025, evenings: Experience Night Lights: Color Cascade, a breathtaking light display celebrating the magic and beauty of the winter season. Wander through formal gardens and conservatories illuminated by more than a quarter million artfully arranged lights. With displays showcasing a creative new theme each year, this dazzling, one-of-a-kind spectacle is unmatched in the region. Festive activities such as outdoor skating, s’mores roasting, and holiday shopping promise an unforgettable experience for visitors of all ages.

  

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• Norman Rockwell Museum

  9 Glendale Rd./Rte. 183, Stockbridge, MA
  (413) 298-4100
  nrm.org
  Open daily, except Wednesday, 10–5

  Home of American Illustration. Opening March 1: All for Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course. Through May 26: Anita Kunz: Original Sisters, Portraits of Tenacity & Courage. Ongoing: Illustrators of Light: Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Edison Mazda Collection. Guided gallery tours; virtual exhibition and field trips. Museum Store (and online store). Save time with online tickets. More at NRM.org.

  

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• Paradise City Arts Spring Show

  Royal Plaza Trade Center
  181 Boston Post Road West (Rt. 20 W)
  Marlborough, MA
  (800) 511-9725
  paradisecityarts.com

  March 21–23: Paradise City Arts hosts New England’s premier and most celebrated shows of contemporary fine and decorative arts. Their Marlborough event draws thousands of attendees of art buyers, designers, and enthusiasts seeking to connect with their 170 exceptional artists and makers from across the country. In MetroWest Boston with free parking, enjoy the special exhibition Living Color, music in the air, and two cafés.

  

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• ShowUp (formerly Beacon Gallery)

  524B Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
  contact@showupinc.org
  showupinc.org
  Th–Sa 12–5, Su 11–4 & by appointment

  Opening March 7: ShowUp presents A Stone in My Shoe, Caron Tabb’s third solo exhibition, featuring a series of multimedia fiber installations that delve into themes of grief, memory, and resilience. Drawing from the loss of her mother and the rising tide of antisemitism, Tabb weaves personal and collective narratives, visualizing internal struggles to inspire dialogue, reflection, and empathy.

  

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• SMFA Art Sale

  SMFA at Tufts University
  230 The Fenway, Boston, MA
  smfa.tufts.edu/artsale
  Friday, December 6, 10–5; Saturday, December 7, 10–8; Sunday, December 8, 10–5

  Celebrating its 46th anniversary, the SMFA Art Sale has been the leading contemporary art sale in New England since its creation in 1978; raising critical funds to support the financial aid needs of current students. Offering works across all mediums and price points, the sale showcases a diverse selection of talented students, alumni, faculty, and friends of SMFA.

  

• SONO Arts at The Norwood Space Center

  83 Morse St., Bldg. 6, Norwood, MA
  norwoodspacecenter.com/sono-arts/
  sonorwoodarts@gmail.com
  Saturday & Sunday, November 23 & 24, 11–4

  The Norwood Space Center will celebrate the holidays with vendors, food trucks, and Salvage Angel’s Holiday Stroll. SONO Arts—the resident artists—will open their studios in Building 6 and guest artists from Norwood and surrounding communities will join them for an art exhibition. Free and open to the public. To learn more, visit Norwoodspacecenter.com/events.

  

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• Springfield Museums

  21 Edwards St., Springfield, MA
  springfieldmuseums.org
  Tu–Sa 10–5, Su 11–5

  Through March 30: Designing Downtown. Opening March 15: Portraits in RED: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Project. Opening March 29: Van Gogh for All.

  

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• The Guild of Boston Artists

  162 Newbury St., Boston, MA
  (617) 536-7660
  bostonguild@gmail.com
  guildofbostonartists.org
  Tu–Sa 10:30–5:30

  Through April 5: The Music of Sight, a spring exhibition kicking off the season with a collection of new works from the Guild’s members. Opening April 12: Of Dusk and Dawn—Paintings by Dennis Sheehan, a solo exhibition of the renowned contemporary artist’s most recent series of Tonalist landscapes. Opening reception: Saturday, April 12, 3–5 p.m.

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• The Umbrella Arts Center

  40 Stow St., Concord, MA
  (978) 371-0820
  info@theumbrellaarts.org
  theumbrellaarts.org/gallery
  M–Su 10–9

  Through March 23: Twice the Speed of Bliss: Paintings and drawings by Kat O’Connor. Through March 23: Ways of My Ancestors—
  Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness, photography by Scott Strong Hawk Foster. March 28–April 7: 2025 Artrageous Auction group exhibition. Opening April 14: Weaving an Address, a mixed media and performance group exhibition installed indoors at The Umbrella and outdoors at Brister Hill commemorating colonial and revolutionary Black inhabitants of historic Walden Woods. May 2–4: Umbrella Open Studios and Ceramics Studio Sale.

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• Three Stones Gallery

  115 Commonwealth Ave., Concord, MA
  (978) 254-5932
  info@threestonesgallery.com
  threestonesgallery.com
  Tu–F 10–6, Sa & Su 10–5; closed Mondays

  January 8–February 16: Onward. The Gallery welcomes the new year with pastels by Cindy Crimmin and abstract paintings by Rachel Korn. Guest artist, Britt Snyder, captures memories on canvas in a classical figurative style. Reception: Thursday, January 16, 6–8 p.m. (Snow date: Saturday, January 18, 6–8 p.m.) Opening February 19: Paint, Pencil, Paper features cityscapes by Kevin Kusiolek, floral drawings by Alice Rosa, and mixed media works on paper by Mara Wagner. Reception: Saturday, March 1, 6–8 p.m. (Snow date: Sunday, March 2, 3–5 p.m.)

  

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• University Museum of Contemporary Art

  151 Presidents Dr., Amherst, MA
  (413) 545-1986
  fac.umass.edu/umca
  Tu–F 11–4:30, Sa & Su 12–4

  Ongoing: Is anything the matter? Drawings by Laylah Ali includes more than 100 drawings dating from 1993 to 2020. The drawings explore Ali’s interest in the amalgam of race, power, gender, human frailty, murky politics, and other complex topics that are often treated as separate. Artist talk: Wednesday, April 9, 6 p.m.

  

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• Williams College Museum of Art

  15 Lawrence Hall Dr., Williamstown, MA
  (413) 597-2429
  wcma@williams.edu
  artmuseum.williams.edu
  Tu–Su 10–5

  Through December 22: Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art is the first museum retrospective dedicated to Teddy Sandoval (1949–1995), a central figure in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles who was an active participant in avant-garde movements. Through December 22: Pallavi Sen: Colour Theory is an immersive installation of new work by interdisciplinary artist and Williams College assistant professor of art Pallavi Sen.

  

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• Worcester Art Museum

  55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA
  (508) 799-4406
  worcesterart.org
  W–Su 10–4

  Through March 9: Twentieth-Century Nudes from Tate. Explore more than two dozen iconic paintings traveling from Tate in London, and discover how these boundary-pushing artists used the nude to challenge preconceptions about age, race, gender, and sexuality. Opening March 29: Reflections of a Changing Japan: The Evolution of Shin Hanga. Delve into an era of change in Japan, when Shin Hanga, or “new prints,” emerged as an art form that was both distinctly Japanese and internationally resonant.

  

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RHODE ISLAND

• Bannister Art Gallery at Rhode Island College

  600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI
  (401) 456-9765
  bannistergallery@ric.edu
  ric.edu/bannister
  M–F 12–8 or by appointment

  Through March 21: RaMell Ross: Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body. RaMell Ross explores the meaning and mythology of the American South and of Black identity through this new exhibition of large-scale photographs and mixed-media sculptures. April 3–25: Lani Irwin & Alan Feltus—Selected Works. Curated by Professor Richard Whitten, this exhibition opens up a dialogue on sexuality and identity in contemporary figurative painting.

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• Chazan Gallery at Wheeler

  228 Angell St., Providence, RI  
  (401) 528-2227
  info@chazangallery.org
  chazangallery.org
  M–F 3–6, Sa 10–4

  Through March 11: Fraudulent Applications of Projection: Alex Wenstrup, Nathan Borradaile Wright. April 3–24: Wayfinding: Lisa Perez. Reception: Thursday, April 3, 5–7 p.m.

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• Newport Mansions

  Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI
  (401) 847-1000
  Newportmansions.org
  Daily 10–3

  Through January 12: Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age (1865–1914), Americans’ relationship with animals transformed in lasting ways. Wild Imagination explores how this exciting, tumultuous era shaped our modern attitudes towards animals, from pampered pups to wondrous sea creatures. A broad range of artworks, photographs, scientific specimens, and other objects reflect vital period developments including the dawn of the animal rights movement, the surge in pet keeping, the popularization of natural history pursuits like birdwatching, and the golden era of zoos and circuses. They also reveal the stories and experiences of individual creatures who continue to capture our imagination.

  

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• RISD Museum

  20 North Main St., Providence, RI
  (401) 454-6500
  risdmuseum.org
  Tu, W, F, Sa, Su 10–5, Th 12–8

  Through May 11: The Art of French Wallpaper Design and From Pineapple to Pañuelo: Philippine Textiles. Through May 4: The Road Less Traveled: Edo’s Nakasendo. Ongoing: Brighten Up!: Contemporary Enamels. Ongoing: Process Work: Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today. Upcoming this summer: Liz Collins: Motherlode.

  

Vermont

• Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

  10 Vernon Street
  Brattleboro VT 05301
  802-257-0124
  office@brattleboromuseum.org
  www.brattleboromuseum.org
  W–Su 10-4

  Through March 8: 2025 Vermont Scholastic Art & Writing Awards; Adrienne Elise Tarver: Roots, Water, Air; The Noise of Us, featuring the artwork of Felipe Baeza, Ori Gersht, Simonette Quamina, and Maika’i Tubbs. Opening March 22: Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience; GLASSTASTIC 2025; Yeon Ji Yoo: Wish You Were Here; Carl E. Hazlewood: Infinite Passage; John Kenn Mortensen: Dream Homes; Nye Ffarrabas: Truth IS A Verb. Ongoing: Vanessa Compton: A Night at the Garden. Admission is pay-as-you-wish.

  

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• Burlington City Arts

  135 Church St., Burlington, VT
  burlingtoncityarts.org
  (802) 865-7166
  W–F 12–5, Sa 12–8

  A contemporary art gallery with up to three floors of exhibition space, hosting new exhibitions every fall, winter/spring, and summer, on Burlington’s iconic Church Street Marketplace. Through May 24: Bunny Harvey: Worlds Within Worlds, featuring the landscape paintings of Vermont-based artist Bunny Harvey, with several new works created by the artist over the last year. Stéphanie Morissette: Speculative Future, a selection of works on paper and mixed-media bird-drone sculptures, exploring the conflicting relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Free and open to the public.

  

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• Hall Art Foundation

  544 VT Route 106, Reading, VT
  vermont@hallartfoundation.org
  hallartfoundation.org
  Through December 1: weekends, 10 docent-led tours; 11–4 self-guided tours.

  The Hall Art Foundation is a museum of contemporary art with a sculpture park and café. Exhibitions are held seasonally, from May through November. On view this year: Barbara Kruger; Ed Ruscha; Sherrie Levine; Doomscrolling by Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston and Icarus Rising by Robert Longo. Advance reservations recommended, yet not required. General admission: $15 adults; $5 children 12 and under.

  

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• Mad River Valley Arts

  5031 Main St., #2 Village Square
  Waitsfield, VT
  (802) 224-6878
  info@madrivervalleyarts.org
  Tu–Sa 1–5

  Opening April 10: The Thief, The Spinner and The Fabulist. Reception: Thursday, April 10, 5–7 p.m. Story-telling moths: Thursday, April 10, 5–7 p.m. & Saturday, April 26, 5–7 p.m. This exhibition embraces the stories behind material culture and examines the physical object whether as art, gift, “symbolic other” or that which is used by us. The exhibition is a means to understand who we are through what we collect and how “physical things” interact in our lives. Mad Arts will curate inanimate objects that its community has loaned to them and will utilize the composition and symbolism that the still life genre conveys. This installation will be the tool for storytelling about the “physical world” in our community. Accompanying this exhibition are two story-telling moths where creatives from the community can, although not obliged, share stories of how these objects came into their lives.

  

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• Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts

  181–183 Main St., Brattleboro, VT
  (802) 251-8290
  info@mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com
  mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com
  Th–Sa 11–5, Su 12–5

  Ongoing: Decade: 2014–2024, commemorating Mitchell • Giddings’ 10th anniversary with an exploration of printmaking by Matt Brown, Liz Chalfin, Elaine de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Stephen Hannock, Emily Mason, Jules Olitski, James Stroud, Dan Welden, and others. Opening a fine art gallery in 2014 provided owners Petria Mitchell and Jim Giddings an ideal opportunity to share conversation among artists, collectors and lovers of the visible creative act.

  

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• The Current

  90 Pond St.,Stowe, VT
  (802) 253-8358
  thecurrentnow.org

  Opening January 16: Timothy Curtis: Two Hundred Years of Painting. Curtis will explore the relationships between Pennsylvania Dutch Stoneware of the 1860s in Philadelphia, 1960s graffiti writing in the same area, and his own artwork, highlighting the thread of influence in one region over 200 years. View original stoneware and new paintings by Curtis, along with a special area dedicated to celebrating the lives and work of 1960s African American Philadelphia graffiti writers.

  

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• Vermont Artisan Designs

  106 Main St., Brattleboro, VT
  (802) 246-7245 | (802) 257-7044
  vtart.com
  M–Sa 10–5, Su 12–5

  Fine art & contemporary American craft. Through March 6: Landscapes in oil by Julie Y Baker Albright and hand-crafted furniture by Peter Doubleday. March 7–April 3: Pastels on paper by Raymond Ruseckas and oils on canvas and panel by Janis Sanders.

  

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

• 3S Artspace

  319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, NH
  (603) 766-3330
  info@3sarts.org
  3sarts.org
  W–Sa 11–6, Su 12–5

  Through March 30: Losing Winter: Lynn Cazabon presents a unique and site-specific realization of Losing Winter, an ongoing participatory artwork and archive of memories and emotions about winter, revealing the personal and cultural ties we have to the season and reflecting upon what we are collectively losing due to climate change impacts on seasonal patterns. Opening April 4: A Hole Hanging in the Air, works by Kate Conlon. Through a meticulous process of archival research and digital modeling, Conlon recreates illusion-generating, precise reconstructions of mechanical devices from the history of cinematic visual effects as cut-paper constructions.

  

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• AVA Gallery and Art Center

  11 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH
  (603) 448-3117
  exhibitions@avagallery.org
  avagallery.org
  Tu–Sa 11–5

  April 4–May 10: Featured in AVA’s main, named galleries, Cynthia Atwood and Mark Lorah: Visceral Resonance; Heidi Broner: The Daily; Chris Papa: New Work. March 14–April 26, in the Roesch Gallery: the group exhibition, Shape/Shift: Objects and Non-Objectives. Opening reception for all exhibitions: Friday, April 4, 5–7 p.m.

  

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• Currier Museum of Art

  150 Ash St., Manchester, NH
  (603) 669-6144
  visitor@currier.org
  currier.org
  W–Su 10–5

  Ongoing: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation brings together six artworks by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), one of the most celebrated and influential artists of his generation, and seven large canvases by New York-based Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts (b. 1958). Ongoing: Dan Dailey: Impressions of the Human Spirit. Ongoing: Olga de Amaral: Everything is Construction and Color.

  

  

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• Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth

  6 East Wheelock St., Hanover, NH
  hood.museum@dartmouth.edu
  hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
  W 11–5, Th–F 11–8, Sa & Su 10–5
  Free and open to all

  Ongoing: In East Asian art, non-human subjects have long been represented with agency, coexisting alongside their human counterparts. Experience this inclusive and collaborative relationship in Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art. Ongoing: Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) presents a thematic examination of Romero’s complex and layered images, which celebrate the multiplicity, beauty, and resilience of Native American and Indigenous experiences. This is Romero’s first major solo museum exhibition.

  

  

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• Lamont Gallery

  Phillips Exeter Academy
  11 Tan Ln., Exeter, NH
  (603) 777-3461
  gallery@exeter.edu
  exeter.edu/lamontgallery

  Through March 7: Catch the end of Jeffrey Augustine Songco: Society of 23’s Conservatory which is an immersive, site-specific installation that creates a multisensory experience. April 1–May 3: Maker Fest presents works from makers in the Phillips Exeter Academy community: students, staff and others. The selections offer both the aesthetic and practical and showcase their community’s ingenuity and imagination.

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• the corner gallery

  2 Main St., Jaffrey, NH
  (603) 738-9445
  cornergalleryjaffrey.com
  Tu-S 10–5

  April 4–May 21: Travels, mixed media paintings of Tom Arsenault. Deftly merging paint and historical artifact, Arsenault creates ethereal scenes that evoke curiosity and emotion. Blending objects of art from both Eastern and Western traditions, his work seemingly transcends time and place, instead drawing the viewer into a mysterious dreamscape of rich color and surprising depth. Reception: Friday, April 4, 5:30 p.m.

  

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• The Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin since 1981

  135 Eastman Rd., Laconia, NH
  (603) 556-9384
  suzanne@thelakesgallery.com
  thelakesgallery.com
  Th–Sa 11–5, Su 1–5 and by appointment

  Contemporary fine New England art and photography in a 1780 farmhouse. Through November 11: A Place for the Sacred: Four Artists Reflect Upon A New & Difficult World. Sunday, November 3, 4 p.m.: Closing Arguments & Poetry Reading. Individual and group fall and winter workshops in italic calligraphy, nature cards/journals and raised and tooled gold leaf.

  

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• The Putnam Gallery at Dublin School

  18 Lehmann Way, Dublin, NH
  (603) 563-8584
  dublinschool.org
  Daily 10-4

  Through December 18: A Sculptor’s Watercolors. Sculptor Wendy Klemperer shows her watercolors and drawings, offering a rare glimpse of an artist’s work across mediums. She will display a sculpture recently purchased for the Dublin School’s sculpture park alongside her intimate, fresh and bold watercolor studies. Reception: Friday, December 6, 6-8 p.m.

  

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• WREN Gallery

  2011 Main St., Bethlehem, NH
  (603) 869-9736
  hello@wrenworks.org
  M–Sa 10–5, Su 11–4

  March 7–April 25: Vistas and Visions, Kristine Lingle and Kim Druker Stockwell. Reception: Friday, March 7, 5–7 p.m. This exhibition of northern landscapes will evoke calm, peace, and contemplation. WREN is a community organization open to all, providing educational and cultural opportunities in a supportive network. The Gallery at WREN is a state of the art facility providing arts experiences in the heart of the White Mountains.

  

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