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January 2025
Art and Soul Circle: Scavengers Out
Sanctuary and Hillside churches present an Art and Soul Circle program based on the "Scavengers" exhibition on view at Arts Collaborative Medford. "Scavengers" is a showcase and pop-up library celebrating the resourcefulness on artists. In this program led by Rev. Wendy Miller Olapade, come appreciate an artist's ability to use anything as a tool for creation and their drive to create anywhere and everywhere for anyone and everyone. This event marks the closing night of the "Scavengers" exhibition.
Find out more »Exhibition Opening Reception: The Threads That Ties Us
Arts Collaborative Medford invites you to a gathering to usher in the start of its 2025 gallery season featuring the textile-based exhibition "The Threads That Tie Us." The nine participating Greater Boston artists pull and snag from their environments to create new stories, ones that reconstruct history and reclaim the language of fabric. Each piece in the exhibition speaks to an experience and a journey. Viewers are invited into the fold to engage with their own histories and discover the…
Find out more »February 2025
Exhibition Opening: Lisa Goren – Unfamiliar Environments
This month's art exhibition at the Medford Public Library features the work of watercolor artist Lisa Goren in "Unfamiliar Environments - From Pole to Pole." Follow Goren’s artistic journeys from Antarctica to Iceland and near the North Pole as she searches for the ice on our planet. In addition, you can follow a series of animals that took over “human” spaces when she was unable to travel during the pandemic. Goren's work will be on display in the library's second-floor…
Find out more »Closing Reception: EventThem Winter Art Exhibit
EventThem Studios on Salem Street invites you to a closing reception for its Winter Art Exhibit featuring the work of eight local artists: Edie Tang, Art Alchemy by Pelly, Sophie Glikson Cahen, Lawrence Elentukh, Trippy Kitty, Sheena Draper the Artist, Sayantani Nandy, and Kanch by Kolika.
Find out more »March 2025
Exhibition Opening: Chris Rose – Surrealist Art Show
This month's art exhibition at the Medford Public Library is "Surrealist Art Show" featuring the work of Chris Rose, a painter and visual artist from Medford. Although in his art practice he draws mainly from life, for this show Rose has brought together a selection of works that are abstract, non-representational, or surreal. They were made over a span of years, with different methods and meanings in mind, rather than as part of a series. They are unified by a…
Find out more »C. Spencer Yeh Performance
The Tufts Department of Music and Tufts University Art Galleries are hosting experimental musician and exhibiting artist C. Spencer Yeh for his first Boston-area performance in a decade. Presented in conjunction with the current TUAG exhibition "Impossible Music," Yeh will perform improvisations on violin, voice, and electronics in Distler Hall. One hour before the performance, TUAG will offer a curatorial tour of the Yeh’s installation "World of Music," part of the "Impossible Music" exhibition, in the adjacent gallery in Aidekman…
Find out more »Art and Soul Circle: The Threads That Tie Us
Sanctuary and Hillside churches present an Art and Soul Circle program based on "The Threads That Tie Us," an exhibition on view at Arts Collaborative Medford through March 28. The exhibition disrupts traditional notions of textiles by engaging embroidery, quilting, tufting, weaving, and other fabric-based practices as contemporary tools for addressing social issues and reclaiming histories. Led by Rev. Wendy Miller Olapade. RSVPs appreciated through the ACM website.
Find out more »Exhibition Opening: Wildlife Photography
EventThem Studios on Salem Street invites you to an opening celebration of its new wildlife photography exhibit featuring the work of Maceo Susi, Martin Culpepper and Kieran Barlow. Susi is a wildlife biologist whose love for the natural world began at a young age. Culpepper, a wildlife photographer since 2016, wants to use his photography to contribute to conservation efforts and the stories of wildlife. Barlow has been in love with the natural world from his earliest memories; five years…
Find out more »Medford Children’s Art Showcase Reception
Head over to River's Edge for a reception to recognize participants in the annual Medford Children’s Art Showcase, a volunteer-run art display created to highlight artwork from students in grades 3 and 7, as well as featured high school students, from the Medford Public Schools. The Art Showcase's mission is to promote arts and to keep students engaged with their creative side and giving them the chance to see themselves as artists. The Arts Showcase artwork is on display through…
Find out more »April 2025
Exhibition Opening: Pollen! (Returns)
This month's art exhibition at the Medford Public Library is "Pollen! (Returns)," featuring the work of 23 members of the nonprofit arts organization ArtsMedford. The juried show explores the themes of growth, renewal, and the vibrancy of the spring season. The exhibition will be on display in the library's second-floor gallery through April 28 during regular hours. In addition, a reception with the participating artists will be held at the library on Thursday, April 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.…
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