A community gallery showcasing regional visual arts
Details coming soon!
Learn how to prepare 2-3 delicious kinds of galettes, each showcasing different flavor profiles to pair with a festive, warm, mulled wine.
Meeting ID: to come
Passcode: to come
“Art is food. You can’t eat it, but it feeds you… Art is like good bread.”
~Elka Schumann, Founder, Bread and Puppet Theater
Town Hall Complex
Homer Municipal Building
19 Moore St, 3rd floor
Belmont Center, MA 02478
Thurs., 10-4, Fri., 10-12 and Sun. 1-3
Visitors also Welcome Mon. – Weds. 10-4
You can also view online at our Virtual Gallery:
Meeting ID:849 8421 7971
Passcode:849 8421 7971
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Dec. 2, 2021 • 7-8:30 pm
Thanks to a generous grant from the Belmont Cultural Council, the Belmont Art Association (BAA) was able to award stipends to 7 artists (5 this year and 2 in 2020) to paint utility boxes. The community project was filmed by the Belmont Media Center and photographed by BAA members, Dari Paquette and Janet Smith.
• Funded by the Belmont Cultural Council
• Thanks also to Anne Mahon
• Facilitated and coordinated by the Belmont Art Association.
Meeting ID: 843 5752 0659
Passcode: Transform
“Art is food. You can’t eat it, but it feeds you… Art is like good bread.”
~Elka Schumann, Founder, Bread and Puppet Theater
Show Opens in Mid-Oct.
Submissions Deadline: Midnight, Sept. 20
Notifications Sent: Sept. 24/25
Open to artists 18 and older. The BGA is looking for work that reflects/captures the “Nourish” theme: whether it be food or something else that helps feed your body–and your soul.
What keeps you nourished and sustained in these still-challenging times…?
Media accepted: painting, photography, fiber arts, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage collage/mixed media…together with maybe a favorite recipe as well…
Exhibit will be displayed in the BGA in the Homer Bldg. Additional Works featured in the BGA’s Virtual Space
Send email directly to Rebecca Richards/Adine Storer
Requesting NOURISH application form
BY SEPTEMBER 10
(Application Form includes additional exhibit details and image submission requirements)
Artists may submit up to three pieces
Application Fees: $10 per submission, $20 for up to three
NOURISH Application Email INFO: admin@belmontgallery.org
Questions? Please send to: admin@belmontgallery.org
Inspired by poet Emily Dickinson, this virtual show focuses on birds and the symbolism of birds – resilience, rebirth, joy, hope, love and peace. The exhibit features photographer BECKY HOLMES-FARLEY as well over 60 other artists who capture the beauty of our feathered friends.
Live Streamed Reception, June 3, 7-8:30pm
In response to the Belmont Gallery of Art’s temporarily closing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we decided to create a virtual gallery space that would allow the BGA to continue to curate and display art and support artists during these uncertain times. FACING YOU: A Portraits Show is the first exhibit we’ve put together in this new online format. It was a process—with a bit of a learning curve and many hours spent building the site—but the Virtual BGA is now ready to launch.
Thank you to all the FACING YOU participating artists and the community for your continued support of the BGA and its programs.
There is nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.”
Irvin Kershner
The human face has been an endless source of inspiration and fascination for artists since the beginning of civilization. During these trying months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve lost that shared immediate facial recognition and emotional connection to others–whether it be a smile, a frown or even an angry grimace–since our faces have been covered by protective masks.
For the BGA’s first all Virtual Art Exhibit, we’re asking artists to submit portraits–of yourself and of others–as the gallery celebrates the common features, yet uniqueness of each human face–and the stories those faces tell.
The BGA is looking for both 2 and 3D portraits created in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, collage, clay, textiles and photography for the exhibit.
NEW Submissions Deadline: Dec. 3, 9PM
Fees: $10 Per Submission; $15 Up to Three
Full Exhibit Details and Photographing Art Requirements Coming on Nov. 2, including information on the BGA’s new Virtual Gallery Site.
Like so many other art galleries and arts organizations, the BGA was sadly forced to close in March due to the COVD-19 pandemic. After just opening to the public, our spring ARTFUL NATURE exhibit shifted by default–and a bit of a learning curve–to the gallery’s social media outlets under the watchful eye of gallery co-director Adine Storer (with help from the BMC’s news director Frederique Rigoulot).
And while not the same as seeing art in person, we’re pleased to say that promoting the BGA’s exhibits on line through both art images and video has been a success–with lots of positive feedback–and a number of sales as well. A big thank you to BGA artists and the public’s ongoing support of the gallery during these challenging times. And please stay safe and healthy.
In support of increasing efforts to contain the coronavirus by limiting public gatherings,
the Belmont Gallery of Art POSTPONED EVENTS for the weekend of March 13-15th.
The Opening Reception, the Artists at Work event and the Belmont Cultural Council Celebration will be rescheduledQuestions? admin@belmontgallery.org
POSTPONED. Originally scheduled for Sun., March 15, 3-5pm
with a live peformance by Berklee composer/musican John Baboian
— Pierre Bonnard
Nature’s glory presents us with a breathtaking array of patterns, colors and textures. The BGA is asking artists to submit work in a variety of 2 and D media that celebrates–and is inspired by–the beauty and design found in our natural world.
“Art will never be able to exist without nature.”
Pierre Bonnard
Nature’s glory presents us with a breathtaking array of patterns, colors and textures. The BGA is asking artists to submit work in a variety of 2 and D media that celebrates–and is inspired by–the beauty and design found in our natural world.
PLEASE NOTE: No application form required. Please send up to three (3) submissions directly to: admin@belmontgallery.org.
SUBJECT LINE should have the following: ARTFUL NATURE_YOUR NAME_SUBMISSION
All images must be jpg files with a min. of 150 dpi. Ideal width dimensions are 3200 pixels.
Submissions Deadline: Feb. 21, 6pm.
Selection Notification Feb. 24.
Application fee: $10 per submission/$20 for three.
Fee payable at Drop-Off/Intake.
Drop-Off: Sat., Feb. 29, 10-12
Realizing how our concept of What Is Art evolves.
French traveling art project combines the visions of Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. with portraits of local people.
Regular Gallery Hours: Thurs., 10-4; Fri., 10-12; Sat./Sun. 1-4
*Visitors also welcome to stop by Mon.-Weds. 10-4
