New England's only gallery focused on contemporary sculpture, in traditional & new media, since 1992
In 1992, a group of 18 sculptor friends and colleagues came together to found Boston Sculptors Gallery. Addressing the scarcity of opportunities to showcase sculpture in New England, the group pooled their resources to advance a mission: that sculpture should be nurtured, celebrated and promoted locally. Boston Sculptors quickly established its reputation as area curators and critics, and the art-
going public, took notice. Just three years after its founding, BSG was named "Boston's best gallery" by Boston Magazine, and the following year the Boston Globe hailed it as "the most innovative gallery around". Nick Capasso, Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum and former Curator of the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, described Boston Sculptors as a "landmark" sculptors' cooperative. Boston Sculptors Gallery offers a second, significant distinction, eschewing the competitive model of commercial galleries in favor of a collaborative system of support and advancement. Boston Sculptors Gallery was founded and continues to operate with the belief that sharing resources and championing one another's creative efforts produce the most fertile ground in which artists can succeed. The Gallery continues to thrive and offer compelling, nationally recognized work based on this core belief.
We're getting ready for a great mid-summer celebration this Fri, July 5, 5-8:30pm! Come see the latest offerings from Claudia Olds Goldie ("About Face"), Keri Straka ("Biological Thinking"), and Launchpad guest Donna Namnoum. Free and open to the public.
Murray Dewart celebrates two major acquisitions! "Blue Gilead" finds a home at Michigan's while "Green Hope Coil" travels to Israel's Haifa Museum ( ). Congrats!
Not sure we've ever seen vessels quite like Donna Namnoum's plant-inspired ceramics. "Incarnation", opening tomorrow, Jun 13, offers wildly varied forms and surfaces that seem to grow and twist of their own accord. Opening reception this Sat, Jun 15, 2-5pm.
Keri Straka knits together a rich variety of hard and soft forms to plumb the "anatomy of the human soul", in "Biological Tithing", opening this Thur, June 13. Straka's favored sculptural language--tissues, cells, organs and bones--takes on darker tones, as she considers cycles of life, death and renewal. Artist's reception this Sat, June 15, 2-5pm.
Claudia Olds Goldie shares unexpected, but welcome, changes to her practice, in "About Face", opening next Thur, June 13. The artist details how a difficult set of circumstances interrupted, then reinvigorated, her impressive studio efforts, leading to new figurative forms and portraits. Artist's reception next Sat, June 15, 2-5pm.
FINAL WEEKEND! Stop in and see Mo Kelman's "Water Spirits", Nancy Selvage's "MAYDAY mayday mayday mayday", and Launchpad guest Julie Peck's "Meld" before they close tomorrow!
YES! Our first of the summer! Join us this Fri, Jun 7, 5-8:30pm, to celebrate two great new shows: Mo Kelman's "Water Spirits", Nancy Selvage's "MAYDAY mayday mayday mayday", and Launchpad guest Julie Peck's "Meld" pack some powerful content into some great work! Free and open to the public.
Nancy Selvage
MAY DAY mayday mayday mayday
Till June 9, 2024
Artist Statement
For this exhibition I am simultaneously embracing the creative energy of Spring and recoiling from the devastating horror emanating from the daily news. This complex emotional state is reflected in the duality of my SPRING FESTIVAL / universal distress call exhibition title and in the spatial rupture of the gallery installation.
In order to create art work I need to have a specific time, place, or condition to respond to. For gallery exhibitions, altering the architectural space to enhance meaning and context is an important part of my creative process. In this exhibition half of the room is full of life and held in together by a “horizon line” which suddenly drops and disintegrates in the other half of the room. I envisioned that the references to death and destruction would be “out of the corner of one’s eye” as one entered, but they became more confrontational.
It was interesting to discover that the duality of this exhibition was enhanced by the juxtaposition of work in different media. I love the ability to animate sculptures with moire patterns that oscillate with the slightest shift in the viewer’s perspective. Clay is great for concrete physical presence, and layers of perforated metal are much better for expressing illusive ephemeral conditions. Spring is very ephemeral; death and destruction more concrete. Selvage
Cate McQuaid summons the "intersection of industry and waterways" to describe the story behind Mo Kelman's "Water Spirits", on display now! Thank you!
Mo Kelman details making "On Thin Ice," on view in "Water Spirits" at Boston Sculptors Gallery
Stop in this Memorial Day weekend for some artist "meet 'n' greets"! Mo Kelman ("Water Spirits") helms the Gallery on Sat, May 25, and Nancy Selvage ("MAYDAY mayday mayday mayday") follows suit this Sun, May 26. A great opportunity to meet the creators of two great shows on display now!
Mo Kelman unearths an unexpected layer of detail in an impromptu, after-hours visit to her new show, "Water Spirits", on display now. Kelman shares her discovery of a complex interplay of light and shadow in the setting sun here (photo by John Rossheim):
“Last Saturday, after my opening reception and early dinner out, I returned to the gallery with my husband, John. We were taken aback by the dazzling light-and-shadow show from the setting sun. John grabbed the moment with a series of photos of “Water Spirits.” On view
New Launchpad guest artist Julie Peck steers away from traditional thinking about ceramics, in "Meld", on display now. Peck's creative eye turned inward during the pandemic to reconsider definitions of "vessel" and other functional objects, and instead to incorporate organic forms and landscapes. Reception this Sat , May 11, 2-5pm.
Spring Festival or distress call?!? Nancy Selvage wrestles mixed emotions in "MAYDAY mayday mayday mayday", on display now. Selvage offers a new selection of her signature twisted, curled, animated forms in a complex dance of themes. Reception this Sat, May 11, 2-5pm.
Mo Kelman's deceptively simple sculptural language speaks volumes in "Water Spirits", opening next Thur, May 9. Kelman pairs abstracted representations of water with engineered structures to provoke deeper thinking about our place in the enviroment. Reception Sat , May 11, 2-5pm.
Jessica Straus says it way better than we could! Final days to see "Packing for Mars", closing this Sun, May 5. Also a great opportunity to see Marilu Swett's "Off Center", and Launchpad guest Christine Palamidessi's "Spirit VesseL" before those shows are gone!
Jessica Straus earns some well-deserved coverage of her latest exhibit, "Packing for Mars", in its final week! See it before it closes next Sunday, May 5!
ArtApril 26, 2024 Greg Cook 0 In Somerville artist Jesica Straus’s exhibition “Packing for Mars,” at Boston Sculptors Gallery from April 4 to May 5, 2024, she “looks forward with dread to a future when humans must flee a devastated Earth to settle on far flung, arid worlds.” Despite oligar...
Marilu Swett explains "Off Center", her latest solo offering, in our latest blog entry:
Love on the Spectrum, 2023, is a small “pile-up”, with which I was experimenting in the studio. My goal was to make forms that could stack, lean and relate while also figuring out the materials that could achieve this. The forms cozied up to one another. The prickly top form, with blue fin tuna ...
Save the Date! Artists' Reception for Jessica Straus's "Packing for Mars" and Marilu Swett's "Off Center", this Sat, Apr 13th, 2:30-5:30pm. And check out Launchpad guest Christine Palamidessi's "Spirit Vessel" while you're here!
Jessica Straus foresees a difficult, collective future ahead with her signature blend of humor and charming imagery, in "Packing for Mars". Straus poignantly celebrates our fragile vulnerability as we push forward into the unknown. Opens tomorrow, Apr 4, w/ reception this Fri, Apr 5, 5-8:30pm.
Launchpad guest artist Christine Palamidessi employs traditional, Italian "cartapesta" paper techniques to model archetypal figurative forms in "Spirit Vessel", opening this Thur, Apr 4. Opening reception this Fri, Apr 5, 5-8:30pm.
Marilu Swett wrestles with our uncertain, rapidly changing culture, in "Off Center", opening this Thurs, Apr 4. Swett mixes a wide variety of materials into barely-balanced, awkward, and often humorous forms to stand in for our collective uncertainty. reception this Fri, Apr 5, 5-8:30pm.
We know it's late notice, but our own Ellen Schon will offer a Community of Scholars session on 3D printing clay! TODAY at 3pm, register here:
16th Annual Community of Scholars Day
It's the FINAL WEEKEND to see Leslie Wilcox's "OUTWITS" and Ed Andrews' "Random Order". Come see these potent shows while you still can! Through Sunday, May 31, 11am-5pm.
DON'T FORGET! Boston Sculptors Gallery currently seeks new members at all levels. Consider joining our great community of sculptors now! Details on our website:
Boston Sculptors was one of the first galleries to relocate to Boston’s vibrant SoWa Arts district in 2004. Our spacious, state-of-the-art gallery is prominently located on the street level of bustling Harrison Avenue, ensuring high visibility and attendance. SoWa First Fridays and Sunday Open Mar...
The Gallery will be helmed by Ed Andrews (today) and Leslie Wilcox (tomorrow) for artist "meet 'n' greets" this weekend! Come see these great shows, and chat with the creators! Andrews' "Random Order" and Wilcox's "OUTWITS" are on display for ONE MORE WEEK ONLY!
Don't forget to join us this Sat, Mar 16, 2-5pm, as we celebrate our new shows! You MUST see Ed Andrews' "Random Order", Leslie Wilcox's "OUTWITS, and Launchpad guest Ana Flores' "Wood River"...and meet the artists! Free and open to the public.
Boston Sculptors is excited to announce that we are seeking new members, at all membership levels! Applications for full and Associate membership, and for our Launchpad guest space, are due by Monday, Apr 15. Full details can be found here: https://buff.ly/3Tp9eHZ Please consider joining our great community!
Launchpad guest Ana Flores explores a deep understanding and sense of place in "Wood River", opening today, Thu, Feb 29. Flores draws inspiration and materials from the Wood River Watershed, demonstrating how a close connection to natural environments leads to meaningful, hopeful creative expression. reception tomorrow, Mar 1, 5-8:30pm.
Leslie Wilcox offers the second in a planned trilogy of shows responding to climate change, in "OUTWITS", opening this Thur, Feb 29. Wilcox collects and preserves decaying driftwood, carefully "armoring" the specimens with patina and added elements, to create iconic comments on our changing environment. reception this Fri, Mar 1, 5-8:30pm.
Ed Andrews makes the case that “more-is-more” and “less-is-a-bore”, in "Random Order" opening this Thursday, Feb 29. Andrews' builds up monumental metal sculptures, layering intricately detailed patterns in vibrant color. reception this Fri, Mar 1, 5-8:30pm.
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