Gallery 263

12/24/2024

❄️ We wish you a wonderful holiday season! The gallery is currently closed for the holidays. We look forward to seeing you when we reopen in early January with a new Exhibition Proposal Series show. In the meantime, we encourage you to spend time with the Small Works Project on our website.

📷 Meredith Leich, "Treelight, Cornwall, CT," Archival pigment print, 7.5 x 5 inches (on 8.5 x 6 inches paper), 2024. This work is part of the Small Works Project.

12/18/2024

It's our pleasure to have the Korean Cultural Society of Boston's Nomads Art Collective Holiday Pop-Up exhibition at the gallery this month. KCSB is in the mission of providing a platform for making connections and giving opportunities for emerging artists in New England. This is their first collective exhibition. Stop by to see this pop-up show through Sunday, December 22.

12/13/2024

🎁 Shop our gift guide this holiday season! Purchase Small Works Project art to support local artists and merch to support your favorite nonprofit art gallery. Enjoy our gift guide for ideas—and shop our online store to purchase work. Pick up and local delivery available. Prices from $25+. View the gift guide and shop at https://gallery263.org/2024giftguide/.

12/12/2024

"My artistic endeavors delve into the intricate relationships between the East and the West, as well as the nuanced layers that unfold between men and women." - Sayako Hiroi

As part of the Small Works Project, we are interviewing each artist to share more about their practices. Learn more about Sayako Hiroi in a new interview for Pearl, our online journal, at https://gallery263.org/pearl/sayako-hiroi/.

12/08/2024

Today is the last day to see "Burning, Growing." Commanded by color, light, and compositions originating from natural phenomena and internal mythologies, Julia Gould and Matthew Napoli balance tenderness with grit through metaphoric imagery in this Gallery 263 Exhibition Proposal Series show. Stop by to see "Burning, Growing" from 1 to 4 pm!

12/07/2024

❗Reminder! Tomorrow is the last day to submit an exhibition proposal for consideration this winter! After this one, the next Exhibition Proposal Series show won't be until fall 2025, so make sure to submit your proposals to this call!❗

Artists and curators are invited to pitch an exhibition at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and bring your vision to life. Organize and present a well-curated exhibition of contemporary art from start to finish, with guidance and support from Gallery 263 staff. A successful proposal considers our unique, multi-functional space and engages our audience visually and conceptually. Open to New England artists of all media types and career levels.

🗓 Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 8, 2024
🗓 Exhibition Dates: January 9–February 9, 2025
📍 New England artists are eligible for solo proposals. For group proposals, at least 50% of artists must be from within New England.

➡️ Apply online at https://gallery263.org/call/exhibition-proposal-series/.

Image: Install image from “The Sea Around Us" by Michele Lauriat

12/06/2024

🎉 Tonight! Join us from 6 to 8 pm for a free reception for "Burning, Growing," an Exhibition Proposal Series show by Julia Gould and Matthew Napoli. RSVP (optional!) at https://gallery263.org/exhibition/burning-growing/.

🎨 Julia Gould, "Meet Me in Our Tree," Oil on linen, 4 x 10 feet, 2024

12/04/2024

Join us this Friday, December 6, 6–8 pm, for a free reception for “Burning, Growing.” In this Gallery 263 Exhibition Proposal Series show by Julia Gould and Matthew Napoli, oil paintings by both artists alternate between comfort and tension in order to respond to the fragility of environmental and interpersonal climates. RSVP (optional!) at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-growing-reception-tickets-1079269938439?aff=oddtdtcreator.

12/03/2024

This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting us by donating items on our wish list (printer ink, new chairs, a ramp, and more!)

Gallery 263 is one of the few surviving nonprofit creative spaces in the greater Boston area. We work with a small budget that is dependent upon in-kind donations. By donating to our wish list, you will help us with basic operational needs and support the operations of events.

Shop our wish list at https://gallery263.org/donate/. Thank you for making art and community a priority this Giving Tuesday.

12/02/2024

❗Reminder! There are only six days left to submit a solo or group exhibition proposal for consideration this winter. After this one, the next Exhibition Proposal Series show won't be until fall 2025, so make sure to submit your proposals to this call!❗

Artists and curators are invited to pitch an exhibition at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and bring your vision to life. Organize and present a well-curated exhibition of contemporary art from start to finish, with guidance and support from Gallery 263 staff. A successful proposal considers our unique, multi-functional space and engages our audience visually and conceptually. Open to New England artists of all media types and career levels.

🗓 Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 8, 2024
🗓 Exhibition Dates: January 9–February 9, 2025
📍 New England artists are eligible for solo proposals. For group proposals, at least 50% of artists must be from within New England.
➡️ Apply online at https://gallery263.org/call/exhibition-proposal-series/.

Image: Install image from “The Sea Around Us" by Michele Lauriat

11/28/2024

🍂 Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for our wonderful community. The gallery is closed today, but we are open Friday through Sunday!

11/26/2024

😮 This work by Matthew Napoli is painted on canvas with oil and natural pigment handmade from fossiliferous shale that was foraged from the Weymouth geological formation in Massachusetts! Have you made paint from natural ingredients? Tell us below!

11/26/2024

Looking for art jobs and opportunities? Check out NEFA's list for December at https://www.nefa.org/news/december-2024-jobs-opportunities. Thank you, NEFA, for including our call for exhibition proposals!

Here are opportunities for this month; check them out and pass them along to your colleagues. Email us if you know of any professional development opportunities, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider. The format for these listings is: "deadline/date of event | location of host...

11/26/2024

📣 Call for exhibition proposals! Artists and curators are invited to pitch an exhibition at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and bring your vision to life. Organize and present a well-curated exhibition of contemporary art from start to finish, with guidance and support from Gallery 263 staff. A successful proposal considers our unique, multi-functional space and engages our audience visually and conceptually. Open to New England artists of all media types and career levels.

🗓 Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 8, 2024
📍 New England artists are eligible for solo proposals. For group proposals, at least 50% of artists must be from within New England.
➡️ Apply online at https://gallery263.org/call/exhibition-proposal-series/.

Image: Install image from “The Sea Around Us" by Michele Lauriat

Artists and curators of all experience levels are invited to pitch an exhibition and bring your vision to life.

11/23/2024

"I am focused on narratives involving interpersonal and environmental themes. I often find inspiration in classical mythologies and philosophies, where questions about our “Nature” are paramount." - Julia Gould Art

Meet Julia Gould, whose work is on view in “Burning, Growing,” an Exhibition Proposal Series show, in a new interview for Pearl, our online journal of artist interviews! Read the interview at https://gallery263.org/pearl/julia-gould/.

11/20/2024

"Gingko biloba. I am growing trees in my guest room. I wanted to feel more connected to nature, so I bought plastic pots, plastic bags of soil, and a plastic watering can" by Matthew Napoli. Napoli's work takes place in psychological space, finding appreciation in our malformed ecology. View this work and more in "Burning, Growing" through December 8.

11/16/2024

FREE ARTIST TALK TODAY! Join us at 2 pm for an artist talk with Julia Gould and Matthew Napoli. Learn more about the artists’ practices and “Burning, Growing,” their two-person exhibition on view through December 8. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-with-julia-gould-and-matthew-napoli-tickets-1079274993559?aff=oddtdtcreator.

11/14/2024

"Burning, Growing," an Exhibition Proposal Series show by Julia Gould and Matthew Napoli, opens today! Join us for a free artist talk this Saturday, 2 pm, and a free reception on Friday, December 6, 6–8 pm! Learn more at https://gallery263.org/exhibition/burning-growing/.

🎨 Julia Gould, "Dry Land," Oil on linen, 16 x 20 inches, 2024

Burning, Growing is a two-person exhibition by Rhode Island-based Matthew Napoli and Maryland-based Julia Gould.