Anonymous Art Party 2025
2025-11-01 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Hardie Building, Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Celebrate a night of creativity, festivity, and a little mystery as The Anonymous Art Party returns on November 1, 2025!
Join us as we showcase 6”x6” work by local artists in our anonymous sale, with names not revealed until after their purchase.
But the party doesn’t stop there! In addition to the art sale, guests will have the opportunity to go behind the scenes of Montserrat, exploring our classrooms and studios while enjoying music, food, drink, and live artmaking by our Montserrat students.
All proceeds will support scholarships for Montserrat College of Art students.
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Admissions Open House
2025-11-15 | Hardie Building, Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join us for our annual Open House. The day includes a campus tour, presentations from academic and campus departments, and optional portfolio reviews.
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Sophomore Studio Showcase
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-09 | Hardie Building, Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
See works hung all around campus as a culmination of students’ first self-directed, semester-long projects. This exhibit showcases the ideation, planning, construction, and presentation of original works by students completing their first semester of independent, large-scale studio work.

Midway Show 2025
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-13 | Carol Schlosberg Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Reception on Wednesday, December 10, 3-4pm.
The Midway Show 2025, a collection of the in-progress thesis work of the fine arts senior students, will be installed in Montserrat College of Art’s Hardie Building’s Library Gallery and Carol Schlosberg Gallery, located at 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915
Eleven fine arts concentration seniors will display their in-progress thesis work: Kirsten-Maria Andersen, Ashton Clow, Dera Lu Connell, Christina Astrid Egeli, Lynx Fabian, Shane Halleran, Rhea Kuriakose, Katherine Perrotta, Alicia Prete, Marissa Rappaport, and Markanthony Rodriguez. The show is a glimpse into the in-progress pieces produced by each artist according to their own personal thesis project.
Show opens on December 3, 2025

Arpeggione Ensemble: Miniature Nutcracker
2025-12-06 14:00 | The Bower, Cabot Street 248, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
248 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA
Tchaikovsky’s eternal favorite, reimagined to bring joy into our community
Welcome the holidays with Arpeggione’s own miniature rendering of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker! Our vision is both nostalgic and new, combining your favorite music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with readings from the E.T.A. Hoffmann classic. A musical treat for all ages full of magic and lots of musical surprises.
Performers: Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll, clarinet; Kyra Davies, violin; Anna Seda, cello; April Sun, piano
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December Senior Thesis Show
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-13 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Reception: Tuesday, December 9, 6:00-8:00pm
The Montserrat College of Art December Senior Thesis Show features graduating Photo/Video/Film, Sculpture, Illustration, and Animation seniors. Eliot Mason is showcasing “Love, Light, and the Rural Landscape,” an immersive installation combining themes of love and rural life through photography, poetry, and sound. Jay Granniss is showcasing “After Craft,” which explores he development of machinery and technology through the lens of craft, specifically textiles. Jean Romero is showcasing “Doomz Daze,” a 2D tactical side-scroller video game, where chaos meets strategy. Zephyr McDonald is showcasing “Spitfire,” an independently animated series that follows an ambitious rockstar from outer space as she ditches her tour plans to fight against a great evil who wants to end all life in the universe. Join us at the opening reception for light snacks and refreshments as we enjoy our winter graduates’ capstone projects!

Mx. Media: An Art Education Practicum Show
2025-12-17 - 2025-12-20 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Reception: December 17, 5–7pm

Aoife Bergeron: Beverly High School

Finnley Lewis: Marshall Middle School

Mx. Media is a showcase presented by Mx. Aoife Bergeron (they/them/él) and Mx. Finnley Lewis (they/them/él), celebrating their experience as student teachers and the work of their students over the course of their student teaching practicum. Mx. Bergeron and Mx. Lewis helped to develop their students’ foundational artistic skills through a wide array of mediums, including linoleum printmaking, charcoal, colored pencils, clay, and fiber arts. This showcase is a reflection not only of the work of the students, but the diligent effort of both teachers as they navigate not only full-time teaching, but the experience of being visibly nonbinary in the classroom. Mx. Media represents the diversity of our learners and the educators who work with them.

Low Light
2026-01-26 - 2026-03-06 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Artist Reception: Friday, February 6, 5:30-8:00pm
Artist Talk: Adam Miller + Haig Dermarjian: Wednesday, March 4, 11-12pm, H101
Low Light brings together an interdisciplinary group of artists, each uniquely interpreting the allure of low light as their stage. Featuring work from several Montserrat alumni, and curated by alumni David Ferreira and Sean Carney, Low Light explores a range of disciplines to interpret darkness, shadow, and subtle illumination. Each artist’s contribution offers a distinct perspective on what can be revealed—or obscured—by dim or failing light. Low Light presents a thought-provoking visual experience that captures the imagination, encouraging viewers to step into atmospheres where muted tones, enigmatic shadows, and brief glimpses of light speak volumes.
Low Light features Adam Miller, Brian Martin, Haig Demarjian, Greg Orfanos, C.a. Shofed, Sami Wyckoff, Paula Nelson, Peter Pasquerello, Sean Carney and David Ferreira

Haley Wood: Bad Alchemy
2026-02-03 - 2026-03-13 | Carol Schlosberg Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Artist Reception: Friday, February 6th, 5:30-7:30pm
In a new series created for the Carol Schlosberg Gallery, fiber artist, Haley Wood, explores the classic imagery of alchemy—such as the three stages of blackening, whitening and reddening, and the hermaphroditic form—through intricate textiles and layered compositions. Wood draws visual parallels between alchemical themes and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as described by the psychologist, Carl Jung, such as imagery of the wheel and ouroboros representing the cyclical nature of compulsive thought.
Bad Alchemy is an exploration of the dynamic between Hermetic alchemy and Jung. Then called “compulsion neurosis,” Jung described individuals with this condition as “indeed brimful of inhuman beastliness and ruthless evil, against the integration of which the very delicately organized personality puts up a desperate struggle.” By performing various acts of “meticulousness and ceremonial punctilio,” the ruthless evil within may be avoided.
Wood’s series for this exhibition is also inspired by the Slapp Happy/Henry Cow song “Bad Alchemy”, “Bad” translates in German to a prefix for spa towns, or villages with a healing hot spring. In the central piece of this exhibition Wood investigates the purification rituals that can manifest both in alchemy and OCD. Whether there will ever be a solution to this inhuman beastliness is unknown- but to look upon a quote from Jung’s dream analysis: “Salvation does not come from refusing to take part or running away. Nor does it come from just drifting. Salvation comes from complete surrender; with one’s eyes always turned to the centre.”
Haley Wood is a fiber artist living in Cambridge, Ma. She has shown her work at the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Los Angeles and Boston, the MassArt Auction, and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair in Manhattan. She holds a BFA in Fibers from Massachusetts College of Art & Design. She has received the MassArt Milestone Grant, Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant, Marilyn Pappas Award, and the Barbara L. Kuhlman Award.

New Voices, New Ideas
2026-02-09 - 2026-03-16 | Library Gallery, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Ashow celebrating the work of our Foundation students in our Contemporary Frameworks course.
Reception: Tuesday, February 10, 3-3:30pm, Library

Ena Kantardžić: to give what is due
2026-02-09 - 2026-03-20 | Frame 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Opening Reception: February 14, 2026, 5–7PM
301 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915
Nemesis cursed Narcissus for his vanity, causing him to die staring at his own reflection. Nemesis is a distributor of fortune and retribution, neither good nor bad—literally meaning “to give what is due.”
to give what is due by Ena Kantardžić is an experiential exhibition at Montserrat College of Art’s FRAME 301 Gallery. The show features UAV (unmanned aircraft vehicle) documentary footage of Kantardžić’s on-going land work echo 2 as 2-channel laser projection, as well as new material created from harvested narcissi (daffodils).
Without a consistently coherent horizon, to give what is due disorients viewers in two consequential flights, following the vision of the drone via the lasers of the projector. The physical remnants of the satellite site line the architecture of the gallery, reflecting sunlight while framing the boundaries of the videos. Accentuated by varying degrees of visibility, to give what is due considers perceptibility across circumstantial conditions: contrasting void with life, stability with line, and retribution to sympathy.
echo 2 is a performative installation in the Green Mountains. Dug by hand, Kantardžić planted 1000 narcissus bulbs in a trench 144ft/44m long, moving thousands of pounds/kilos of earth. Inspired by Richard Long’s 1967 sculpture Line Made by Walking, Kantardžić is interested in human impact on the land, with land understood as the root of conflict. Informed by their family’s refuge to the United States due to the Yugoslav Wars, the artist reappropriates themes and materials of contemporary warfare.
Works on view:
Untitled (echo 2), 2024–2025
UAV footage .mp4 as 2-channel laser projections
Dimensions variable/23:23
Untitled (shadow), 2026
Narcissus pseudonarcissus bioplastic and muscovite
Dimensions variable
For more information, visit https://www.ekantardzic.com

Open Studios at The Bower
2026-02-13 17:00 - 20:00 | The Bower, Cabot Street 248, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Visit local artists at their studios.
Free and open to the public.

Faculty in Conversation: Erin Dionne
2026-03-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Hardie 101, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Having time to create freely and pursue projects without restriction sounds like a fantastic opportunity. But what does that actually look like in practice? Join Erin Dionne as she talks about what goes into planning and executing a semester sabbatical, and navigating the expectations around it.

Faculty in Conversation: Vasundhra Ganju
2026-03-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Hardie 101, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join Professor Vasundhra Ganju to talk about how emotions drive our lives and how they impact our decisions, hustle, and flow. She will share her own life journey and recent travel experiences, a mindfulness toolkit, and some useful tips to navigate this space. Vasundhra will make you think and act. So bring your brain, body, and humor!

Senior Thesis Show: Animation / Games,Toys & Play / Graphic Design
2026-03-25 - 2026-04-03 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Anthology
Reception: March 25, 6–8pm
Graphic Design

Dom Ferro
Anya Crowley
Katie Capobiano

Games, Toys and Play

Persephone Huffman
Shay Berry
Sam Wilkinson
Evelyn Skop

Animation

Jasper Michel
Echo VanBenschoten
Anneliese Wang
Adeline Charneco
Aramys Dejesus
Lyss Lentini
Cogs Carruthers
Ace Jones
Jamie Killion
Isabella Otero

Artist Talk: Michael Zachary
2026-03-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Hardie 101, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Michael Zachary works across intersections between painting, drawing and photography, and between analog and digital.
Free and open to the public
image: Michael Zachary, Burn Area: Hillside, acrylic on panel, 36 x 47 inches, 2025, and photograph

Faculty in Conversation: Trevon Jakaar Coleman
2026-03-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Hardie 101, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
The Other Black Mirror
Through wordplay and undisciplining Trevon Jakaar Coleman shares a multi-modal body of work exploring the ways we (dis)engage with systems and each other.
Free and open to the public.

Joetta Maue: Thresholds
2026-04-06 - 2026-07-04 | Frame 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 13, 12-2pm
Somerville-based artist, Joetta Maue, examines how time, labor, and attention register within the textures of everyday life. In her installation for the 301 Frame Project Space, Maue approaches the photographic image not as a visual record but as a material trace. Maue layers and suspends images, exploring the literal and metaphorical thresholds between image and object, interior and exterior, presence and absence. In Thresholds, fragmented photographic constructions of domestic space—windows, curtains, and everyday objects—hover between image and architecture. Transition to Darkness contains suspended photographs of shifting light—representative of the color curves in photography—made through the recording of natural light moving across observed time in an interior room. Maue continues her observation and recording of the passage of light in the 301 vestibule, using paint colors that infer light in the name, including “Violet Dusk,” “First Light,” and “Early Dawn.” Through sustained observation and process, the work insists on attention as a form of care within a culture structured by distraction and acceleration.

Joetta Maue is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, drawing, textiles, and installation. Her practice examines labor, durational time, and embodied experience through sustained material inquiry.
Maue’s work has been exhibited at museums, universities, and nonprofit institutions throughout the United States and Europe, including the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Emerson Contemporary, the Griffin Museum of Photography, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Her work has been reviewed in The Boston Globe and published internationally in books and journals devoted to contemporary art, photography, and textile practice.
She has been awarded residencies at Millay Arts and Monson Arts, and at the Penland School of Craft and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, where she also served as Textiles Coordinator. Maue teaches in graduate and undergraduate programs in the Boston area and lives and works in Massachusetts.

Student Showcase
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-14 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Student Showcase will start at 2pm on Saturday, April 11.
The awards ceremony will take place at 3pm at The Underground at The Bower (248 Cabot St.)
Work will be shown throughout the Hardie Building, 23 Essex Street.

Senior Thesis Show: Intricacy
2026-04-22 - 2026-05-01 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Senior Studio Arts Exhibition
Reception: April 22. 5–7pm
Featuring: Alexander Mirante, Alicia Prete, Ashton Clow, Christina Egeli, Dera Connell, Katie (Katherine) Perrotta, Kirsten-Marie Anderson, Lynx Fabian, Marissa Rappaport, Markanthony Rodriguez, Rhea Kuriakose, Shayna Halleran
Additional activities:
Katherine Perrotta: “Luckless” Movie Premiere
April 22nd, 6:30PM
Location: H101

Marissa Rappaport: Relaxing Gaming Table (board games, card games.. etc)
April 23-26th
Location: First Floor Hardie Hallway

Cozy Crafting Corner
April 27th-30th
Location: First Floor Hardie Hallway

Midway Show: Ephemeral Rituals
2026-04-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The Bower, Cabot Street 248, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Midway show exhibition featuring: Lucy Rushton, Rose Stover, Jude Arnott, and Claire Dubus.
A showcase of painting, sculpture and documentary, at The Bower, 248 Caot Street.
Opening reception on April 23 at 6pm.

Artrageous! Maximalism
2026-04-24 18:00 - 21:30 | Danversport, 161 Elliot Street, Danvers, 01923, United States
Worlds Collide

It’s time to be your most extra self, as we celebrate the spirit of Maximalism for this year’s Artrageous!
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TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIP

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As Montserrat’s annual auction fundraiser, Artrageous has become the signature art event on the North Shore to benefit financial aid awards for deserving Montserrat students.

The night features a live and silent auction, including spectacular works by renowned and emerging artists and designers, and the opportunity to watch and experience art being created “in-the-moment” by Montserrat’s accomplished students.

Join us for art, design, music, food, drinks, and most importantly, the ability to make a difference by directly supporting the next generation of creative talent!

For more information: artrageous@montserrat.edu or call Allison Rieke at 978.921.4242 x1114

Media and Animation Showcase (MASh) 2026
2026-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 | The Cabot, 286 Cabot St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Worlds Collide

Experience the Art of Time and Motion

Montserrat College of Art is proud to present the annual Media and Animation Showcase (MASh). For nearly a decade, this event has transformed the silver screen into a gallery for the most innovative time-based work from our students, alumni, and community members.

The Event

Join us for a curated reel of high-energy animation, experimental film, and digital storytelling. This showcase is a testament to the artistic passion and technical skill of the Montserrat community.

When: May 5, 2026 | Doors open 7:00 PM | Show starts at 7:30 PM

Where: The Cabot, 286 Cabot St., Beverly, MA

Admission: Free and open to the public.

A Local Partnership

Hosted at the historic Cabot Theater, MASh is a bridge between our campus and the vibrant Beverly community. This event is proudly sponsored by the Beverly Cultural Council, highlighting our shared commitment to bringing professional-grade arts programming to the North Shore.

Why Attend?

For Students: See your work projected on a professional cinema screen in front of a live audience.

For the Public: Discover the next generation of animators and filmmakers in a breathtaking historic setting.

For Alumni: Reconnect with the Montserrat community and see how the media and animation department continues to push boundaries.

More info here

Animus Intra: Senior Thesis Show
2026-05-06 - 2026-05-15 | Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex St, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Reception May 6, 2026; 5–7pm
Animus Intra encapsulates the journey of this year’s graduating illustrators as they discovered what they were passionate about and now take a step forward into their futures. The showing artists hail from both Montserrat’s Illustration and Writing and Visual Narratives Concentrations, crossing a broad landscape between the raw visual power of illustration and the written word and showing a strong selection of new ideas up and coming in the art world.
Visitors to Animus Intra—Latin for “The Soul Within”—will witness the many states of mind one can discover on the path to finding what lies within one’s own soul, the souls of others, and most importantly, the soul of their work. Within the collection, artists explore themes of self-expression, exploration, and discovery through means of journalistic illustration, concept art, sequential work, and more.
The reception is held on May 6th from 5–7PM in the Montserrat and Carol Scholsburg Alumni Galleries at the Hardie Building on 23 Essex Street. It features 10 illustrators: Roux Blanchard, Amanda Brown, Adrian Curti, Emily Jasso, Melana MacLean, Reagan McCarthy, Christian Miscioscia, MJ O’Leary, Alicia Smith, and Megan Wentworth. The collection will exemplify the variety of illustrative disciplines coming out of four years of intense study. Each artist’s unique perspective brings a fresh take on the soul of the practice and the human condition.

All Senior Show
2026-05-13 - 2026-05-15 | Hardie Building, Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Awards reception: Wednesday, May 13, 1–2pm

Beverly Fringe Fest
2026-06-11 - 2026-06-19 | The Bower, Cabot Street 248, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Beverly Fringe Fest is officially happening in June, and you do not want to miss out on this incredible lineup of live theater.
If you are looking for big laughs, check out Popcorn Falls at The Bower. It is a wild, fast-paced comedy where two actors play over twenty different characters trying to save their small town. For something equally hilarious and a bit chaotic, Wrong Door Theatre Company is bringing Tartuffified to The Bower. It is a high-energy, improv-style spin on a classic Moliere comedy that tackles power and hypocrisy with tons of physical humor.
Musicals fans will love The Sound of Improvised Music at The Bower, where a pair of ambitious performers create a brand-new, Golden Age-style musical completely on the spot. If you want something a bit more grounded, Come Get Start Over is a beautiful, moving new play at The Bower that explores life transitions, relationships, and grief with a touch of magical realism.
If you prefer your theater with a side of local beer, grab your friends and head to Gentile Brewing for Bard Crawl. Theater in the Open is hosting this pay-what-you-will, one-night-only Shakesbeerience where the audience votes on the play and the actors perform right around you in the taproom.
Tickets are officially live, so grab yours now and come support some amazing local artists.
Head to https://bower.montserrat.edu/events/ for tix and info!

Summer Immersives for Adults
2026-06-15 - 2026-06-19 | MA
Continuing education week-long summer creative workshops for adults.
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Art Educator Summer Institute Beverly
2026-06-21 - 2026-06-27 | Hardie Building, Essex Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
This residency offers a week-long summer session for all art educators to immerse themselves in our studio spaces and bring new skills back to the classroom.
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Art Educator Summer Institute - Japan
2026-06-22 - 2026-07-07 | MA
Step beyond the studio and into the story — Montserrat College of Art’s Japan Institute offers an immersive travel and learning experience over 14 days in Niigata and Tokyo, Japan, that transforms your creative practice and expands your cultural perspective.
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Youth STEAM Arts Academy
2026-07-06 - 2026-07-31 | MA
For students ages 8-15. Daily classes allow students to experience exciting creative endeavors while being introduced to a variety of techniques and skills.
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