Gallery Hours M,T,W,F, 10am–5pm Th, 10am–8pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: May 18th 8–9pm Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons’ work is autobiographical. "It encompasses a larger story. It reveals a history of survival- of a culture, a religion, and a people- from the oceanic voyage from Africa during the slave trade in the 18th century, to its aftermath in...
Gallery Hours M,T,W,F, 10am–5pm Th, 10am–8pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: July 19th, 5–7pm We are pleased to present Sequential Prints, a solo exhibition by Boston-based artist Julia Shepley. Shepley, an adjunct sculpture professor at Montserrat, writes that the series of woodcut collages explore themes of “migration, relocation and resettlement as a universal, physical, and personal part of...
New England Biolabs 240 County Road Ipswich, MA Reception: June 17th, 5–7pm A Montserrat College of Art Faculty Exhibition at the award-winning New England Biolabs headquarters in Ipswich, MA. The NEB have been long time supporters of Montserrat and we are thrilled to have to the opportunity collaborate on this exhibition together. From traditional pictorial...
Gallery Hours M–F, 12–6pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: September 6th, 5–8pm Contemporary figurative painting is more relevant than ever, as artists portray people engaged with the salient issues of our time—including race, sexuality, violence, migration, and privacy. What does it mean to be human as our relationship to our bodies, to nature, and to society evolves?...
Gallery Hours T-F, 12–6pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: October 21st, 6–9pm Curated by Nathan Lewis, Quietus is an exploration of the indescribable nature of loss, memory, and their manifestations. Rather than glorifying death or dying, this exhibition looks at how we memorialize and render tangible that which we may have lost, wish to regain, or never...
Gallery Hours M–F, 12–6pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: September 28th, 5–8pm Caitlin and Nicole are sibling rivals in the best way possible, and no matter how hard they try to abstain, they continue to collaborate. Caitlin trained in photography but primarily works in narrative illustration, and Nicole is a classically trained painter who creates exquisitely rendered,...
Gallery Hours 24/7 Reception: October 21st, 6–9pm Salem-based twins Matt and Ryan Murray along with Nathan Ernce revel in the dark and otherworldly. Their illustrations -- brushed with cobwebs and punctuated by spider-legs -- reveal entities, places, and creatures from regions unknown, incorporeal, and in- between. Beyond their artistic practice, they are successful entrepreneurs, owning...
Gallery Hours 24/7 Reception October 21st 6–9pm Christopher Alday is a California native and Minnesota based artist who primarily works with printmaking. Using repetition and the fracturing of simple shapes, he creates vast modular arrays that can take innumerable forms and dimensions. Installations like the one on view generate deceptive amounts of movement, tone, and...
Gallery Hours M–F, 12–6pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: November 1st, 5–8pm Borders—whether demarcating geography, politics, identities, or ideas—are shifting more rapidly than ever before, leaving everything in a state of flux, with seemingly disparate parts coming together at every turn in new, inventive, and sometimes volatile ways. Depending on one’s vantage point, this fluidity can be...
Gallery Hours M–F, 12–6pm Sat., 12–5pm Reception: November 7th 5–7pm An exhibition of work created during our Study Abroad programs. The exhibition includes students from the Montserrat College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and Parsons Fashion Art and Design School. The work was created variously in Viterbo, Italy, Niigata, Japan, and Mallorca, Spain....
Stroll through downtown Beverly and enjoy multiple art exhibitions, open studios, and pop-up art experiences along the way! Visit Montserrat’s annual Art Sale, stop into local galleries and artists’ studios, and discover art in unpredictable places. Refreshments served along the way. Have your map stamped at 5 or more stops, return it to 301 Gallery,...
Gallery Hours 24/7 David Buckley Borden’s installation, Site Visit, can now be viewed at the 301 Frame Gallery at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA. Site Visit is a traveling installation intended to promote a cultural ecology supported by art-based interdisciplinary science-communication. The installation includes twenty-four speculative design objects ranging from “Back 40 Eco Monitors” for the...