The 35-year-old artisans' cooperative is filled with unique and beautiful artwork and designs from the New England area. The gallery store's handcrafted items range from pottery and blown glassware to jewelry and wool sweaters. There is always a featured artist working who is knowledgeable about the items in the store, and the rotating selection means there's always a new treasure to discover. Visit the Web site for more information about the cooperative.
Housed in a former fire house on Monmouth Street, the non-profit Brookline Community Arts Center offers a wide range of community art classes for adults, children and families. The center also organizes rotating exhibits of local and internationally renowned artists.
Free and reduced-cost classes are available for elderly residents and low-income children.
Susan Navarre serves as the center's executive director.
In addition to custom framing, this South End business also features the work of local artists, hosts the occasional gallery showing and sells furniture items by consignment. The shop works with the following framing materials: acid-free matting, hand-wrapped silk mats and liners, Ph-neutral acid-free foam backing and mounting boards and Tru Vue glazing.
A Marblehead presence since 1978, the Arould Gallery and Framery offers a variety of art by local artists as well as custom framing. Paintings, prints, functional pottery, glass and more are offered for sale, most with a nautical theme. Art conservation and restoration is also offered.
This art mecca is set up in a bright purple house with a Mona Lisa door, right at the start of 1 Boston Post East. There is a large parking lot out back. This shop features certified framers and has walls covered in those little right angle frame samples. It also has a shockingly wide selection of local and regional art and artistic gifts and jewelry. Little porcelain fish with human faces, sand art and sterling charms are just a few examples. This place is sprawling and all the art is for sale. Post Road also holds seasonal art shows.
Opened in 1994, The Munroe Center for The Arts is a nonprofit organization operated by the Lexington Friends of the Arts. Its goal is to help promote arts education to residents of Lexington. Part of what it does is provide cheap rental space to several businesses that teach dance, music and art to local residents. Check out its Web site for a list of schools and studios offering classes. Donations are accepted.
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is a service to area artists, institutions and commercial enterprises interested in pooling resources for the greater benefit of the artistic community and it's audience.
The Arts Foundation website maintains a listing of art-focused events and classes including workshops and private instruction opportunities. Membership is open to local artists of any medium including musicians, visual artists, actors, directors, writers and museum curators.
Renjeau provides custom framing for your fine works of art and treasured images. More importantly, it is a large gallery displaying the works of many well-known artists. The gallery represents more than 150 people working in a variety of media. A short visit is like a free stop at a museum for a little aesthetic refreshment.
Opened in 1992, Art & Frame Source sells a wide selection of art, including lithographs, limited editions, sculptures, oil paintings and needlework. It offers a variety of custom framing options that are great for personalizing homes.
Gaston Art & Frame is a custom framer and art gallery. It offers frames made out of a wide variety of materials that can be fitted to any piece of artwork. If customers are on the market for new artwork, they can visit the stores gallery to see and purchase artwork from artists throughout the area. Gaston Art & Frames also works with businesses to decorate and install artwork in the office. Various other related products, as well as delivery and installation services, are also available.
A mecca of sorts for the antique bibliophile, Ars Libri maintains the largest stock in America of rare and out-of-print books on art. This business has books, both old and new, on topics as diverse as classic modernism, German expressionism, Russian constructivism, architecture, post-war modern --and a variety of other "neo"'s and "isms'-- all in the modern, open space.
Under the Sun is an upscale shop offering crafty gifts made by local artists in media such as pottery, jewelry, glass and water color. The store also carries lines of casual footwear by brands like Birkenstock, Dansko, and Teva. Located one block from the Martha's Vineyard ferry in Woods Hole, Under the Sun is a perfect spot for browsing. Find a treasure for yourself or someone special.