Gallery 263 is honored to host our first art book fair on May 23 from 11-4 pm, with a social mixer to follow! We invite neighbors and the greater Boston creative community to join us for a free showcase of work from eight artists or collectives.
Featured artists include @two.artists.talking , McCall Hollister @mccall.hollister , Dust Collective @dust.collective , Mari Saxon @marisaxon.arts , Brynne Quinlan @brynnequinlan , Sadie Saunders @goodjobsadie , Elysabeth Cianci, @efcianci , and Suzi Grossman @dr_suzz !
Please see the link in bio to learn more & register (optional). This event is free and open to all 📚
📢 Open Call 📢 We’re so excited to open submissions for our core Exhibition Proposal Series! This is the only opportunity for artists or curators of all experience levels to be considered for an exhibition in our 700 sq ft gallery. Artists working in any medium based in New England are invited to apply. For group shows, 75% of artists must be based in the region.
❣️Application Office Hours: May 28 and June 1, 6-7 pm ET
❣️Submission deadline: June 10, 11:59 pm ET
❣️Exhibition dates: July 10 - August 8, 2026
See the link in bio to learn more & submit! We can’t wait to see your work!
#callforart #artistopportunity #curator #bostonart #queerartists
We are open tonight and tomorrow from 5-8 pm! This is the last weekend to witness Ripples in Still Water, an ongoing documentary photography project by Hannah Latham @hlatham6 . This work explores healing and community, following rural Maine residents managing substance use disorder.
We invite our community to join Hannah and several of those involved in making this work possible this Saturday at 1 pm. They will discuss the role of art and photography in telling these stories. Head to the link in bio to learn more about the show through the artist’s lens 💚
📷 Hannah Latham, “DiggYD” and “Monhegan Birches,” 2024
We’re turning 18! Please join us a month from today, May 30, for our annual birthday bash. The daylong affair will feature crafts, snacks, and live music from friends Wicked Fluffy @wickedfluffy , Sean James @seanjamesartist .
If you can’t make it, we have a host of offerings this May. From a small works reception (May 1) and artist panel with Hannah Latham @hlatham6 (May 9) to a risograph zine workshop with Sadie Saunders @goodjobsadie and our first ever art book fair, we’re feeling blessed to reign in a new year alongside so many community members!
Please see the link in bio to register for any of our May events 💚
Scenes from our Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter reception last summer 💚 Only two days remain to submit to this year’s open call for Contemporary Queer: Abundance, juried by Jasper A. Sanchez @jasper_a_sanchez . Head to the link in bio to learn more, US based artists of all experience levels are welcome to apply. We can’t wait to see your work!
🏳️🌈 Submissions close April 26, 11:59 pm ET
🏳️🌈 Exhibition dates: May 29 - June 29, 2026
📸 Images by Doug Breault @dug_bro
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On May 1, we invite you to join us for a reception celebrating the current cohort of Small Works Artists! Ranging ceramic, painting, photography, risograph, linocut and illustration, these small works are produced by 12 local artists and are available for sale in our flat files.
Head to the link in bio to learn more about each artist and rsvp (optional). This event is free and open to the public, refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
🖼️ Rebecca Roberts @rebecca_a_roberts and Brynne Quinlan @brynnequinlan
Thank you so much to everyone who showed out for our Ripples in Still Water reception! This incredible body of work is on view through May 10. You can learn more about this semi-documentary project that explores substance use disorder and recovery at the links in our bio. A heartfelt thank you to artist Hannah @hlatham6 , and our outgoing exhibitions Director Doug @dug_bro (who also took these photos!)
Our next reception will celebrate the 12 local Small Works Artists on view in our flat files on May 1, 6:30-8:30 pm 💜
We are excited to invite the greater Boston creative community to an Arts Advocacy Open House! This is an opportunity to connect with other creative professionals and share feedback on how to better support arts and culture spaces. Hosted by Gallery 263 and organized by our Programs and Partnerships Director Sophia Day @night.n.day , this event brings together culture organizations Mudflat Studios @mudflat_studios and The Foundry @cambridgefoundry with state representative Mike Connolly @mikeconnollyma for a brief panel discussion and audience Q&A, followed by freeform networking.
This event is open to the public and free to attend with registration (link in bio). Light refreshments will be served.
🌸Friday, April 24, 6-8pm
🌸Limited to 35, free registration at link in bio
🌸Photo by Marianna @marimcmurdock from MassCreative’s @masscreative third annual creative sector day at the state house
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Please join us tonight from 6:30-8:30 pm for our opening reception of Ripples in Still Water. This solo exhibition by Hannah Latham @hlatham6 is the first showing of her ongoing project 19 towns, 20 stories which explores the human impact of substance use disorder in rural Maine.
Hannah deliberately installed the exhibition with large-scale wall vinyls of the landscape so viewers feel “less like looking through a window and more like standing alongside the people who are photographed. My hope is that viewers begin to recognize something of themselves in the work,” she writes in an interview for our journal, Pearl (link in bio).
“Substance use and its intersections with mental health are often talked about as isolated issues, but in reality, they touch nearly everyone in some way—through family, friends, or personal experience. I hope the exhibition helps people approach these conversations with greater empathy, awareness, and kindness.”
💚 On view through May 10
💚 New open hours Th-Fri 5-8; Sat-Sun 12-4
💚Artist and community talk, “Stories Beneath the Surface” May 9, 1-3 pm
💚 Hannah Latham, “Fish Bait” and “Molly,” archival inkjet prints, 2024
#bostonarts #openingreception #documentaryphoto
The gallery is closed today in observation of the holiday, but we hope you visit us next week to see our latest exhibition, Ripples in Still Water, by Boston based artist Hannah Latham. (@hlatham6 )
Together, the stories form a mosaic that extends beyond the condition itself, tracing the forces that shape these lives, including trauma, childhood sexual assault, poverty, and isolation, as well as the forms of care that sustain them: acts of kindness, safe community spaces, and the protection of children.
📸: Hannah Latham, Keiran, Archival Inkjet Print, 19x13”, 2024.
We are thrilled to share Ripples in Still Water, an Exhibition Proposal Series show, is now on view. We are open today 5-8 pm and tomorrow 12-4 before closing Sunday.
Ripples in Still Water examines the human impact of substance use disorder through intimate profiles and semi-documentary photography. Composed of portraits made by Hannah Latham @hlatham6 for Studio B, these photographic works position rural Maine as a microcosm of a national crisis, where isolation can be deadly, and community can be sustaining.
Please join us for an opening reception next Friday, April 10, 6:30-8:30 pm (rsvp optional at link in bio)
Thank you so much to Hannah, whose sensitive work encourages both empathy and outrage, and calls for a more compassionate response to those most at risk.
#bostonarts #exhibitionopening
As we wrapped A Garden Without a Gate this Sunday, we were struck with incredible gratitude to the 28 artists who shared their work with our community. This tactile show was just what we all needed to get out of our heads and into our bodies this season, with works reflecting on chronic illness and preserving culture. Thank you, too, to our incredible jurors Cicely @cicelycarew and Kate @kateholcombhale and install mastermind Doug @dug_bro !
See our website for a sneak peek of our next show by photographer Hannah Latham @hlatham6 , Ripples in Still Water, which opens this Friday. We will be closed for installation tomorrow, April 2, as well as this Sunday, April 5. Please join us for our next reception on Friday, April 10.
🌸 Maggie Nowinski @maggienow , “Cairn: For what is lost in translation II” and Elaine Chao @ebchao “Emergency Radio”
