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10:00am - 4:00pm Explore the studios of fifty ceramists, painters, photographers, jewelers, musicians, printmakers and more! Meet the artists, ask questions, and purchase original works of art from the people who make them, where they make them. 

4:00pm - 8:00pm Join us on the first floor of Porter Mill for an evening celebration filled with art, music, food and drinks.

All events are free and open to the public.

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May Exhibition

Helms of the Homunculus

May 1st - June 2nd

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2nd 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Nick Criscuolo and Brian Galderisi

The Gallery at Porter Mill is pleased to present it’s May exhibition, Helms of the Homunculus featuring the works of Beverly based painter/animator Nick Criscuolo and New York based painter/photographer Brian Galderisi. Both are graduates of Montserrat College of Art.

Criscuolo and Galderisi both explore the figure and portraiture in their work, distorting and disrupting it to different ends and through different means. Criscuolo obliterates any likeness to the human form through his process and materials; Galderisi preserves the human form but re-contexualizes it by placing it in surreal, film-noiresque environments.

Criscuolo is fascinated by our tendency to pick a face out of randomness whether one really exists or not, his paintings force your eye to question what it sees. Galderisi’s figures are so central to his work, it’s not a question of whether they do or do not exist, but a question of where and why.

Join us for an artist reception as part of Beverly’s First Thursday Art Walk on Thursday, May 2^nd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in the Gallery at Porter Mill. Free and open to the public. Contact director Bea Modisett at studios.portermill@gmail.com with any questions. 

April Exhibition: Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

Maria Malatesta & Christine O'Brien

April 3rd - April 28th

Opening Reception: Thursday April 4th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The Gallery at Porter Mill is pleased to present it’s April exhibition Field of Dreams, featuring the paintings of Boston based artist Maria Malatesta and Beverly based artist Christine O’Brien.  Both Malatesta and O’Brien create  paintings that boast bold use of color and texture and warmly display the subtleties of nature. While the artists employ methods that evoke the natural world, they also utilize fuzzy detail and dissolved shapes to whisk away any tangible or fully recognizable form. This ambiguity allows the viewer to bring their own associations and memories to the works.

Maria Malatesta makes her studio in the South End of Boston. She holds strong ties to the Beverly arts community as a popular professor of a mixed media class at Montserrat College of Art. She also teaches privately in her studio. Christine O’Brien runs her studio out of Beverly’s own Porter Mill. She recently had a solo-exhibition in the South End at Galatea Fine Art.

Please join us in the gallery for the opening of this exhibition and a toast to the artist on Thursday, April 4^th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm as part of Beverly’s First Thursday Art Walk.  The exhibition will run through April 28^th. Gallery hours are Wednestday, Thursday and Friday 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Saturday and Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm and by appointment. Contact Director Bea Modisett for more information: gallery.portermill@gmail.com. 

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BIRDS, ETC! & OTHERWORLDLY

 

ALYSSA WATTERS PRESENTS:

  BIRDS, ETC!
 6TH ANNUAL BIRD SHOW WITH A TWIST

MARCH 7TH - MARCH 30TH 2013

Opening Reception/First Thursday: Thursday, March 7th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Back again after last year's "BIRDS 2012," Alyssa Watters, also known as "bird girl," has put together her newest show with a little twist. IT'S NOT JUST BIRDS! 

Stop by March 7th to see what else has found a home in this years show.

Refreshments will be served and live music will be performed by "Opal Puckett" from 7 - 9 pm

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Stop by the gallery for the last week of

"OTHERWORLDLY"
February 6th - March 3rd, 2013 

 

a show curated by Montserrat College of Art's Bear Gallery, a student run organization that "bridges the gap between art student and professional artist"

"Otherworldly" is a two dimensional exploration of the personal creativity of Montserrat students.

Every artist has a drive that keeps them creating, and oftentimes that drive is of a personal nature. This show will give Montserrat students the chance to show why they love art, what they live for, and to inspire others to create the art that they truly want to be making.

Work includes: original fantasy, science fiction, psychological spaces, extraordinary creatures, and exciting places.

 

   

Gallery Hours:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm

First Thursday Opening Receptions are held the first Thursday of every month form 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

For more information contact gallery.portermill@gmail.com

Closing Reception for Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History

 

 

Join us for the closing reception of

 Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH from 6 - 9 pm at the Gallery at Porter Mill.

 

A great opportunity to invite those who haven't seen the work and enjoy the show once more before it ends on Sunday, January 27th. We've enjoyed some great attendance throughout the month, and we look forward to a strong ending!

 

Light food and beverages will be served, although BYOB is encouraged. See you January 24th!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gallery Hours:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm

First Thursday Opening Receptions are held the first Thursday of every month form 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

For more information contact gallery.portermill@gmail.com

 

Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History

Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History

January 2nd - January 27th, 2012

Opening Reception/First Thursday: Thursday, January 3rd, 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Leisure Art, in collaboration with the Gallery at Porter Mill, is pleased to announce it's first exhibition of the new year, Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History. The show includes assemblage and installation work by Brian Thomas and Sarah C. Rutherford. 

Sarah Rutherford

Both Thomas and Rutherford offer the viewer an intimate journey into the past, while at the same time consider future ideas and generations through installations, delicately cut paper, softly lit viewing spaces, and an appreciation for re-purposing.

Brian Thomas

If you would like to donate reproductions of your personal photography from the early 1900s to be included in this exhibition please contact curator Sarah Johnson at sarahdotjohnson@gmail.com or call (802) 999 – 5506. This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Beverly Cultural council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural council, a state agency. 

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Gallery Hours:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm

First Thursday Opening Receptions are held the first Thursday of every month form 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

For more information contact gallery.portermill@gmail.com