DEADLINE: November 29, 2021 EXHIBITION DATES January 8, 2022 – February 28, 2022 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Susan Berstler, Nave Gallery and ... continue
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Those Who Can, Teach 2020
Oct 18DEADLINE: December 1, 2019 EXHIBITION DATES January 18 – February 29, 2020 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Amanda Kilton, Melissa Chaney, and Elizabeth ... continue
Artist Panel: AVATARS // futures
Mar 19Join curator Christina Balch and the artists of AVATARS // futures for a discussion on the show’s work Exhibition details ARTIST PANEL: Friday, May 10, 2019; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Facebook ... continue
Closing Reception: KS×20: Persistence of Light
Jan 16CLOSING RECEPTION: Sunday, May 1, 2022; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates. No food or drink ... continue
Writing Workshop and Story Share
Nov 6DATE & TIME: Sunday, December 4; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA WHAT’S HAPPENING: Local writers Megan Mullin and Phoebe Sinclair will lead ... continue
#RESIST
Feb 20DEADLINE: Saturday, April 1, 2017 EXHIBITION DATES: April 27-May 27, 2017 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Susan Berstler and Greg Cook ABOUT: This call seeks ... continue
Opportunity for First Time Independent Curators
Aug 29The Nave in Somerville, MA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of local, regional and national contemporary art. Supported through a grant from the Somerville ... continue
2023 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Jun 18DEADLINE: June 27, 2023 EXHIBITION DATES: September 7 – October 7, 2023 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery, Washington Street Gallery JURIED BY: Ann M. Jastrab The Somerville Toy Camera Festival ... continue
2022 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Jul 1DEADLINE: July 10, 2022 EXHIBITION DATES: August 26 – September 25, 2022 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery JURIED BY: Laidric Stevenson The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries ... continue
2019 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
May 9DEADLINE: June 24, 2019 EXHIBITION DATES: September 5 – October 5, 2019 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street JURIED BY: Gordon Stettinius The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks ... continue
2018 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
May 3DEADLINE: June 24, 2018 EXHIBITION DATES: September 2018 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street JURIED BY: Jennifer Shaw The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its sixth annual ... continue
2017 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Jul 1DEADLINE: August 1, 2017 EXHIBITION DATES: September 2017 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Gallery JURIED BY: Michael Kirchoff The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for ... continue
Wall to Wall II: Working Together
May 6Image Credit: “Galaxy” Studio Collaboration, Karl Stephan and Students, 2017. DEADLINE: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday, September 30 – Sunday, October 29, 2017 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder ... continue
Those Who Can, Teach
Apr 4DEADLINE: September 9, 2018 EXHIBITION DATES: November 17-December 15, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: November 17, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Melissa Chaney, ... continue
AVATARS
Dec 27Photos from AVATARS in San Francisco, artists from left to right: Sequinette, Minjun Kim, Marco Castaneda, Oscar Lopez DEADLINE:January 27, 2019 EXHIBITION DATES:March 22-April 6 ARTISTS RECEPTION:Friday, March 22, 2019 ... continue
Secret Gardens
Jan 28DEADLINE: Saturday, March 24, 2018 EXHIBITION DATES: May 4, 2018- June 17, 2018 ARTISTS RECEPTION: Saturday, March 19; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA ... continue
Catalyst: craft + social change
Jul 1Image Credit: Squares used in the Perry Park Yarnstorm project; Photo by Vanessa Marcoux DEADLINE: Friday, September 1, 2017 EXHIBITION DATES: November 18, 2017 – December 30, 2017 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, ... continue
Restructured
Jun 23Credit: Work by Micah Eglinton-Woods DEADLINE: Sunday, September 17, 2017 EXHIBITION DATES: November 16 –December 16, 2017 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Boriana Kantcheva and ... continue
In Triplicate
Mar 18From left to right: Tara Donovan, “Untitled (Molecule),” 2010; Hieronymus Bosch, “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” 1503–1515; Ai WeiWei, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn,” 1995. Background: Liz Helfer & Ben ... continue
HONK! Deconstruction of Joy
Aug 20DEADLINE: Saturday, September 17, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: October 6-22, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Leonardo March HONK!: Deconstruction of Joy will be a photography exhibit ... continue
Performing the Home
Jun 17DEADLINE: Deadline extended to July 16, 2016. EXHIBITION DATES: August 17 – August 31 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Christina Balch The Nave Gallery ... continue
Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community
Apr 26Image Credit: “Yes” Cambridge Graffiti Wall, April 2014 © Karl Stephan DEADLINE: August 15, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: September 24 – October 30, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, ... continue
FLOW
Feb 21Photo credit: Kelvy Bird, Yellowstone, 2015 DEADLINE: March 30, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: April 30 – May 21, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED ... continue
Residual Form
Feb 21DEADLINE: April 30, 2016 – Extended to Monday May 2nd! EXHIBITION DATES: June 2 – 26, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: ... continue
Embroidered Truths and Woven Tales
Feb 15DEADLINE: March 30, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: April 29 – May 22, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Susan Berstler and Cecily Miller Textiles have an ... continue
2016 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Aug 26DEADLINE: Deadline extended to June 29, 2016. EXHIBITION DATES: September-October 2016 LOCATIONS: Brickbottom Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Art Center JURIED BY: Christopher James The Somerville Toy ... continue
Reclamation
May 22DEADLINE: August 1, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: November 7-28, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Yosra Emamizadeh, Vanessa Marcoux, and Cory Munro Shea Following in ... continue
CROSSING THE LINE: In Search of Sanctuary
May 5Photo by Susan Berstler; image of artist Nora Valdez’s Immigration Nation, a collaboration with MIRA Coalition at the 2019 HONK! Festival activist artmaking area. DEADLINE: Sunday, September 15, 2019 EXHIBITION ... continue
Embracing Differences: Mending the Isms and Schisms
May 4Long Walk to the Fire. Courtesy of Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. Unidentified Artist. Creative Commons. DEADLINE: September 8, 2015 EXHIBITION ... continue
The Caring Forest
May 3To promote the Nave Gallery’s Wrap Around Project and the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, we are yarn storming trees in Powderhouse Park in Somerville. Each tree will have a social justice ... continue
Predictions
Apr 17Blue Icelandic Sunset – Jökulsárlón, Iceland (2013), Liz Johnson DEADLINE: October 15, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: November 22, 2015 – January 9, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, ... continue
Mirror with a Memory
Apr 17DEADLINE: Sunday, June 19, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: July 7-August 7, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Brett Henrikson The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) ... continue
Out of the Woods: Fairy Tales Re-imagined
Aug 1Boriana Kantcheva, Untitled, gouache on paper, 2015 DEADLINE: Sunday, September 18, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: November 10-December 18, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Boriana ... continue
boXed
Mar 15DEADLINE: Saturday, October 15, 2016 EXHIBITION DATES: November 19-December 18, 2016 Closed Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 26-27 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Susan Berstler and ... continue
Metal and Fire: The Children of Vulcan
Mar 14Photo credit: Ronny Preciado DEADLINE: March 23, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: April 24-May 31, 2015 Closed Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-24, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA ... continue
The Birds and the Bees
Jan 18Image by Annie Silverman DEADLINE: February 20, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: April 18-May 10, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Annie Silverman The Nave Gallery ... continue
Bite: Food as Art
Nov 29DEADLINE: January 11, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: February 14-March 14, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Tori Costa and Sandy McDonald The Nave Gallery (Somerville, ... continue
This into That: Found Object Art, Assemblage, and Other Transformed Work
Nov 19DEADLINE: January 31, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: March 4-28, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Caleb Cole The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists ... continue
Survey Without Surveillance
Nov 17Untitled from The New Town, 2013, Andrew Hammerand DEADLINE: May 3, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: June 26 – July 23, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED ... continue
HackCycle
Nov 16DEADLINE: May 25, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES June 11-July 11, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Melissa Glick The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites ... continue
Visaural: Sight, Sound and Action
Nov 12DEADLINE: Friday, June 5, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: October 8-31, 2015 Held in conjunction with Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED ... continue
The Sketchbook Show
Oct 20DEADLINE: Sunday, November 16, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: January 7 – 30, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello The Nave ... continue
The Sketchbook Show 2016
Oct 20DEADLINE: Sunday, December 6, 2015 NOTE: The deadline has been extended to Sunday, December 13. EXHIBITION DATES: January 28 – March 3, 2016 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, ... continue
Who Might I Be?: Pretending, Disguise & Elusion
Aug 26DEADLINE: July 1, 2015 EXHIBITION DATES: August 6– 31, 2015 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Mara Brod Whether through play or humor, to blend ... continue
2015 Somerville Toy Camera Festival Copy
Aug 26DEADLINE: July 5, 2015 Due to holiday weekend, we will be accepting entries until midnight, Sunday July 5. EXHIBITION DATES: September 2015 LOCATIONS: Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington ... continue
Get Involved with the Nave: Drop-in Hours
Aug 10DATE & TIME: Saturday, September 13; 2:00 pm-6:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA ABOUT: Interested in curating a show, or getting involved with Wrap Around? ... continue
Winter
Apr 27DEADLINE: June 20, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: July 9–August 16, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Jenn Harrington and Susan Berstler DESCRIPTION: The ... continue
Bibliophilia
Apr 27Hannah Verlin, Fate (2011), photography by Andy Pickering DEADLINE: August 15, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: October 2, 2014 – October 26, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA ... continue
Magic Without Tricks
Apr 27Weschler Rubeck, Blue Evolution DEADLINE: July 15, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: August 27–September 20, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Arlinda Shtuni The Nave Gallery ... continue
Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice
Apr 26DEADLINE: September 8, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: October 5-November 5, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Karl Gustafson With programming and logistical assistance from the ... continue
Illuminated: A Photographic Essay of Holiday Lights
Dec 30Image above: Holiday Lights by V Van Sant DEADLINE: October 1, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: November 15, 2014-December 14, 2014 Closed Thanksgiving weekend LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, ... continue
Vessels: An Exhibition of Fiber Art
Dec 29Detail, Green Sizzle. Amy Pett. Knitted metal wire DEADLINE: October 3, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: December 3 – 21, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: ... continue
I’ve Been Everywhere, Man: Musicians on the Road
Dec 28Photo by Joe Fletcher. Joe Fletcher of the band Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons is releasing an intimate solo record. To invest in this unique project intent on capturing ... continue
Love Shack
Dec 5DEADLINE: January 20, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: February 14-March 1, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA JURIED BY: Bill Kouwenhoven The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites ... continue
Doodle
Nov 8DEADLINE: December 4, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: January 10-26, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Jef Czekaj The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists ... continue
Chaotic Forms
Nov 7Image above by Ellen Rogers from the series, Couru DEADLINE: January 31, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: March 6-30, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Kris Hatch ... continue
Painting Intricacies
Aug 28Heronimus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1480-1516, oil on panel DEADLINE: March 7, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: April 18-May 4, 2014 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA ... continue
Salon 21
Aug 27DEADLINE: March 30, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: May 1 – May 11, 2014 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA ... continue
2014 Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Aug 26DEADLINE: April 22, 2014 EXHIBITION DATES: June 2014 LOCATIONS: Brickbottom Art Association, Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, Washington Street Art Center JURIED BY: Meg Birnbaum, Lee Kilpatrick The Somerville Toy ... continue
Knitted, Crocheted and Sewn Donations Wanted
Aug 25Attention all Knitters, Crocheters and Stitch-makers! The Nave Gallery is seeking knitted, crocheted, and sewn donations for Wrap Around, our annual sale of affordable handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless ... continue
Reliquary
Aug 23DEADLINE: October 4, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: November 16, 2013-December 15, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Susan Berstler The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites ... continue
Peer-Reviewed Submissions
Aug 22DEADLINE: October 5, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: November 2 – November 23, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Elisabeth Nicula & Ted Ollier Are you ... continue
65°: An Exhibition of Contemporary Encaustic Art
Aug 17DEADLINE: November 6, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: December 5-22, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Leika Akiyama The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists ... continue
The Knit Art House in Crochetville
Mar 20DEADLINE: Rolling; submissions due April 6, 2012 EXHIBITION DATES: April 13 – May 5, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, April 17, 6:00-8:00 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, ... continue
Salon 21
Mar 19DEADLINE: April 1, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: April 27 – May 12, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 28, 3:00-5:00 PM LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Michelle ... continue
The Body In Lines
Mar 19DEADLINE: Friday, May 17, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: June 5-29, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Andrew Fish The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square ... continue
Phantomaton
Mar 18Image above: Bestial Spring, Joe Keinberger DEADLINE: Friday, June 7, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: July 10-28, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA ORGANIZED BY: Joe Keinberger & ... continue
You Are Here: Maps and Art
Mar 18DEADLINE: July 5, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: August 3 – 18, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA CURATED BY: Vanessa Marcoux and Sandy McDonald The Nave Gallery ... continue
Entering Somerville
Mar 17Image credit: Fred Popper DEADLINE: Extended to Friday, July 12, 2013 EXHIBITION DATES: August 10-31, 2013 LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA JURORS: Brian & Steven Beaucher ... continue
The Somerville Toy Camera Fest: An International Juried Competition
Mar 153 LOCATIONS: READ DETAILS CAREFULLY! Facebook Page JURIED BY ISA LESHKO “I love working with toy cameras. There are the usual reasons that most photographers talk about: the lack of technical ... continue
Call for Suitcases
Sep 19SUITCASES NEEDED! Please donate your old (HARDCASE preferred) suitcases for an activist art project with the wonderful Nora Valdez and the awesome folks at MIRA: Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy ... continue
Black Ink–Printmaking in Monochrome
Feb 7Works on Paper Show at the Nave Annex in Davis Square Thursday, February 21 – Friday, March 8, 2013 The Nave Gallery is pleased to announce a call for entries ... continue
Open Call to “Preserve Summer”
Feb 4Deadline, Friday, February 8, 2013 The Nave Gallery Annex asks local artists to capture the endless and invincible season of summer in a mason jar. Whether it be reflections on ... continue
2016 Independent Curatorial Opportunities
Jan 4A viewer listens to the audio component of Sarah Bliss’ Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: The Book of Layers. The Nave in Somerville, MA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to ... continue
