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Image above: Nick Morse The Nave Gallery is proud to present the work of Nick Morse, a non-verbal, autistic young man who expresses himself through painting. Known for his vibrant ... continue

Image above: Of Two Minds (detail). Oil, oilstick and sgraffito on reclaimed canvas. Karl Stephan, 2021 The Nave Gallery is proud to present a retrospective exhibit of Karl Stephan’s work ... continue

Image above: Midnight From the Attic, Joshua Sariñana Our world shrunk during COVID. Like others whose work or schooling moved to their living spaces, many artists turned their focus inward. Some, ... continue

This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our ... continue

Image credit” “I am still alive” by Ali Jokhadar, Syrian refugee in the Zataari Refugee Camp in Jordan The global refugee crisis today is the greatest since the end of ... continue

Image: Charles Daniels From age 12, Charles Daniels (1942-2024) always had a camera in his hand. Wherever he went, he shot. His photos chronicle his life and his times, from ... continue

Image above: Charles Daniels CELEBRATION OF LIFE Join us for a memorial celebration of the life and art of Charles Daniels. Sunday, April 7, 4 pm to 7 pm Center ... continue

Image above by Mary Kocol Skellig Michael Rock Figure, Ireland (detail) Diana, Fujifilm 160, 2023, 24 x 24 inches, edition of 12/Gallery NAGA Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The ... continue

Artwork by Carol An exhibition about the work of The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling Started as a collaboration between Dr. Annie Brewster, Executive Director and Founder ... continue

Image above: Art Museum, Christopher Seid, Holga, Ilford 120, 20 Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The ninth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery and ... continue

Image credit: Christopher Seid, Mushrooms Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The seventh annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and  Washington Street Gallery, making it among the largest ... continue

Image credit: Susan Arthur, Sam Dreaming, 15 x19, Holga Tri-X Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The fifth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery Annex, ... continue

During the months of February and March, first year MFA graduate students display work in sites in and around Boston. Five SMFA artists, Junyuan Feng, Penghuan Guo, Robin Levine, Phoebe ... continue

The Nave Gallery is proud to have in residence Kathy Desmond and Lauren O’Neal. This residency is a continuously shifting site-specific installation where Desmond and O’Neal experiment with different modes ... continue

Magnus Johnstone was known to many Bostonians from his tenure in town from the late ‘70s through the late ‘90s as a trailblazing radio DJ (on WZBC 90.3 FM and ... continue

Magnus Johnstone, known to many Bostonians from his tenure in town from the ‘70s through the ‘90s – as a trailblazing radio DJ (on WZBC 90.3 FM and WMBR 88.1 ... continue

Image credit: Richard Bonvissuto (Palm Springs, CA) – “Circus Tent,” Shanghai GP3 100 in Holga camera Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The sixth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) ... continue

This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our ... continue

Nave Gallery presents AVATARS a two-part exploration curated by Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright. AVATARS // ghosts attempts to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ... continue

AVATARS // ghosts and AVATARS // futures attempt to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world where the ... continue

Image credit: Life Finds a Way, Rebecca Skinner; Photograph on aluminum Secret Gardens revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons ... continue

Image Credit: Cycling Mass Ave by Percy Fortini-Wright Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community (W2W), is a gallery exhibition of street art and street-inspired studio art that represents the ways ... continue

 Image credit: Cyrille Conan, THAT’S HOW I DOOS IT…, MIXED MEDIA, 2014 What’s a box? In an accidentally timely way, this show is about what constitutes, is kept out from, ... continue

During the months of February and March, first year MFA graduate students display work in sites in and around Boston. Four SMFA artists, Riley Allen, Hannah Bates, William Van Beckum ... continue

Following in the footsteps of women’s rights leaders, activists, and makers, today’s female artists are reclaiming feminism, reclaiming domesticity, and reclaiming their role as makers and creators. Through art, women ... continue

Following in the footsteps of women’s rights leaders, activists, and makers, today’s female artists are reclaiming feminism, reclaiming domesticity, and reclaiming their role as makers and creators. Through art, women ... continue

T.D. Heavican, A Loss for Words (detail) FLOW is an exhibition of work highlighting continuous movement. Speaking to literal motion as well as the metaphysical – such as rhythms of social ... continue

Image detail: Bill Franson, Boston, MA; Holga 120, Ilford HP5 Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This September, the third annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at ... continue

Artwork: Miles Donovan, Internal-bot, LED-lit laser-engraved acrylic, 2015 Image design: Resa Blatman, www.blatmandesign.com HackCycle celebrates recycled art of the 21st century, examining the transformation of bits, bytes, cruft, e-waste, circuits, ... continue

From left to right: Sprawl by Kate Benson, Untitled by Carolyn Latourelle, Saturate by Emily Manning-Mingle What do the spaces we occupy and belongings we possess reveal about us? How ... continue

Detail of Me Declaro II, Gabriel Sosa Is inequality the defining issue of our time? How does injustice show its face in our community? What impossible heights can we achieve as ... continue

Bobo – Neutrino Class Astrobot #250, Skunk. TIG welded copper tube, cnc plasma cutter parts, bicycle parts, hardware, bronze, enamel. Born January 21, 2015 Vulcan, the Roman God of fire ... continue

Photo credit: Welcome to a Decadent World, Mara Trachtenberg Like art, food is a visual, sensory and social experience. Flavors and textures, aromas and taste are all elements that can ... continue

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the bomb and the end of World War II. Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen revolves around the relationship between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, two prominent physicists ... continue

Image above: We Believe, Karen Gutfreund. Mixed media on canvas. 2007. If we can’t see it, we can’t feel it. If we can’t feel it, we can’t know it. If ... continue

Image Credits: from left to right: we are all at once, Dena Haden A Space for the Thing I am Given, Katherine Vetne Transition Period, Loretta Adams Contain, keep, cradle: ... continue

Cake Walk. Suzanne Révy. Holga; Kodak Portra film. Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This June, the second annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at The Nave ... continue

As an interactive communication design program, the MassArt Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) aims to encourage dialogue within the fields of art, design, technology, and science. Fresh Media is an annual showcase of ... continue

Each year, the cold and dark of the winter season is brightened by lights of celebration. From quiet displays commemorating religious celebrations to grand designs that flood the senses, these ... continue

Image above: Alternating Weekends, Warren O. Harold The first ever Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) held in collaboration with the Washington Street Art Center celebrates the quirky and creative results ... continue

“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson The suspense of a first touch, the certitude of coupling, the rawness of physicality, the quiet beauty of togetherness—”Delicious Torment” ... continue