In Sunlight
2025-10-05 00:00 - 2025-11-06 23:59 (America/New_York) | Hingham Library’s Dolphin Gallery, 66 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA, United States
In Sunlight
works by Joreen Benbenek

Join us in celebration of the works by Joreen Benbenek, on display October 5 – November 6, 2025 at the Dolphin Gallery, located in the Hingham Library. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 5:30-7:00 pm

Artist Statement: Capturing fleeting moments of majesty and beauty of the illuminated landscape have been a lifelong motivation and inspiration for me. I strive to capture in my landscape paintings not only a unique sense of place but also the emotional experience of the illusive and ever- changing effects of light that can only be experienced by the direct observation of nature. I can’t remember a time when I was not compelled to create art. As a child, my greatest joy and love was sketching, painting and experimenting with different art mediums, trying to capture the essence of the world around me. I pursued my passion in college, earning my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting, which I supplemented with training from Boston area painters whose work I admired, including Alfred Chadbourn, Charles Sovek, and painting master, Michael Keane. My chosen medium has always been oils, whether working on location “en plein air”, observing nature firsthand, or doing larger work from on location studies in my studio, my goal and motivation is always the same, to capture the glorious and fleeting dramatic moments of light and shadow on landscapes and cityscapes. I enhance and revise my color values, shapes and tones until my painting reflects the initial impact and mood of the scene in front of me. I want the viewer to feel as if they can walk into my paintings, stand beside me and experience the same joy and wonder at the beauty of our natural world. I am inspired daily to capture with paint and canvas the beauty, drama and luminosity of the world around me.

Opening Reception for "In Sunlight"
2025-10-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Hingham Library’s Dolphin Gallery, 66 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA, United States
Join us in celebration of the works by Joreen Benbenek, on display October 5 – November 6, 2025 at the Dolphin Gallery, located in the Hingham Library. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 5:30-7:00 pm

Artist Statement: Capturing fleeting moments of majesty and beauty of the illuminated landscape have been a lifelong motivation and inspiration for me. I strive to capture in my landscape paintings not only a unique sense of place but also the emotional experience of the illusive and ever- changing effects of light that can only be experienced by the direct observation of nature. I can’t remember a time when I was not compelled to create art. As a child, my greatest joy and love was sketching, painting and experimenting with different art mediums, trying to capture the essence of the world around me. I pursued my passion in college, earning my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting, which I supplemented with training from Boston area painters whose work I admired, including Alfred Chadbourn, Charles Sovek, and painting master, Michael Keane. My chosen medium has always been oils, whether working on location “en plein air”, observing nature firsthand, or doing larger work from on location studies in my studio, my goal and motivation is always the same, to capture the glorious and fleeting dramatic moments of light and shadow on landscapes and cityscapes. I enhance and revise my color values, shapes and tones until my painting reflects the initial impact and mood of the scene in front of me. I want the viewer to feel as if they can walk into my paintings, stand beside me and experience the same joy and wonder at the beauty of our natural world. I am inspired daily to capture with paint and canvas the beauty, drama and luminosity of the world around me.

Visual Inverse 2025 at Plymouth Center for the Arts
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
Visual Inverse
October 12th | 2-4pm
A Live Reading of Poetry inspired by Artwork from the 58th Annual Juried Art Show

Sun, Oct 12 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

At the Plymouth Center for the Arts

11 NORTH STREET
Plymouth, MA 02360

Purchase Tickets Here

Visual Inverse 2025
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
Plymouth Center for the Arts presents
Visual Inverse 2025

Live Readings of Poetry inspired by Artwork from the 58th Annual Juried Art Show
October 12th | 2-4pm
Doors open at 1:15pm for pre-event reception
$20/per person

Frame Center's 50th Anniversary Week Celebration
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-18 | Frame Center Hanover, 152 Rockland Street, Hanover, MA, 02339, United States
Mark Your Calendars for Frame Center’s 50th Anniversary Week Celebration!
Frame Center is turning 50 years old, and we couldn’t have done it without YOU—our community of artists, families, and friends who’ve trusted us to frame your memories since 1975.
Join us for a full week of events, art, and celebration as we look back at five decades of creativity and look forward to the future.

Mon. – Tues. October 13th & 14th – 50th Kickoff & Gallery Opening (Dave’s collection!)

Wednesday, October 15 – Walk-In Wednesday Flash Sale – details to come

Thursday, October 16 – Live Podcast + Dave’s collection Showcase

Friday, October 17 – Free Frame Friday – click image for rules!

Saturday, October 18 – Open House! – Live painting, children’s activity, music, food, & more!

Free Frame Friday
2025-10-17 | MA
Know Someone Great Who Deserves a Free Frame?
Nominate someone special for a chance to surprise them with a FREE framed photo!
For 50 years, Frame Center has been helping our community preserve its most meaningful memories. As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration, we’re giving back in a big way by getting the community involved with Free Frame Friday!
We’re selecting 5 deserving winners to receive a FREE frame for their cherished digital photo or artwork. Whether it’s a family portrait, a child’s artwork, or a once-in-a-lifetime moment, we’ll frame it beautifully — and send it straight to your nominee’s door at no cost.
How It Works

Nominate someone special — Fill out the form with their details and the image/art you’d love to gift them.
Tell us why — Share a short reason why your nominee deserves this free frame.
Nomination deadline: Friday, October 10th

The winner will be announced on social media Friday, October 1,7 featuring Ross Murray.

The James Library Center for the Arts Fall Juried Show 2025
2025-10-17 00:00 - 2025-11-22 23:59 | The James Library & Center for the Arts, 24 West Street, Norwell, MA, United States

Opening Reception for The James Library Center for the Arts Fall 2025 Juried Show
2025-10-17 18:00 - 20:00 | The James Library & Center for the Arts, 24 West Street, Norwell, MA, United States

20th Annual Hingham Art Walk
2025-10-19 12:00 - 16:00 | MA
20th ANNUAL HINGHAM ARTS WALK
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19th 12-4 PM
JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF ART AND COMMUNITY

OVER 100 ARTISTS THROUGHOUT
HINGHAM DOWNTOWN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
VITAMIN SEA BREWERY BEER GARDEN – OPENING DAY
LIVE MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCES
LIVE WORKSHOPS / ART MAKING / FACE PAINTING
FOOD TRUCKS

Please note that South Street Extension and South Street from Central to Main will be closed for this event starting at 11:30 a.m
Parking is available at the following locations
– Behind Hingham Savings Bank
– Station Street
– Water Street
– Bathing Beach

Jazz + Art = Joy! Fundraiser Party for North River Arts
2025-10-24 19:30 - 23:30, 2025-10-25 19:30 - 23:30 | MA
JAZZ + ART = JOY!
North River Arts House Parties are back!
Join us for an intimate night of world-class Jazz at a beautiful home in Cohasset, to support the work of NRAS. Friday and Saturday, October 24th and 25th, starting at 7:30PM. The Gray Sargent Trio, Tony Bennett’s long-time band, wows us with “transcendent traditional jazz that is joyful, soulful, and technically unmatched.” We’ll enjoy wine and conversation around two full sets of unparalleled jazz. Don’t miss it!!
Featuring the Gray Sargent Trio: Gray Sargent, guitar; Marshall Wood, bass; Les Harris, drums (Friday); Gary Johnson, drums (Saturday)
$75 per person, limited to 50 tickets each evening.
Address available after ticket purchase. Purchase Tickets HERE

HULL ARTISTS 4th ANNUAL ARTISANS CRAFT SHOW
2025-10-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Hull Yacht Club, 5 Fitzpatrick Way, Hull, MA, United States
Join us for this fabulous craft show featuring 21 artisan crafters. Start your holiday shopping early by buying unique local handmade art for yourself or some one else.
While you are shopping you may also enjoy relaxing on the wrap around porch of the Hull Yacht Club, get a drink from the bar and take in the beautiful views of Hull bay.
We look forward to seeing you there!

John Sheehan: Artist Reception
2025-10-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Norwell Public Library, 64 South Street, Norwell, MA, 02061, United States
Birds, Wildlife, Nature : John Sheehan: Artist Reception
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th 1:00—3:00 PM Meeting Room Norwell Public Library64 South Street, Norwell, MA, 02061

Chance to meet and talk to local nature, wildlife and sports photographer John Sheehan.
@hodos_photos

Artist Statement:
I am a local photographer focusing on birds, wildlife and nature. We are blessed to be surrounded by amazing natural beauty here in Massachusetts, and I love to capture and share the sights I see.

I took up photography 4 years ago and use Nikon equipment (z5, 180x600mm, 1.4x TC).
Nature photography is the ultimate blend of planning, patience, technical and artistic skill (and exercise). Hope you come by to see my photos and to talk about photography and your favorite spots to see nature.

"Shared Realities"
2025-11-01 00:00 - 2025-12-31 23:59 | Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA, 02231, United States
The Helen Bumpus Gallery presents
“Shared Realities”
a collection of works by Artist Kerry W. Buckley

Artist’s Statement
My lifelong passion for painting and drawing became a full-time obsession when I retired from academic life in 2013. I look upon art as more of a craft. For me, the work itself is a form of meditation. It is a creative process that absorbs the heart and hand. My landscapes tend to reflect seasonal changes on the outer cape from the brooding tranquility of an autumn afternoon to the off-season, when the bones of the landscape are laid bare. There is a quiet dignity to these empty places. They are unoccupied but not abandoned. They lie in wait for the next cycle to begin. I am drawn to liminal spaces, a portal to somewhere else. I do not try to capture reality, but a mood, the fleeting light of a solitary moment. My still life paintings explore the rituals that give meaning to the random contingencies of life or the ambiguous innocence of childhoods past. There is a whimsical wistfulness about these mementos that evoke a lost time of wonder and delight. I seek to engage the viewer with a shared human emotion and a slice of lived experience preserved from the relentless flow of time.
About the Artist

As a student, Kerry W. Buckley won several statewide art competitions and initially considered a degree in fine art. He was offered, but declined, an art scholarship choosing to become an historian specializing in American History. Throughout his academic career he continued to draw and paint. While living in western Massachusetts he developed friendships with regional neorealist artists Scott Prior, Randal Deihl and Jane Lund whose vision and techniques inspired his work. Since his retirement from academic life, he has studied portraiture and painting at the Guild Art Center in Northampton, MA, classical painting technique with Barbara Johnson, and indirect painting techniques with Julie Beck at the Academy for Realist Art. He is a Professional Artist member of the Copley Society of Art in Boston and is a Master Artist member of the Cape Cod Art Center. His work has been featured in competitive shows throughout New England and has received awards in national and regional shows.
Website: www.kerrywbuckley.com
Instagram: @kerrywbuckley

Rituals of Seeing
2025-11-05 00:00 - 2025-11-22 23:59 | Hunchback Gallery, 75 Webster St, Worcester, MA, 01603, United States
“Rituals of Seeing”
A collection of works by Claudio Eshun
On Display at the Hunchback Gallery, November 5th through the 22nd with an Opening Reception on the 7th from 6-8pm
Claude Eshun – “Rituals of Seeing” is the first scene of Elegant Alien, a series of made and collected images that explores my family’s history of immigration from Ghana and through Italy, as well as our creation of a new home in America, a similar story to many immigrants.

First Wednesday's at The Wright Building
2025-11-06 17:30 - 20:30, 2025-12-04 17:30 - 20:30 | 4th Floor Artists, E.T. WRIGHT BUILDING | 379 LIBERTY ST, rockland, MA, 02370, United States

Opening Reception for "Rituals of Seeing"
2025-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Hunchback Gallery, 75 Webster St, Worcester, MA, 01603, United States

The Pinehills Art Associations 9th Annual Show and Sale
2025-11-08 10:30 - 16:00 | Stonebridge Club and Cabana, 55 Stonebridge Rd, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
Join the artists of the Pinehills Art Association for their 9th Annual Fall Show and Sale
A variety of hand made crafts and fine artwork will be available for sale on Nov. 8th from 10:30am till 4pm
Find that unique gift item for the people on your lists this holiday season

The 52nd Annual Craft Showcase for the Duxbury Art Association
2025-11-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Duxbury High School, 71 Alden St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States

Duxbury Art Association’s 52nd Annual Juried Craft Showcase
2025-11-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Duxbury High School, 71 Alden St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
The Duxbury Art Association’s 52nd Annual Juried Craft Showcase
Duxbury High School
Saturday Nov. 22nd 10am-4pm
Sunday Nov. 23rd 11am-3pm.
This special event features hand-crafted items from our very own talented New England artists and crafters, including unique jewelry, clothing, ceramics, woodworking, home decor and more.
A great opportunity to support small business and finding that perfect holiday gift.
A $10 admission fee (2 for $15) at the door grants full weekend access. Kids under 12 enter free.
All proceeds support the programs and mission of the Duxbury Art Association.
