Our summer camp kicks off with the theme “Festival of Freedom” where students explore the work of three Black contemporary artists Deborah Roberts, Kimmy Cantrell and Joyce C. Scott, makers who work in cut paper collage, clay, and fiber arts. There is a special one-day class on Monday, June 19 [...]
On June 3, we hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour with Missy Steak. Missy read four books to a gathered audience of children and adults. The stories were about courage, imagination, self-discovery and more! After the reading, families came together to do an art project based on the book, Julián [...]
What a success! The New Art Gala raised more than $80,000 for the New Art Center's Cultural Access Project! Huge thanks to our gala & host committees, Board of Governors, corporate sponsors, deco donors, bidders, and attendees for your incredible support. Through the auctions, we sold more than 40 pieces [...]
New Art Center and Lasell University Collaborate This Summer to Bring New Arts Experiences to Teens Fashion and Digital Arts Camps Offer More Creative Opportunities Newton, MA – This summer New Art Center is launching a new Teen Summer program in partnership with Lasell University. The program features two disciplines: [...]
Exhibition Dates, May 24 - July 4, 2023 Opening Reception, May 25, 6 - 8 PM free and open to the public Newtonville, MA – The New Art Center, a nonprofit community art education space announces the opening of a new exhibit in its New Art Corridor Gallery, in celebration [...]
Instructor for Build Your High School Portfolio Summer Intensives Who are you and what do you do at New Art? Hello, my name is Seline and I am the Studio Manager here at the New Art Center, a teacher here as well, and also a working contemporary artist. Tell [...]
Material Trait by Nicky Howard-Rogers Chestnut Hill Square in Chestnut Hill MA is home to Wegman’s, Soul Cycle, Sweet Green, Anthropologie, Equinox and many other high-end retailers. Developed and managed by New England Development, this outdoor mall has also become a home for public art projects, one of which [...]
New Art Center presents “Over the Rainbow,” a Pride exhibition celebrating queer intergenerational connection! We are looking for works by LGBTQ artists of any medium, age, or identity to fill our 24-hour-access corridor. The work submitted should be related to time, history, transcending the systemic barriers placed for the [...]
