To Buy An Artist Live/Work Coop or A Condo, That Is The Question

Have you ever wondered what the differences are between a condo and an artist live/work cooperative? Join artist Christine Vallioncourt to learn tips on buying one versus the other. 

Monday, April 24, 2023

FPAC Assemblage Gallery

The Envoy Hotel (across from the Barking Crab)

5:30pm - 6:30pm

R.S.V.P. to this free event

Christine Vaillancourt is a painter and an original member of The Artist Building Cooperative at 300 Summer Street, a 47 live/work unit building for visual artists, founded by the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) in 1995. The Artist Building is located in historic Fort Point within the South Boston waterfront.

In the 70s and 80s, Christine earned a real estate license to find, buy, move in, fix up, and sell houses in Newport, RI. She was 25 when she purchased her first house. On a teacher’s salary, she renovated and sold 7 houses from 1971-1987. One of those houses, Christine converted into 5 condos, marketed, and sold them; another, she renovated a fixer-upper Victorian and created a 17-guestroom inn, operated the inn for a few years and then sold the business. Her father was a home builder who taught her some of his renovating skills.

Christine moved to Boston in 1989 to join a bigger artist community and to experience Boston city life. In 2014, she retired from her teaching career. As Chair of the Sales Committee at The Artist Building, she provides buyers with information and hosts showings of new listings. You may see some her art at the new MBTA GLX Ball Square Station in Somerville and at ChristineVaillancourt.com.

FPAC Presents MBTA Integrated Art & Objects Screening

MBTA Green Line Extension Integrated Public Art / Seven GLX Stations
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 9th  |  5:00pm –7:30pm
Location: FPAC Gallery, 300 Summer Street
Curator: Christine Vaillancourt
R.S.V.P.

FPAC invites you to the opening reception for the MBTA Green Line
Extension Public Artists Exhibition at the FPAC Gallery!  The event 
will start at 5pm and end at 7:30pm. Refreshments will also be served
and alcohol for those who are of age. Though this is a free event,
registration is encouraged.

 
In 2014, the MBTA began selection of artists to create public art for
seven new stations for the Green Line Extension (GLX) through Cambridge,
Somerville, and Medford. The selection committee was comprised of the
Arts Councils of Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, and MBTA and GLX architects.

The MBTA’s GLX Integral Art Program incorporated art into the design rather
than add-ons or afterthoughts. The intent was to humanize the environment
and uniqueness of each station experienced by the ridership and the various
communities. Various concepts and final works are presented with some
of the artists juxtaposing work not related to the stations. 

OBJECTS Private Screening & Discussion

Film Screening: Thursday, June 9th  |  7:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Assemblage, 70 Sleeper Street

Director: Vincent Liota

R.S.V.P.

"An Object's Promise" and FPAC invite you to a private screening of
"OBJECTS," an endearing, entertaining, and existential film about the
secret lives of the special objects that preserve memories, conjure
experiences, and create meaning in our lives. Followed by a discussion
with director, Vincent Liota.

The screening is part of the exhibition "An Object’s Promise", a
playful and poignant maximalist intervention that raises
consciousness about our possessions and intentions.

Art Is Springing Up In The Neighborhood

3/28/19: Updated to include Friday March 29th's one night only show at The Distillery.

March into spring with a collection of diverse art happenings starting Friday, and street cleaning resumes Tuesday, April 2, 2019.  

Friday, March 29: The Distillery presents the premiere of Georden West's Patron Saint, an otherworldly black-and-white film, featuring the looks of fashion designer, and current Project Runway contestant, Jamall Osterholm. One night only 7pm - 10pm at 516 East 2nd St. More details.

Sunday, March 31: Fort Point Theatre Channel presents By The Book, a reading of a play

by Amy Merrill. Free admission. Donations appreciated. 2pm at Midway Artist Studios (15 Channel Center St.) More details.

Tuesday, April 2: Street Cleaning begins Tuesdays from 9 am to 1 pm on A Street and on Binford Street . Sign up for No Tow Alerts. (You will need to enter street name in search first.) 

Thursday, April 4: Opening reception of Regali: Sicilian Stories from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the FPAC Gallery located on the lower level of 300 Summer St. More details.

Saturday, April 6: Opening reception of Sustainable Photography from 6pm - 8pm at Assemblage at The Envoy Hotel. More details.

Monday, April 8: 20 Knots: Daffodils for Boston, a public art installation of enormous daffodils, at Seaport Common (85 Northern Ave). More details.

Be In The Loop With Local Art

Did you know Artists For Humanity recently expanded their EpiCenter? This Wednesday, January 30 from 5 pm - 7 pm, Artists For Humanity invites you to their first Open Studios of 2019.  Tour bustling studios, meet inspiring teens, preview the latest projects, network with local creatives, and mingle over wine and cheese. The event is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Artist For Humanity is located at 100 West 2nd Street next to the A Street Park and just blocks away from the Broadway red line T station.

Artists For Humanity

The same evening (January 30), the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) is hosting an opening reception of  Surface Tension: Architectural photographs from Peter Vanderwarker and Boston Up: Infrared photographs by Neal Rantoul from 6 pm - 8 pm in the BSA Space at 290 Congress Street. R.S.V.P. for this free event.  On view through June 1, 2019. 

Peter Vanderwalker

Start February with the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) opening reception of Melt , a reinterpretation of Nordic myths — with feminist and science fiction twists through video, photography and sculpture by artists Isabel Beavers and Laine Rettmer. The artists created Melt during a residency in Iceland. The opening reception is Friday, February 1st from 6 pm - 8 pm at FPAC Gallery, 300 Summer Street. More details.

Melt

The Loop, an interactive art experience, has landed at One Seaport Square (between Showcase Icon and Scorpian). Take a seat in these giant circular structures, pump the handlebar, and watch a story unfold. The installation will be around until February 17, 2019. More details.

The Loop

On Sunday, February 10th at 2 pm, the Fort Point Theatre Channel presents Her Story Is Translated: Perspectives on Poetry, Playwriting, and Music in Arabic and English coordinated by Jennifer Jean and Amy Merrill. Her Story Is continues with this special event highlighting the process of “translation” in the poetry, plays, and music between and among several artists living in Iraq and in the United States. The free event will take place in Art Under The Stairs at Midway Artist Studios located at 15 Channel Center Street. To learn more about Her Story Is visit the Fort Point Theatre Channel. 

Her Story Is Translated

Lots Going On Around The Neighborhoood

From art to seasaws to Dorchester Heights to wearing green and not turning green, there is a lot going on this weekend.

The South Boston Arts Association is hosting an Irish Open House tonight, March 16th from 5 pm - 8 pm at their gallery, Art Around The Corner. Purchase paintings of Ireland and South Boston from local artists including Fort Point artist Karen McFeaters. Light refreshments will be served. Art Around the Corner Gallery is located at 317 E Street (behind Neatly Nested).

If you live in the neighborhood, you most likely know March 17th is St. Patrick's Day and the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade is Sunday. If you are new, you may not be as familiar with South Boston's historic ties to Evacuation Day. In 1776 Col. Henry Knox moved 50 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights much to the surprise and dismay of the British who later evacuated 3,000 men and ships from Boston on March 17, 1776. The South Boston Citizen’s Association invites you to the annual Evacuation Day Memorial Mass celebrated by Father Joe White on Saturday, March 17th at 9 am at St. Augustine’s Chapel located at 181 Dorchester St., and the annual Historical Exercises to celebrate Evacuation Day at 10 am at the Dorchester Heights Monument. Watch the 2017 Evacuation Day Promo.

Closer to home it's a St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the Seasaws at Seaport Common from 11 am - 4 pm on March 17th. Enjoy food, live Irish music and local craft beers for the over 21 crowd. There will be family friendly lawn games, a chance to win prizes and of course, no visit would be complete without hopping on a seasaw. Seaport Common is located at 85 Northern Avenue.

In addition to shamrocks, there are flowers galore at the Boston Flower & Garden Show this weekend at the Seaport World Trade Center.

Now about this Sunday's March 18th St. Patrick's Day Parade at 1 pm, we suggest you check out Caught In Southie's ultimate guide for all the details on where to watch, public bathrooms and general tips by seasoned parade watchers. View the parade route. If you wish to avoid the crowds, NECN will stream live and on air the parade starting at 12:30 pm. Coverage for St. Patrick's Day breakfast hosted by Congressman Stephen Lynch and Councilor-At-Large Michael Flaherty begins at 10 am. Remember bars throughout the neighborhood will close at 6 pm on Sunday.


The Fort Point Arts Community presents Misremembered, a group  exhibition examining the ever-changing emotional resonance of past events and how they can transform our perceptions of memory as we mature. The FPAC Gallery show runs  now through April 12, 2018. An artists talk takes place this Sunday, March 18th at 1 pm. The event will incorporate working with the public to create a site-specific installation of accordion books that bridge the gap between two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. The opening reception of Misrememebered is Friday March 23d from 6 pm - 8 pm. Come see the artists intertwine displays of glass sculpture (Katie Dye), prints (Amanda Kidd Schall), and photographs (Brittany Severance) creating an experience similar to the process of making memories. The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer Street.

Visual & Performing Art Around Fort Point

The FP3 Gallery presents Josh Falk | Small Worlds: Looking Glass.

Opening Reception:

Thursday, April 13

6:00-8:00 pm

FP3 Gallery

346 Congress Street

Growing up in and around a small industrial city that was surrounded by rural landscapes, mixed media artists Josh Falk has always been influenced by the juxtaposition of these two worlds and the often subtle ways in which they overlap. As if the city itself was a living terrarium, Falk would learn and respect the ways in which two opposites could naturally coexist and complement one another throughout his life. More details. 

The FPAC Gallery presents Big Red & Shiny show's Teenaged, a group exhibition of thirteen artists in celebration of the independent contemporary art magazine's thirteen years of publication.  In Teenaged, BR&S features artists who have contributed to the diversity of art making in some way, be it their own writing, or profiles, interviews, or reviews of their visual work. This sampling of art making in Boston demonstrates the vitality of contemporary art practices in the city. The show runs through April 22, 2017.

Opening Reception

Thursday, April 13

6:00- 8:00 pm

FPAC Gallery

300 Summer Street

The Fort Point Theatre Channel presents On With Living and Learning's (OWLL) Unsafe All Around: Excerpts from Humanity Not Statistics through the eyes of seven middle school girls from six Boston schools and in collaboration with Sisters on The Move. Unsafe All Around is a workshop performance with original music composed by the Sociedad Latina Youth Music Ambassadors. More details. 

April 14, 2017

8 pm

Midway Artist Studios

15 Channel Center Street

FREE Admission & Light Refreshments

OWLL is a collective of artists who use art for activism. OWLL brings together underrepresented women and at-risk youth with community elders and teaching artists in leadership workshops that culminate in culturally specific theater productions focusing on the social justice issues most relevant to the participants. OWLL’s collective art serves as a basis for deep community listening, transformation, and the development of a new narrative for participants’ and their communities’ future.

Get ready to dance. The Fort Point Theatre Channel presents The Liz Borden Band. A melodic rock band with a love of vocal harmonies, a dose of punk, and a punch of attitude... Playing original songs, some new ones, even crossing the Dixie line...

Saturday, April 22, 2017

7:30 PM

Midway Artist Studios

15 Channel Center Street

FREE Admission & Light Refreshments

What's New In Music, Art, Dining, Running & Wearing Green

The Friends of Fort Point Channel invites Fort Point businesses to join them at the City Tap House Thursday, March 16th from 8:30 am - 9:30 am for Boston Unplugged, the City's acoustic music entertainment ordinance. City Council President Michelle Wu and Inspectional Services Commissioner Buddy Christopher will make remarks. Bring business cards for networking. City Tap House is located at 10 Boston Wharf Rd. Register for the event.

Later that evening from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) hosts the opening reception of Hearth and Fire, their fourth gallery show of the season juried by Jeffrey De Blois of the Institute for Contemporary Art. Hearth and Fire features Joe Caruso, Marjorie Kaye, Rachael Shatil, and Tani Shavit who utilize materials to produce sculpture that is informed by prehistory. Show runs through March 31, 2017. The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer St.

 

If all that activity makes you hungry, Dine Out Boston (formerly restaurant week) runs through St. Patrick's Day. Sample area restaurants at special prices featuring a prix fixe menu for lunch and dinner. Each participating restaurant selects ONE of the three price options - the Chef then prepares a menu to delight. Lunch prices are  $15/$20/$25 and dinner prices are $28/$33/$38. In Fort Point and Seaport, participating restaurants are: Barlow's Restaurant, Bastille Kitchen (dinner only), Blue Dragon, Del Friscos (lunch only), Menton (lunch only), Morton's, Oak + Rowan, Ocean's Prime (lunch only), Rosa Mexicano, Sapore Restaurant + Bar, Strega Waterfront and Tamo. For a complete list of restaurants visit Dine Out Boston.

In Southie the St. Patrick's Day celebration kicks off at 10 am Sunday, March 19th with the St. Patrick's Day Breakfast hosted by Senator Linda Dorcena Forry and televised on NECN.

Next grab your running shoes for a fun 5k run benefiting the Edgerley Family South Boston (Boys & Girls) Club's Keystone Teen Leadership Program, keeping teens off the streets and on the right track with your support.

March 19, 2017
11 am
Register Today

The St. Patrick's Day Parade starts at 1:00 PM at the Broadway T Station. View the parade route. Don't forget to wear green. For the ultimate guide to St. Patrick's Day in South Boston visit Caught in Southie. Remember South Boston bars close at 6 pm on Sunday.

Holiday Shopping Fort Point Style

What is holiday shopping Fort Point style? It is social, unique and avoids mall traffic. It is one-of-kind gifts for everyone on your list. It is tasty treats and refreshments from fine restaurants. It is live entertainment by local performers. It is free and open to all.

It starts Wednesday, December 14, 2016 from 6 pm - 8 pm with the opening reception of Paper Chase 2016 at the FPAC Gallery at 300 Summer Street. On sale are over 50 works on paper, including prints, drawings, watercolors, photographs, and handmade paper. All priced at $100. The exhibition benefits the Fort Point Arts Community. Works will be on sale through December 23d.

Dorothy Hebden Heath

On Thursday, December 15th from 6 pm to 8 pm, visit the Gallery At 249 A for the opening reception of The Colors of Nature: Dorothy Hebden Heath & Caroline Muir. The gallery will also be open during the Fort Point Stroll on Friday and the 249 A Holiday Sale on Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm.  The Gallery at 249 A is located within the 249 A Street Artists Cooperative.

Caroline Muir

Not to be missed is the  Friends of Fort Point Channel Fort Point Holiday Stroll this Friday, December 16th from 4 pm - 8 pm.

Shop, Sip and Stroll through our historic neighborhood, nibble sweet & savory treats from restaurants and bars, explore galleries & artist studios, and shop at boutiques & pop-up shops. Don't forget to grab your map at any of the participating locations, explore the neighborhood, and collect stamps for a chance to win amazing prizes from local boutiques and restaurants! View list of Stroll participants and plan your shopping stroll experience.

in conjunction with the 

Fort Point Holiday Stroll

Fort Poinsettias featuring Larry Platt, Mo Thorkelson and Curly Cremona will be performing a holiday season sing-along Friday from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm at the Gallery At 249 A. This performance is sponsored by the Friends of Fort Point Channel.


249 A Holiday Sale: December 16th from 4 pm - 8 pm and Saturday, December 17th from 12 pm - 5 pm. Fort Point’s original artists' building will hold a mini-open studios for holiday shopping. More than twenty artists, both cooperative members and invited guests, will be opening their doors in the building. Visitors can find handmade gifts of art, craft, and design made by local artists in one building in the historic Fort Point neighborhood of South Boston. Shop in a relaxed studio setting, meet the artists, and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

Rooster Tails and the Fort Point Theatre Channel present A Surreal Soiree: An Evening of Beatniks, Clowns and Cleopatra Friday at 8 pm at Art Under The Stairs, Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center Street. It will be a Cacophonous Cabaret of sound and light. movies, music, and performance by Mick Cusimano and friends. More details.

243d Boston Tea Party Re-enactment: Presented by Old South Meeting House and the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, the Annual Boston Tea Party Reenactment is a chance for the public to join in on one of Boston’s most iconic protests. Re-enactors from across New England come together to tell the story of the Boston Tea Party and dramatize the evening of December 16, 1773. Head to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum by 8 pm and watch as the Sons of Liberty storm aboard the Brig Beaver to destroy chest after chest of East India Company Tea. More details.

Fort Point Arts Holiday Sale at 315 on A (315 A St.) 
Join the Fort Point Arts Community for festive shopping showcasing arts, crafts, jewelry and designs by local Fort Point artists.

Friday, December 16th 4 pm - 8 pm

Saturday, December 17th, 12 pm - 6 pm

Sunday, December 18th, 12 pm - 6 pm

Holiday Gems at Made In Fort Point store offers a wide range of fine art, jewelry, prints, clothing and cards where you are sure to find a gem for even the hardest person to buy for on your list. Made in Fort Point received Best of Boston neighborhood shopping for 2016. Open Thursday - Saturday 12 pm - 6 pm. 

Thank you for visiting Fort Point and supporting our local artists, restaurants, museums and retail shops. 

Fort Point Opens Doors To Art

Art is taking Fort Point by storm with last week's opening of Radius, the inaugural exhibition by the Society of Arts & Crafts and this weekend's 37th annual Fort Point Fall Open Studios presented by the Fort Point Arts Community.



Friday, October 14, 2016 4 pm - 7 pm*
Saturday, October 15, 2016 12 pm - 6 pm
Sunday, October 16, 2016 12 pm - 6 pm

*preview of select studios 

Over 150 artists, crafts people, and designers, in studios in Boston's historic Fort Point warehouse buildings, in galleries, on the streets, and in the water around Fort Point will be showcasing their art. As you easily stroll around Fort Point keep your eyes open for public art, especially the Safety Orange Swimmers in the Channel. In addition to visual art, experience live music, performances and film screenings all three days. Drop-in at a drawing workshop for kids of all ages on Saturday & Sunday. View artists demonstrations. Don't forget you can buy art too. Did we mention this is a free event open to the public with free parking at A & Binford Streets lot? For more details and special Open Studios events, visit the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC),

Amy MacDonald

Can't wait? The FPAC Gallery is kicking off Fall Open Studios Thursday, October 13th from 6 pm to 8 pm with work from a selection of artists participating in the weekend long event. The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer Street.  

Amy Baxter MacDonald: People & Places is also opening tonight at the FP3 Gallery from 7 pm - 9 pm. People and Places reflects artist and animator Amy Baxter MacDonald’s interest in motion, and her respect for the immediacy and honesty of the gesture or first impression, The FP3 Gallery is located at 346 Congress Street.

Art Heats Up Fort Point This August

The Boston Children’s Museum presents a new gallery exhibit, “Lines and Vines,” a growing exploration of houseplants. Fort Point artist, Elisa H. Hamilton, brings her favorite houseplants to life on paper and into the gallery in this exhibition about process, growing, and day-to-day beauty.

Join Boston Children's Museum Art Gallery for the opening reception of "Lines and Vines" on Friday, July 29, 2016 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. 

Lines and Vines runs through September 18, 2016. The gallery is located at 308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210

The Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) Gallery is kicking off August with 300 SUMMER, an exhibition of paintings, photographs, works on paper and new media by the residents of The Artist Building at 300 Summer Street, one of Boston’s first live-work artist cooperatives. 

Please join the artists of 300 Summer for an opening reception on:

August 4, 2016

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

with a special performance by 

resident musicians John Cremona and Larry Plitt of the Squeezebox Stompers

R.S.V.P.

Exhibiting Artists: Dirk Ahlgrim, Ellen Altman, Linda Brown, Carolyn Callahan, Katharina Chapuis, Lisa Damtoft, Jesseca Ferguson and Mark Pevsner, Lisa Greenfield, Jennie Griffith, Jeff Heyne, Joanne Kaliontzis, Kelly Kerrigan, Andrew Klein, Mario Kon, Christina Lanzl, Jennifer Moses, Jenifer Mumford, Andrew Neumann, Estate of Rob Reeps, Jose Santos, Pierre Schiepers, Gustavo Soto-Rosa, Christine Vaillancourt, Daniel van Ackere, Dorothea Van Camp, Meg Weed, and Judith Ziegler.

300 SUMMER is on view through August 25, 2016. Gallery hours are Monday - Tuesday: 7:00 am–3:00 pm, Wednesday –Friday: 7:00 am–6:00 pm, and by appointment. The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210.

The Midway Gallery at Midway Artist Studios is pleased to host the  BOSTON LGBTQIA+ ARTIST ALLIANCE (BLAA) tenth exhibition "You think it's _______, but it's really ______" featuring work by artists living and creating at the intersection of LGBTQIA issues and culturally defined notions of “disability”. Representing a wide variety of experiences, practices, and media, Boston LGBTQIA+Artist Alliance (BLAA)’s 10th show is a timely consideration of a main issue and question within disability studies, queer theory and socially engaged practices today: how do we find ourselves in the intersection of these identities together?

Featured Artists: Xray Aims, Lauren Alindogan, JoeBalestraci, Darren Black, Carl Bowlby, Steven Cabral, Ken Diaz, Ariel Freiberg, Catherine Graffam, YoAhn Han, Madge of Honor, Heather Kapplow, LB Lee, Kyri Lorenz, Terrell Lowry, Chris Maliga, Daniel Lloyd-Miller, Ty Muto, Rose Ranauro, Sopheak Sam, Sasha Seaman, Cai Steele and Courtney White.

Opening Reception: Friday, August 5th, 2016 6-8PM

Performance & Talks : Saturday, August 20th, 2016 4-6PM

On view through September 2nd

The Midway Gallery is located at 15 Channel Center Street, 1st floor, Boston, MA 02210.

This Week In Fort Point: Art, Flowers & Condos

Update: Due to the forecast of high temperatures in the early evening of July 26th, we are cancelling our Weed, Wine and Vine event. Please mark your calendars for our August Weed, Wine and Vine events on August 9th and August 23d from 6pm - 8pm. Note: new times in August. We look forward to seeing you then.

This week Fort Point brings you opportunities to beautify your neighborhood, get ready for upcoming residential condominiums and see visual and performing art right outside your door.  

Fort Point Shines continues into the summer with Weed, Wine and Vines on Tuesday, June 14th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Wormwood Park (Wormwood & A Streets). Save the dates of July 5th and July 26th for July Weed, Wine & Vines events (same time and location). Tools, gloves and wine provided. 

TCR Development's residential condominiums at 10 Farnsworth Street is scheduled to begin construction by the end of June. Residential abutters are invited to attend a pre-construction meeting with Sea-Dar Construction this Wednesday, June 15th at 6 pm at FP3 (346 Congress St.). 

Wendy Shapiro

Art starts Thursday night with openings at the FPAC Gallery (300 Summer St.) and at FP3 Gallery (346 Congress St.). The FPAC Gallery kicks off the celebration of Fort Point Spring Open Studios with the FPAC Group Show from 6 pm - 8 pm. Get a preview of work by artists opening their studios June 17 - June 19th. Afterwards stroll over to the  FP3 Gallery to view Wendy Shaprio's Sustainable exhibition from 7 pm - 9 pm. Her eco-friendly works layer horizons, clouds and soft sea storms.


The Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) Spring Open Studios event features the work of over 100 artists, crafts people, and designers in galleries, on the streets, and in the water around Fort Point. 

Friday, June 17 Preview Evening: Selected studios open 4-7pm

Saturday, June 18 & Sunday, June 19: All participating studios open 12-6pm

Explore artist studios in Boston's historic Fort Point warehouse buildings. Meet artists, visit studios and galleries, ask questions, see amazing public art. Hear music, see performances, and bring your kids for art-making. Buy original art from the people who make it. 

For more details on the artists and special events: artists demonstrations, performances and screenings occurring over this free weekend long event, visit the FPAC website. Free parking available at the P&G Gillette lots off of A Street. 

Two Great Art Associations Holding Openings Tonight

The South Boston Arts Association invites you to the Grand Opening of their new gallery, Arts Around The Corner, located just around the corner from the gift shop, Neatly Nested, at the corner of West Broadway and E Street. The Grand Opening is March 3, 2016 from 7 pm - 9 pm with music by Peter Golemme. Grand Opening exhibiting artists are: Evie Johnson, Joanie Miller, Anne Roper, Dennis Conway, Joe Kerbatis, Tom & Pat Steiner, Dan McCole, Deb Putnam and Judith Sweeney.

Closer to home, the Fort Point Arts Community invites you to an opening reception of their new exhibition, HIGH LOW, at the FPAC Gallery located at 300 Summer Street. The opening reception is from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. RSVP. HIGH LOW is a group show featuring  four Boston-based artists whose work involves the recycling of art historical tropes and genres with abjectness, irony, and humor. The artists are Alexandra Borovski, Alexander Clayton Johnson, Nick Mello, and Eric Stefanski.

Art Thursdays in Fort Point

The Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) presents Big Picture III, an  annual large works show at Atlantic Wharf Gallery featuring paintings, drawings, photography, site-specific installation, and mixed media works by thirteen FPAC member artists. The opening reception is tonight. Big Picture III is on view through February 2016.

Thursday, October 29th
5 pm - 7 pm
Atlantic Wharf Gallery
290 Congress Street

Memory, photo-illustration by Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano

The Bong Tree by Lisa Houck

Mosaic Muse  features the work of six artists using diverse techniques and materials to create contemporary mosaics. The exhibit's opening reception will be held:

Thursday, November 5th
5 - 7 pm 
FPAC Gallery
300 Summer Street

Mosaic Muse will be on on view through November 27, 2015.