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  • Saturday, September 17, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Art in the Garden “Desert Treasures”

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden will once again hold an artist’s reception for Carol Amos, whose paintings are inspired by the flora of the desert southwest, on Saturday, September 17, from 6 – 7:30 at 11 French Drive in Boylston.  The entire show will run from August 22 through October 1.  For more information, visit www.towerhillbg.org.  Below is “House Finches on Saguaro Blossoms.”

  • Tuesday, August 9, 6:00 pm – Pics in the Parks Photography Workshop

    Photography instructor Sarah Berry will lead a photography workshop on Tuesday, August 9 beginning at 6 pm in the Kelleher Rose Garden at the Back Bay Fens. The program is free.  In addition to her work as a Pics in the Parks workshop leader, Ms. Berry will have an exhibit of her photographs at Boston City Hall August 22 – September 16.  For more information, call 617-961-3051.  One of her photographs is shown below.

  • Saturday, June 11, 1:00 pm – Painters for a Purpose

    Painters for a Purpose is a group of South Shore artists who donate 30% of their sales from each exhibit to a local charity.  For their upcoming exhibit opening Saturday, June 11 at the Arnold Arboretum, they have chosen the Elizabeth Stone House. The opening reception will be in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall at 1 pm and is free and open to the public.  The show will run through July 23.

    Located in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the Elizabeth Stone House is committed to countering the effects of trauma and breaking the cycles of violence and abuse—one family at a time. Through residential and community support services, the Stone House helps families heal and women reclaim control over their lives. The Stone House helps women and families rebuild their lives after experiencing domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse and other forms of trauma. The Stone House provides residential and non-residential programs, as well as an emergency shelter for those who are in immediate need.  For more information, call 617-384-5209, or visit www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

  • Saturday, June 4, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Sunday, June 5, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm – FIGMENT Boston

    Join more than 80 artists for two days of FREE public participatory art on the Greenway. Projects in every conceivable medium will surprise and delight you. Experience art in a whole new way. You are invited to bring something to share. FIGMENT is appropriate for all ages.  FIGMENT Boston will take place at Fort Point Channel Parks, Dewey Square Park and Chinatown Park on Saturday, June 4 from 11 – 7, and on Sunday, June 5, from 11 – 6, and admission is free.  For more information, log on to www.rosekennedygreenway.org.

  • Through December 12 – Environmentally Friendly: Works on Wood by Tova Speter

    Somerville artist Tova Speter uses found wood as a conduit to artistic exploration. The grain serves as her guide on a journey into the lines, shapes, and flow of the composition of the particular piece. In transforming scrap wood into works of art, she conveys the idea that everything has an inherent beauty that will shine through when viewed from a new perspective. Her work is currently on display in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, through December 12. For hours and directions, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu. The artist will donate a portion of the sales from this exhibition to Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain.

  • Friday, September 10, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Twilight Garden at Gallery NAGA

    Arthur Dion and Meg White, Directors of Gallery NAGA invite Garden Club of the Back Bay members to an opening reception with photographer Mary Kocol this Friday, September 10, from 6 – 8 at the Gallery, 67 Newbury Street, Boston.  They were struck by the similarity of the titles to our annual fund raising party in June and the September exhibition by the artist, and feel the affinities run even deeper.  The show will be on view through October 2, so all are invited to stop by during the run of the show and see these beautiful photographs.  Complete images can be seen on their website, www.gallerynaga.com.  Below is Conifers, October, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, 2009 archival inkjet photograph (1/10) 23×23″  We thank Arthur and Meg for their hospitality.

  • Saturday, August 14, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Plein Air in the Arboretum: Paintings by the NHPleinAir Artists

    Join the artists participating in the Arnold Arboretum’s current exhibit Plein Air in the Arboretum: Paintings by the NHPleinAir Artists for a short presentation and Q&A session on Saturday, August 14, from 1:00–3:00pm.
    Since last fall, intrepid painters from NHPleinAir have been making regular pilgrimages to the Arnold Arboretum, braving the elements—and the traffic!—to realize their collective and individual visions. The works in this exhibition feature the trees and landscapes of the Arboretum captured en plein air (“in the open air”) throughout the seasons. The group was founded in 2004 and has over 300 members who paint outside regularly throughout New England.  The show will be in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall from August 7 – September 19, 2010.  For more information, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

    Painting of Bussey Hill Road

  • Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – The Sacred Forest Opening Reception

    The works in Sacred Forest convey the power and spirituality that we feel in the presence of an ancient or immense grove of trees.

    Inspired by a concern for the environment, and motivated by mounting evidence that trees around the world are increasingly at risk, Lynn Avery has created a series of powerful, large-scale paintings that speak both to trees’ immense power and their uncertain future.

    The Sacred Forest is Avery’s way of promoting public awareness of the issues surrounding the future of our natural world. The opening reception for the exhibit will take place Saturday, March 13, from 1 – 3 pm in the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum, 125 The Arborway, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The reception is free, and you may find more information by calling 617-384-5209, or by emailing marc_devokaitis@harvard.edu. Directions to the Arboretum may be found at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Saturday, February 20, 1 – 3 pm – Summer in Winter: Paintings by Anthony Apesos

    The Arnold Arboretum invites you to a reception with artist Anthony Apesos on Saturday, February 20, from 1 – 3 pm, at the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall in the Arnold Arboretum.  The exhibit, Summer in Winter, will be on view January 9, 2010 through March 3, 2010, and Mr. Apesos will also give an artist talk on Thursday, February 25, from 6:30 to 8 pn.  For more information log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

    Anthony Apesos has been painting the Arboretum since he moved to Jamaica Plain in the early 1990s. His recent series of paintings shows the Arboretum at the height of summer’s verdant glory. A perfect antidote to winter weather, Apesos depicts the wide-ranging Arboretum landscape in deep summer, from the rugged outcrops of Hemlock Hill to the meadows from which dawn redwoods spring.

    Anthony Apesos is a professor of painting and art history at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His paintings are inspired by such landscape artists as George Inness, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer.

  • Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 12 noon – 5 pm – Schon and Schon

    Nancy Schon is a great friend of the City of Boston and the Boston Parks Department.  You are invited to a special exhibit of the artwork of Nancy and Ellen Schon on Saturday, November 21 or Sunday, November 22, from noon – 5 pm, at 291 Otis Street, West Newton, Massachusetts.  Please visit www.schon.com and www.ellenschon.com for more information about these fine artists.