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GIVE ART 2011

Visit our gallery for the third annual GIVE ART 2011 exhibit featuring smaller diverse work by several regional artists. The exhibit includes works by Teddy O'Connor, Ali Osborn, Anna Slezak, Darthea Cross, A. Campbell Payne, Alicia Carson, George Stavropolous, Rachel Prouty, and Raphael Griswold. All works are affordably priced at $300 or under, making it a great chance to give original artwork to someone special this holiday season. The GIVE ART 2011 exhibition starts today and will show through January 8, 2012.

Please join us for an artist reception this Thursday, November 10th from 6pm-8pm. Mingle with the artists, enjoy some refreshments and snacks, and check out the new exhibit. Our supply shop will be open during the event (right next door to the gallery), so be sure to stop by and say hello!

Albright Art Gallery + Supply
32 Main Street, downstairs
Concord, MA 01742
Tel. 978.369.7300

Autumn Events in Concord

There's a lot to do in Concord this autumn! You can visit the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery just outside the center of town and pay homage to writer's Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. You can check out the Old Manse by the North Bridge where presumably a ghost roams around at night. Scary! Or you can visit some of the many arty events going on around town. Check out our round up of some interesting art-related events below. Be sure to also take time to stroll around historic Concord Center, check out the shops (be sure to stop by our shop and gallery!), get some delicious pastries at the Sally Ann Bakery (we highly recommend the lemon coconut cookies!) and enjoy the foliage and autumn air.

>> Big Art: 2nd Annual Exhibition of Large-Scale Outdoor Sculpture

The Emerson Umbrella has installed its second annual large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition, BIG ART 2. The exhibition includes works by members of the Boston Sculptors group, from New England and the northeast, and from around the country. It represents works in many styles and media — figurative and abstract, monumental and intimate — and materials from carved granite to cast bronze to concrete to carved wood to natural branches and hand-made stone. The exhibition will be on display through November 1, 2011. 

Where: Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow Street (tel. 978-371-0820)

When: Thru November 1, 2011

>> Emerson Umbrella Yard Sale!

Stop by the big yard sale that will take place inside and outside the Emerson Umbrella. Proceeds benefit the Umbrella.

Where: Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow Street (tel. 978-371-0820)

When: Saturday, October 15 from 9:00am – 1:00pm

>> Wednesday Night Art Flicks: “What About Style? Alex Katz: A Painter’s Painter”

Learn about the work and career of renegade artist Alex Katz through a close look at 20 paintings, archival footage and an illuminating conversation with the artist.

Where: Concord Art Association, 37 Lexington Road (tel. 978-369-2578)

When: Wednesday, October 12th at 7:00pm

>> Wednesday Night Art Flicks: “ The Thinking Hand”

The film explores the ways in which drawings are expressions of an artist’s thoughts, created as initial ideas which are worked through and resulting in studies for finished works or works in their own right.

Where: Concord Art Association, 37 Lexington Road (tel. 978-369-2578)

When: Wednesday, November 9 at 7:00pm

>> Profile-Taking with Silhouette Artist Jean Comerford
Silhouette artist Jean Comerford uses her skill with a scissor to cut delightful heirloom-quality portraits that make a wonderful gift or keepsake.  Children ages six months and up and adults of all ages are welcome; sittings are ten minutes.  $30/profile; $15 copies; frames and mats for sale. By appointment.

Where: The Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Road (tel. 978-369-9763)

When: Friday & Saturday, November 4 & 5