There aren’t many art shows where the same wall will feature a first grader’s unique, glasses wearing fish, a high school freshman’s layered portrait, a third grader’s Monet inspired landscape and an alternative take on the “Anne of Green Gables” cover from a high school sophomore.
Zullo Gallery hosts in-person exhibit

These unique, rainy day pieces from Rick Legge were made using gold leaf.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With movies continually being pushed back because the theaters aren’t open, Broadway shows being cancelled until May 2021, and schools having to cut electives like art...
Medfield High School launches virtual art show

Medfield High School Art teacher Meg Drew has designed and curated an interactive art show to showcase the work of students in AP Art and Design. Each section is arranged into a room where the viewer can click on the individual pieces and find out more about the artist. Those who wish to...
Art Assoc. welcomes Latanision

La Farge, Tiffany discussed at McIver Lecture

Zullo Gallery holds holiday exhibit

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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This week, at Art Basel, a banana duct-taped to the wall sold for $120,000. However, after hearing the news, a rival “performance artist” pulled the banana off the wall and ate it in an apparent protest. Lest you think there was anything special about the first banana, it was...
Artist Mangi paints pets

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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday night, Johanne Mangi gave a demonstration of how she paints portraits of people’s pets. Presented in association with The Wellesley Society of Artists, Stray Pets in Need (SPIN) and The Wellesley Free Library, the show lasted from 6:30 to the library’s closing at nine o’clock.
How do...
Two Dwight-Derby House artists exhibiting

Jay Mankita teaches engineering through play

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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With schools increasingly trying to lead children to STEM careers, there is a huge need to make engineering seem as fun as long-beloved subjects like art and music.
Looking to fill that gap, Jay Mankita brought his Rube Goldberg machine building event, Playful Engineers, to the Sherborn Community...
Zullo Gallery announces summer classes


MCPE awards $131,000 in grants
Sixth graders design unique civilizations

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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Dover-Sherborn Middle School held its STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) Fair on Thursday, where sixth graders were tasked with using all the skills they’d learned in their classes to design a unique civilization. To make matters trickier, each civilization had to address a challenge currently facing the...
Open Studios this weekend

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Needham Open Studios is celebrating 21 years as a supportive, inclusive and vibrant community. Members of the community are encouraged to take a self-guided tour from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. during the weekend of Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, and visit with 35 new and returning award-winning artists. Many Needham...
Maureen Obey art show at library

Kira Seamon readies Art in Bloom

Gerry Clifford exhibiting at Open Studios

Pastel workshop renders colorful evening

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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Drawing and painting are often some of the most relaxing and rewarding activities in which one can be involved.
However, they can only truly be relaxing when an individual knows the right way to approach them.
On Thursday, April 4, a group met at the Sherborn Library to learn...
Robert Mesrop gives watercolor demonstration

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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Tuesday night, the Needham Library held a live watercolor showcase of Robert Mesrop’s work, in which Mesrop took around an hour to create an original painting in front of - and inspired by - the audience.
Co-sponsored by the Needham Art Association and the Wellesley Society of Artists,...
Clever Hand Gallery hosting student work

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The Clever Hand Gallery will showcase work by students from the Intensive Metals class at Wellesley High School. This is the ninth year of collaboration between the local artisans’ cooperative and the talented students.
Students in Shayla Vines’ Intensive Metals class started school year with everyone working on the ancient technique of “open back”...
Art in Bloom set for March


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