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See art in Somerville all year round

June 2018

• The Foundation: 30 Years of Creativity, featuring artists who were present for the founding of Brickbottom Artists Building in 1988. At Brickbottom Gallery, One Fitchburg Street, Thursdays-Saturdays 12-5 pm, June 7-30.
• SomerVillain, an art exhibition from Outside The Lines Studio, at Somerville Central Library, 79 Highland Ave, June 2-30.
• Chest: Works by Matt Storm, at the Somerville Media Center (SCATV) Gallery, 90 Union Square, June 1-29.
• A Summer In A Day, at Slater Concourse Gallery, Aidekman Art Center of Tufts University, 40 Talbot Avenue, June 1 - July 31.
• Photos by Sudi Chakravarthy, at the Inside-Out Gallery, in the windows of the Davis Square CVS.
• The Friend Smithsonian Museum is an outdoor exhibit in the front yard of Martha Friend's house at 135 Highland Avenue, featuring a rotating set of artists. Currently, Janet Meyers' tranquil installation evokes a calm sea, hand made boats, and a wide open blue sky.

Summer 2018

• Stranger Times, Living in a World of the Upside Down, June 30 - August 15, at the Inside-Out Gallery, in the windows of the Davis Square CVS.
• Only Connections, by J.K. Rofling, at Somerville Central Library, 79 Highland Ave, July 3-30.
  Opening reception: Thursday, July 12, 6-8 pm
• The Beer Show, at Washington Street Gallery. 321 Washington Street, Saturdays noon-4 pm, July 7-28.
  Opening reception: Saturday, July 7, 6-9 pm
• Animals, Real & Imagined, the Brickbottom summer members' exhibition, at Brickbottom Gallery, One Fitchburg Street, Thursdays-Saturdays 12-5 pm, July 12 - August 18.
  
• The Edge of the Forest , by Caitlyn Cedarstrom Morris, at Washington Street Gallery. 321 Washington Street, Saturdays noon-4 pm, August 4-25.
  Opening reception: Saturday, August 4, 6-8 pm

Fall 2018

• Somerville Toy Camera Festival, at Brickbottom Gallery, Nave Gallery, and Washington Street Gallery, September 2018 (exact dates vary by venue).
  Deadline for submissions: Sunday, June 24
  Opening receptions: Saturday and Sunday, September 8-9
• Those Who Can, Teach, at Nave Gallery, November 17 - December 15,.
  Deadline for submissions: Saturday, September 1
• Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection; States of Freedom: The Figure in Flux; TuftsPUBLIC: Wavefarm-in-Residence; and Artist Response: Election, at Aidekman Art Center of Tufts University, 40 Talbot Avenue, August 29 - December 16.
  Opening reception: Thursday, September 6, 5:30-7:30 pm

If you know of a current or upcoming art exhibit in Somerville that isn't listed here, please send e-mail to see_art@somervilleopenstudios.org .

... and visit some other Open Studios, too

Many neighborhoods and towns near Somerville have their own Open Studios. Here are some upcoming events for 2018:

Summer 2018

• Hull Open Studios, July 7-8 and August 18-19
• South Coast Open Studios, July 21-22 and August 18-19
• The Art Drive, Dartmouth and Westport MA, August 10-12

Fall 2018

• Various Boston neighborhood open studios, mid-September through mid-December
• Cambridge Open Studios, September 29-30
• Cape Ann Artisans, Gloucester and Rockport, October 6-8
• Arlington Open Studios, Saturday, October 13
• Natick Open Studios, October 20-21
• Waltham Mills Open Studios, November 3-4
• Brickbottom and Joy Street Open Studios in Somerville, November 17-18
• Somerville's Vernon Street Studios and Artisan's Asylum both hold Open Studios events in the late fall. Dates have not yet been announced.