The SOS 2024 First Look Exhibit will take place at the Somerville Museum from April 11 to May 11. Opening reception Sunday, April 14 from 3-6 pm. All SOS member artists are eligible to submit a single piece. See the complete call for more details. Drop-off dates are March 24, March 27, and April 1.
This year we celebrate Community with a small works show at Neighborhood Produce in Ball Square. Work will be seen through the corner window at the intersection of Broadway and Boston Ave. Your interpretation of “community” may be literal or symbolic, representational or abstract, painted, drawn, sculpted, photographic or multi-media. Submissions should not exceed 12” x 12” x 12” since the space is small. Submission deadline: April 1, 2024.
People who have volunteered for SOS over the past two years are invited to submit work to the SOS 2024 Volunteer Small Works Show. The show will be displayed at Forge Bakery, 626 Somerville Avenue. Submission deadline: April 2.
Somerville Open Studios, the Somerville Arts Council, and the Inside-OUT Gallery (the Davis Square CVS display windows)
Call to Somerville Open Studios Artists Members showcase. Submission deadline April 1st, 2024. Show on view from April 19th to May 20th.
Exhibit Theme: Celebrating 25 years of Art in the ‘Ville.
Somerville Open Studios’s milestone silver anniversary is the theme for this years show. More details on the submission form.
Artwear is the new name for the SOS Fashion Show, which will take place on Thursday, May 2, at the Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square. Send email to artwear@somervilleopenstudios.org if you’d like to participate.
Locavore shows are returning to SOS in 2023! This year’s theme is Good Enough to Eat!
The focus of this Locavore show, to be held at Neighborhood Produce, 691 Broadway in Ball Square, is on groceries and provision of food. This includes portrayal of the food itself, as well as food insecurity, sourcing food, shopping or providing food. Submissions may be literal or symbolic, representational or abstract, painted, drawn, sculpted, photographic or multi-media. The show will be on display from April 29 to May 14, 2023. Submission deadline is Noon on April 10 2023. (Click title for more info)
Friday, April 21 – Saturday, May 13
Somerville Museum • 1 Westwood Road. (Artists Reception, Thursday, April 20, 6-8 pm) This show is open to all 2023 SOS registered artists. We strongly recommend participating in this non-juried group show – many studio visitors plan their trip based on what they see here. Click Header for more information.
Somerville Open Studios, the Somerville Arts Council, and the Inside-OUT Gallery (the Davis Square CVS display windows) once again welcome seasoned members and newcomers alike to submit pieces for the annual SOS members’ exhibit. While all works will be considered, we do encourage applicants to respond to this year’s theme. Submission deadline is March 30. (Click title for more info)
Did you volunteer for SOS? Then you can submit to the Volunteer Show. The SOS 2023 Volunteer Show will be a Small Works exhibit, where your work illustrates the idea that a piece of art may be small in scale, but compelling in impact! Submission deadline is NOON on March 30, 2023.
All SOS members who have volunteered within the last three years are invited to submit a piece for this exhibit. All mediums will be considered, but the dimensions may not exceed 10”x10”. (Click title for more info)
Somerville Open Studios & Bow Market Second Annual SOS Small Works Show 2022 Submission deadline April 1 Delicate paint strokes, tiny carved impressions, minute folds of cloth or metal. A piece of art may be small in scale, but compelling in impact — a little artifact that sets the imagination free of the constraint of…