Fort Point's 36th Annual Open Studios Event
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| Dates: | Fri, Sat, Sun from 10/16/15 - 10/18/15 |
| Hours: | Friday, 4 - 7 PM, Saturday and Sunday, 12 - 6 |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Arts & Culture |
Fort Point Open Studios weekend will be held Friday through Sunday, October 16th-18th.
More than 150 artists will open their studio doors to thousands of visitors as we celebrate 36 years of Open Studios in Fort Point.
In addition to the Saturday and Sunday hours from 12 to 6pm, selected studios are open during a Friday Preview Evening, from 4pm to 7:00 pm on October 16th.
Explore the historic waterfront warehouses that are home to painters, sculptors, ceramicists, jewelers, performance artists, printmakers, book artists, photographers, and more.
Meet local artists and craftspeople, and get a behind the scenes look at where Boston artists create their work.
Find established artists, and discover new emerging talents.
Stroll, ponder, and browse.
Buy original art from the people who make it.
Visitors to Open Studios can tour artists’ studios in more than 10 buildings in the Fort Point neighborhood, as well as galleries and pop-up exhibit venues.
All buildings are in easy walking distance of each other.
Free participatory art-making activities for all ages will take place on Saturday and Sunday at multiple locations.
In conjunction with Open Studios, FPAC presents two temporary public art installations in the water, and one on land.
This year’s Public Art Series will be anchored by Hilary Zelson’s large-scale floating installation, Who Wears Wool, which depicts two sheep, a call to Fort Point’s history in the wool industry.
Also on view are Don Eyles PYR 2014, a floating pyramid in the Fort Point Channel made to represent Boston cobblestoned streets and John Hansen’s Artist at Work, a plexiglass sculpture and solar LED lights that presents a collection of imagery that is structurally supporting, visually entertaining and open to interpretation.
The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery at 300 Summer Street features The Annual Members Group Show, with individual works in all media by more than 75 Fort Point artists.
The opening reception for FPAC’s annual members Group Show is Thursday, October 15th from 5:00-7:30pm.
At the Gallery at Atlantic Wharf, Big Picture III showcases large-scale works by FPAC members.
Open Studios is organized by Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC), which represents the over 300 artists working and living in this unique waterfront neighborhood.
Fort Point is recognized as one of New England’s largest and oldest arts communities.
FPAC pioneered the concept of Open Studios in Boston.
Fort Point can be reached by the Red Line at South Station or Broadway, the Silver Line at Courthouse, and is easily accessible from RT 93 and The Mass Turnpike.
Studios are within easy walking distance of each other.
Plenty of free parking is available for the weekend.
Maps of the Fort Point area, highlighting which studios are open, will be available at information booths at the community’s two artist-owned co-operative buildings at 249 A Street and 300 Summer Street, and the Midway Artists’ Building at 15 Channel Center Street.
Information booths will also be set up at the corners of Binford and A Street, and at A Street and Melcher.
For more information please call FPAC at 617 423-4299 or www.fortpointarts.org
For press inquiries please contact Emily O’Neil at [email protected].
High quality images are available for print and publication upon request.
About The Fort Point Arts Community:
The Fort Point Arts Community, Inc.
of South Boston (FPAC) is a non‐profit community organization founded in 1980 and run by neighborhood artists and volunteers.
Our mission is to promote the work of our artists to a broad and diverse audience; to preserve the artists' community in the Fort Point Channel area; to ensure the continuance of permanent, affordable studio space; to build community; and to increase the visibility of the arts in Fort Point.
In Fort Point, artists not only create art, we present two Open Studios events each year, organize art lending programs, run galleries and a store, produce temporary public art, and are active participants in determining the future of our neighborhood.
We encourage new ideas, collaboration, connections, and economic growth.
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.fortpointarts.org/open-studios/
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
Summer Street, Boston, MA, 02210 map
Phone: 617 423 4299
Fort Point can be reached by the Red Line at South Station or Broadway, the Silver Line at Courthouse, and is easily accessible from RT 93 and The Mass Turnpike. Studios are within easy walking distance of each other. Plenty of free parking is available for the weekend.
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