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Good Trouble Brass Band, playing right now around the corner from the gallery on Cleveland Street for Arlington Porchfest, followed by Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at 3! Go Fish! https://arlingtonporchfest.org/

We are so excited for Arlington Porchfest tomorrow! In celebration of Arts Arlington's Go Fish! installation at the Fox Library, part of Cleveland Street will be closed to traffic for performances by Good Trouble Brass Band at 2pm and then Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at 3 pm. Peek around the corner toward the gallery to see some of the fish our artists created too! https://arlingtonporchfest.org/

Today's highlight from Happenstance, on view through Fri 7/10: Damion Silver, Go Again, enamel on poplar, steel pins https://13forest.com/happenstance

Thank you to Terry Carter and Steve Rapp, who joined us last Saturday to share their poetry celebrating the Mystic River and the return of the herring as a part of the Go Fish! project, an ongoing public art installation curated by Cecily Miller. Make sure to stop by the Fox Library soon (perhaps this Saturday 6/20 during Porchfest) to check out the growing school of fish! https://13forest.com/news/2026/6/3/outsidein-go-fish

Join us at the gallery this afternoon Sat 6/13 4-6 pm and learn how this colorful school of fish was spawned! On hand we will have Cecily Miller, Arlington's Public Art Curator, to explain the origin of the project as well as Terry Carter and Steve Rapp, two poets who will debut new work celebrating the mighty herring! https://13forest.com/news/2026/6/3/outsidein-go-fish

New in the gallery: Mike Sweeney, arriving home, collaged carbon paper transfer and acrylic on handwoven watercolor paper https://13forest.com/mike-sweeney/

Have you seen these fish around town? You can't miss 'em - over 2,000 hand-painted fish have been installed as part of Go Fish!, a massive public art project here in Arlington. Please join us for an event at the gallery on Sat 6/13 with poetry and refreshments celebrating the return of the mighty herring! Read more here: https://conta.cc/4fWWiET

Today's highlight from Happenstance: Chen Peng, Fly Away, oil on canvas https://13forest.com/happenstance

New in the gallery: Tanya Hayes Lee, Tomorrow, oil on canvas https://13forest.com/tanya-hayes-lee-shop

Have you seen the MFA's Framing Nature: Gardens and Imagination yet? If not you have until 6/28 to catch this blockbuster show featuring Singer, Hokusai and two Claudes - that is, Monet and our own Claudio Eshun! To highlight Eshun's work and its inclusion in this sweeping exhibition, Gallery Director Caitee Hoglund has written a review of the show: https://13forest.com/news/2026/5/27/framing-nature-gardens-and-imagination-a-review Further, a limited edition print of the photograph is available here at the gallery: https://13forest.com/claudio-eshun-shop/untitled-our-familys-garden Congrats, Claude!