Gallery 263

We hope you can join us for our first life drawing workshop of the year! Gallery 263 invites our community across all ages to join a facilitated life drawing workshop with a clothed model. Come stretch, relax, observe and draw to kick off your weekend in peace and good company.

It is advised to bring your own materials (sketchbooks, pencils, graphite, etc), though some will be available for use. 10% of proceeds will be donated to the Family Van, a local nonprofit providing health and social services.

Dates: June 20 and July 11, 9:45 - 11:45 am
Cost: Sliding scale between $10 and $20, by cash or Venmo upon entry (no RSVP needed)

A very heartfelt thank you to our community for showing out on a misty Saturday to celebrate this special place’s 18th birthday!! Shoutout to all the badass souls who sang their hearts out , gave us a place to groove , painted faces, and rocked out.

Please join us all June long - upcoming event info can be found at the link in bio. As a reminder, our call for exhibition proposals closes tomorrow night (June 10, 11:59 pm). Can’t wait to see you all again soon 🤘💚

Join us for our CQ abundance opening reception this evening from 6-9 pm! 💚 Refreshments, snacks and ice cream from Zack’s .icecream will be provided.

This national exhibition juried by Jasper A. Sanchez features 22 artists across mediums who see beyond a world that is given. In the context of this show, q***r abundance is at once proclamation and a tool for liberation. It allures, celebrates and disorients, holding at the seams both grief and love.

All month long we will host related offerings, including an arts market on June 14 - where a host of LGBTQIA+ vendors will feature handmade art and adornments for the body and home - and an artist panel on June 25 with some of the minds behind the exhibition. We can’t wait to see you soon!

Artist credits, in order of appearance:
Laicee Blackwell , “Revelry”
Chase Spearance , former small works artist and organizer for our CQ art market
Andi Pickler , “Courtesy Nails at the Bush”

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Just one week left to submit exhibition proposals! This series is the only way to be considered for a solo or curated group exhibition in our 700 sq ft gallery. Application details can be found on our website (link in bio). Please submit by June 10 at 11:59 pm ET, we look forward to seeing your work!

This image “Ottowa” was part of Do It for the Boys, the first ever solo exhibition by Nathan Bolton . Exhibited in 2024 as part of our Exhibition Proposal Series, the show depicted the Los Angeles Rebellion, one of four original q***r rugby teams in the US. Bolton was a member for six years before being injured and channeling the experience into documentation.

Scenes from our first ever Pearl Street Book Fair! 💚 Thank you to organizer Sophia Day .n.day, new and old friends, the Morse Elementary School crew who provided a beautiful environment , and the host of artists who made this day such a success:

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McCall Hollister .hollister
Dust Collective .collective
Mari Saxon .arts
Brynne Quinlan
Sadie Saunders
Elysabeth Cianci
Suzi Grossman

Happy Pride! We are ecstatic to share Contemporary Q***r: Abundance is now on view through June 29.

This national exhibition juried by Jasper A. Sanchez features 22 artists whose works see and imagine a world beyond that which is given. In the context of this exhibition, q***r abundance is at once a proclamation and a tool for reclamation and liberation. It allures, celebrates and disorients, holding at the seems both grief and love.

Please join us for an opening reception this Friday, and for an artists talk Thursday June 25. RSVP and learn more at the link in bio.

Juno Soleil Vieira , “after hopping out of the shower, we jump on your bed and dance”

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Join us tomorrow, rain or shine, from 12-4pm to celebrate our 18th Birthday! This daylong affair will feature crafts, snacks, and live music by Wicked Fluffy and Sean James. This event is open to the public and free to attend. We hope to see you there! ✨🎂💃👽

A heartfelt thank you to Hannah Latham and all those who made Ripples in Still Water possible. This exhibition left a profound impact on our community and we are honored to have been the first home for this body of work, which explored substance use disorder, recovery and community in rural Maine.

Up next this week is our annual Morse Elementary show. Pop by to see the work of local students from 2:45-5 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with a reception on Tuesday from 4:30-6:30 💚

We are open tonight through Sunday! Come by to catch the final weekend of Lonely Table, featuring the dreamlike worlds of three New England artists.

🖼️ Julia Cheng , “things that make a wild horse want to fly,” oil on canvas, 9x12” & “the mountain you were born under,” oil on found headboard, 52x22”