Have you ever walked into a major art gallery and wished you had
discovered the artist before the price for the work was out of your
reach?
(Image : Derrick Te Paske, Hollow Vessel, 2008. Black cherry wood and applied acrylic modeling paste. Courtesy of the artist.)
This week the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) encourages you to do just that with "Inside Out: The Museum School Art Sale." The show opens tomorrow and continues through the weekend. Attendance is free.
This event is one of those special Boston treasures that we try to share with BostonZest readers. It's the School's annual art sale and fundraiser for student scholarships. This is the event that used to be called the December Sale. It now has a new name and dates.
What continues is its tradition as the largest public art sale in New England. In 2007 more than $1.1 million in art found patrons and a new home through this event.
InsideOut brings together a diverse range of fine art with more than 4,000 pieces, by approximately 800 artists. Art is rotated, as items as sold, so you may want to visit the sale more than once in the next 5 days.
Media includes contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, art objects, photographs, video and sound pieces, jewelry, sculpture, and more. Prices start as low as $5, but the largest selection of art is priced at $100 and up.
You'll see and may consider purchasing the work of:
- Current students (undergraduate and graduate levels) and recent graduates.
- Celebrated SMFA alumni such as Jim Dine, Ellsworth Kelly, and Mike and Doug Starn.
- Up-and-coming Boston-based artists such as Reese Inman and Rachel Perry Welty.
- Internationally known faculty members like María Magdalena Campos-Pons.
- Affiliated artists like Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, and Kiki Smith.
Take this opportunity to find a holiday gift for yourself or someone else. This is a year when we all need to support local artists. At InsideOut, you'll also be supporting the future of visual arts since proceeds benefit both the artists and SMFA student scholarships.
(Image: Nicole Kita, making tangible gestures (keith), 2007. Linoleum
print and chine colle on coloraid paper. 6x9 inches. Courtesy of the
artist.)
Details:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
230 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Hours
Wednesday, November 19, 12–8 pm
Opening Celebration: 5–8 pm
Thursday, November 20, 12–8 pm
Friday–Sunday, November 21–23, 12–6 pm
Here's a link to complete information about the sale:
