While there have been many opportunities to learn about Beacon Gallery’s amazing artists through our ongoing Beacon Gallery Connections blog series, we don’t often get the chance to spotlight the important individuals contributing to such work behind the scenes. The Beacon Gallery Team is a small but mighty one, and we would love to be able to connect with our fellow art community on a more in-depth level. With that said, we’re excited to present a moment to meet Beacon Gallery’s Marketing Manager and Assistant Curator, Presley Ackeret! What sparked your interest in the arts? It’s h ..read more

Meclina Priestley. Photo courtesy of the artist. Beacon Gallery is excited to share that artist Meclina Gomes Priestley, who is represented by the gallery is featured in a meaningful group show entitled Sheltered, at the University Art Gallery, College of Visual & Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth-Star Store Campus, which started on May 24th and runs until September 8, 2022. Priestley joins this select group of contemporary Women Artists of Color with diverse cultural backgrounds and unique perspectives including, Gloretta Baynes, L’Merchie Frazier, Ekua Holmes, Corinne Spencer and Alison ..read more

Christine O’Donnell, Beacon Gallery Beacon Gallery owner and director Christine O’Donnell is pleased to announce that she will be working as a partner with Madrid’s Very Private Gallery. This relationship will allow Christine to offer her insights and articles on Very Private Gallery’s platform as well as her consulting to Very Private Gallery’s clients. Christine’s first article for Very Private Gallery is based on her experience at Beacon Gallery: she’s distilled down her years of running her South End space into 10 reasons why you shouldn’t work with a gallery. While a bit “tongue in cheek ..read more

Beacon Gallery owner Christine O’Donnell has collaborated on multiple projects with Gallery Systems. They are the manufacturers of the hanging system used in the gallery and have proven to be tireless advocates for the arts as well. The most recent project to which Christine contributed is their art hanging guide. “Everyone’s Guide to Art Hanging” It’s a free, downloadable PDF, available at the following link. Check it out for lots of great content on various ways to hang artwork no matter your experience level nor wall space available. Enjoy ..read more

Beacon Gallery artist Sima Schloss has been featured in the online exhibition by Arcade Project Curatorial, entitled Spring Forward. This show was curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel and is on view through July 3rd. Sima’s work is featured along side such artists as Mickalene Thomas – see a review of her show Better Nights at the Bass Art Museum at thoughtsonart.com. Check out the show at the link below or on Artsy.net Enjoy this online exhibition. A review is coming on thoughtsonart.com ..read more

While Beacon Gallery was spared any water damage, our neighborhood is now dealing with the 1-2 punch of COVID-19 and a 30-inch watermain break on April 14th. Here is a photo from Boston Fire Department so you get a sense of what it looked like: The water rushed in quite dramatically and knocked over furniture, pedestals and ravaged the entire row of shops of 460 Harrison Ave, as well as other adjoining buildings. In a desire to do something to help, here is an aggregated list of the businesses affected (if you know of any businesses that we’ve missed, please comment). A few have mentioned way ..read more

We want to congratulate Caron Tabb on her article in the Boston Globe! Her menorah for the MFA’s Hanukkah celebration got some fantastic coverage. We are so proud of her! This article appeared in the 12.29.2019 print edition of the Boston Globe ..read more

Beacon Gallery’s Caron Tabb was honored with the nod to make the Boston Museum of Fine Art’s menorah for this year’s Hannukah celebration. Hyperallergic wrote a fabulous article on the event, and on Tabb’s piece. Check it out here! Beacon Gallery’s Art Dash also got a mention in Wicked Local’s Newton Tab! For a full listing of Beacon Gallery’s media mentions, head over to our Press Release and Media page ..read more