It is Giving Season, and the Copley Society of Art is a great place to give! With just over 300 artist members, the Copley Society enthusiastically supports its artists, and strives to engage the public in the arts. With your assistance, we will continue to expand, collaborate, exhibit, and educate in the upcoming year.   Raymond Gilbert, CA, Wildfire, mixed media EXHIBITING: Since its establishment in 1879, the Copley Society has endeavored to provide a platform and camaraderie for our artists members by creating a space where they can cultivate their careers and make their mark up ..read more

Robin Colodzin is a mixed-media artist, a software engineer, and a member of the Copley Society of Art for six years running. Her solo exhibition, Embodied, perfectly encapsulates her multifaceted talents, containing both painting and augmented reality components. Colodzin’s collection of work is deeply vulnerable and tackles a topic that relates to everyone: the body. In today’s society, it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t have, or hasn’t had, a complex relationship with their body. Colodzin gives room to this topic, creating a space for viewers to reflect on their own experiences and feel v ..read more

Anna Kasabian is a ceramicist and writer who has been a member of Co|So for 7 years. In my conversation with her, I learned about her process behind Garden of the Moondance Roses, Kasbian’s piece in the Spring Members Show, about the challenges and joys of working with porcelain, and received some meaningful life advice. Pictured: Garden of the Moondance Roses, porcelain on wood board, 24 x 24” Tell me about your piece in the Spring Members Show. What was the inspiration behind it and the process of making it? I am often inspired by nature. Everything that I do is either ocean-themed or garde ..read more

Winter is here in Boston! The excitement of the holiday season has come and gone but the cold remains. It can be hard to find motivation during these first few months of the year to embrace the winter activities. But we were inspired by the artworks selected for the Winter Harmony show and thought we’d share some snow-day activity ideas taken right from the paintings. This show doesn’t begin until February 23, so you get a sneak-peak at some of the amazing work that will be on view soon! Pictured: Tom Grady, Sledding at QCC, oil on wood panel, 18 x 18” Sledding, as Tom Grady would probably at ..read more

  The Copley Society of Art is excited to announce that our New Members Show 2023 is opening on January 12th! This upcoming exhibition showcases the artists reviewed and accepted by the Membership Committee in 2022. CoSo’s new members represent diverse styles, media and techniques. In this month’s blog, Co|So shares 4 pieces as a sneak peek for the New Members Show 2023! Pictured: Catherine Mamola, Tides Lullaby, oil, 20.5×24.5” Catherine Mamola wanted to capture the peace and beauty in this isolated, hard to read cove, in Narragansett Bay, RI. She wanted to capture the splendid feelings ..read more

Happy holidays to all! At Co|So we are in the swing of the holiday season due to our annual Holiday Small Works Show. This year we had an unprecedented number of submissions, over 350 artworks in vary styles and mediums are now on display. With so many incredible and different pieces, we wanted to highlight just a few with a unique point of view. These six pieces below, give the viewer the ability to walk down a path, gaze from the outside in, and observe still moments often overlooked. Whether it be the swarming sidewalks of Boston, or a neighborhood stroll, we hope these relatable pieces ins ..read more

On Tuesday June 28th members of Boston’s art community gathered at the Park Plaza Castle for a special viewing of Immersive Monet & The Impressionists, and an artist panel featuring four accomplished Copley Society artist members. With projective displays of Monet’s water lilies, Degas’ graceful dancers, Cassatt’s fair women, and Renoir’s bathers, this exhibition brings to life many of the most iconic paintings that propelled the art world into the 20th century. Panel moderator, Geoffrey Chalmers, began the discussion with a historical examination of the Impressionist Movement. In his com ..read more

Written by: Vivian van Stolk The Copley Society of Art looks to new horizons in this year’s Summer Members Show. Our artists exhibit a variety of interpretations in the form of horizons, indicating how they shape us through opportunity and looking ahead.  Inspiration came from many places here in Boston, from depictions of local fisherman, harbors, golden farmland, as well as abstract pieces and porcelain sculpture. Lori Mehta, CA, Crosswind, oil, 19″ x 37″ This powerful piece allows the viewer to onlook the moment of clarity and release through anonymity of the figure. The feeling of fr ..read more

The Copley Society of Art recognizes exceptional pieces from our Small Works exhibitions with Awards of Merit. Co|So’s Art Committee grants Awards of Merit to ten works of art that demonstrate exceptional presentation, technique, composition, and style. Awards of Merit truly reflect the effort, talent, and skill of our artist members and we are proud to present them to our artists with every new Small Works show. From figurative to marine scenes, abstract to realist pieces, the awarded works represent our eclectic range of artist members. The awards given out for Small Works: Encounter New Eng ..read more

Fellows Exhibition: September Escapades celebrates seven Copley Society artists in residence from both the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the Charles Family Foundation Residency on Cape Ann. This week’s blog highlights our fellows’ interpretations of their surroundings during residency and their reflections of their experiences. During the artist’s month-long residency on the North Shore in 2016, Nancy Colella used the time to experiment with new approaches in her work. Working both en plein air and in studio, the Copley Master explored a less representational and more expressive st ..read more