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Dartmouth & Westport, MA Tiverton & Little Compton, RI southcoastartists.org July 20–21 & August 17–18, 11–5 One of the finest art events in New England, the tour features 75 artists working in the communities of Dartmouth and Westport, MA, and Tiverton and Little Compton, RI, located less than one hour south of Boston. Celebrating the 21st year of the Tour, studio artists are taking a fresh approach to their work, reflecting on the creative lessons they’ve learned during the pandemic, and sharing those uplifting visions with visitors. This is a free event for the whole family. Dow ..read more

219 Country Rd., Ipswich, MA thetrustees.org/Appleton Ongoing: Jean Shin’s Perch explores temporality (ecological and agricultural time) and regeneration. Bobolinks—songbirds who make the migratory journey from the southern hemisphere and whose populations are in decline—are the primary birds that use Appleton’s grasslands and hayfields as their nesting site. Shin created sculptural platforms made from Appleton’s fallen and dead trees that visitors can engage with, as they become participants in this critical monitoring throughout the project’s run. Within the nesting area, Shin will create sc ..read more

2 Plunkett St., Lenox, MA (413) 551-5111 edithwharton.org Daily, June 2–October 20, dawn to dusk Sculpture at The Mount will showcase a diverse range of sculptures of varying scale and media produced by emerging and internationally established artists. Thoughtfully sited throughout American writer Edith Wharton’s historic grounds and gardens, this immersion of art in the natural world is free and open for the public to explore. Contact them to book artist-led tours for groups of all ages, interests and abilities. Audrey Shachnow, Pears. At The Mount ..read more

39 South St., Pittsfield, MA (413) 443-7171 berkshiremuseum.org M–Sa 10–5, Su 12–5 Opening June 1: The Animal Art of Julie Bell explores award-winning fantasy artist Julie Bell’s paintings of animals in their natural habitats. Julie Bell, Behind the Veil, 2016, © Julie Bell. At Berkshire Museum ..read more

5031 Main St., #2 Village Square Waitsfield, VT (802) 224-6878 info@madrivervalleyarts.org Tu–Sa 1–5 May 2–June 26: ALOFT touches upon the ethereal in its light and darkness whether from the natural-wild and human-made, from aerial perspectives and history, to that of folklore. Artists present their art in twos, sixes or nine works at a time, and in two or three dimensions. Mixed media painting, oils, drawing, photography, textiles, mosaic and historical airborne objects will lift us away from the weights of earth and the mundane. Artist talk and reception: Thursday, May 2, 5–7 p.m. Dominique ..read more

11 Thomas St., Providence, RI (401) 331-1114 info@providenceartclub.org providenceartclub.org Su–F 12–4 June 2–28: Complex World: Paintings by Kathy Hodge and Nick Paciorek featuring two contemporary Rhode Island painters. Hodge’s wild and tangled vegetation of New England and Paciorek’s colorful celebration of the bounty of vineyards reveal the hidden order within the apparent chaos of the natural world. Opening reception: Sunday, June 2, 2–4 p.m. Kathy Hodge, Spring Peepers, 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 30″. At the Providence Art Club. Nick Paciorek, Southern France Vineyard, 2024, oil on canv ..read more

Harvard Art Museums, Boston, MA • harvardartmuseums.org • Through July 21, 2024 Installation image from the Harvard Art Museums, LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time. Photo taken March 4, 2024, featuring LaToya M. Hobbs, Scene 5: The Studio, © LaToya M. Hobbs, 2022.224.5. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Rendering a day in the life of an African-American artist and her family is a monumental suite of woodcut prints on display at the Harvard Art Museums. LaToya M. Hobbs: It’s Time is the first public presentation of Carving Out Time (2020–2021), a suite of five woodcut prints by the forty-one ..read more

I first met Wiley Holton in her lovely home studio joined by her two cats; she is an early career artist based in Medford, MA, colliding painting and math. Her meticulously made acrylic and graphite paintings on panel vary between multiple series, two of which are her kaleidoscopes and horizon lines. Each employs gradients and subtle color mixing to formulate elegant paintings. A Massachusetts local, Wiley Holton grew up in Dedham, MA, and went on to attend Colby College in Maine. There she studied studio art with a minor in mathematics graduating in 2019. Her paintings are in private collect ..read more

14 Vernon St. Framingham, MA, Floor 2 (508) 215-5110 danforthartmuseum@framingham.edu danforth.framingham.edu The Museum has a permanent collection focusing on American art from the 19th century to the present day, with rotating exhibitions of contemporary, regional artists. Through June 2: Sandra Matthews: Unearthing; Jennifer Davis Carey and Scarlett Hoey: Not a Story to Pass On; and Harvest, Foraged, Found, featuring work by Madge Evers, Lynda Goldberg, Bob Kephart, Saberah Malik, and Sarah Sockbeson. See website for hours and events. Jennifer Davis Carey and Scarlett Hoey, Not a Story to P ..read more