North Central Mass Events

Opening Day of the 19th Annual Festival of Trees at The Gardner Museum

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

Opening Day of the 19th Annual Festival of Trees opens at the Gardner Museum on Wednesday, November 13 during regular museum hours. This annual event sponsored by local businesses, a Gardner tradition, featuring long lines of decorated artificial Christmas trees is both an exhibit and a raffle. Prizes include the decorated trees of various sizes […]

First Thursday at the Fitchburg Art Museum

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

The Fitchburg Art Museum is free every first Thursday of every month with extended hours from 12:00-7:00pm. Visit and explore the Museum in a different light. On Free First Thursdays, from November to May, the Fitchburg Farmers market will be held indoors at the Fitchburg Art Museum from 3 to 5:30 pm. Offering both SNAP […]

First Thursday at the Fitchburg Art Museum

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

The Fitchburg Art Museum is free every first Thursday of every month with extended hours from 12:00-7:00pm. Visit and explore the Museum in a different light. On Free First Thursdays, from November to May, the Fitchburg Farmers market will be held indoors at the Fitchburg Art Museum from 3 to 5:30 pm. Offering both SNAP […]

Portrait Group at New Salem Museum of Fine Art

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art 37 South Main St, New Salem, MA, United States

Join the January Portrait Group to practice drawing or painting a live model at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, every Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm! Work with live models in this January session at the New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art. Create a finished drawing or painting over the course of the […]

Portrait Group at New Salem Museum of Fine Art

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art 37 South Main St, New Salem, MA, United States

Join the January Portrait Group to practice drawing or painting a live model at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, every Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm! Work with live models in this January session at the New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art. Create a finished drawing or painting over the course of the […]

Tara Sellios: Ask Now the Beasts at Fitchburg Art Museum

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

Boston-based artist Tara Sellios' exhibit Ask Now the Beasts comes to the Fitchburg Art Museum on January 18 and will remain through the end of the year. These photographs capture the still lives Sellios crafts from organic materials. They are inspired by Christian devotionals and Dutch historic still lives. It considers the circle of life, […]

Films at The Icon Museum

Icon Museum and Study Center, Clinton 203 Union St, Clinton, MA, United States

Watch two films--Famine (2023) and Theodore Strawinsky: I Paint Not as I See, but as I Look (2024) at the Icon Museum in Clinton on January 18 from 1:00-3:30 PM. These films were screened at the NYC Independent Eastern European documentary festival, but now you can watch them in central Massachusetts! Famine was prohibited from […]

Portrait Group at New Salem Museum of Fine Art

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art 37 South Main St, New Salem, MA, United States

Join the January Portrait Group to practice drawing or painting a live model at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, every Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm! Work with live models in this January session at the New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art. Create a finished drawing or painting over the course of the […]

Portrait Group at New Salem Museum of Fine Art

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art 37 South Main St, New Salem, MA, United States

Join the January Portrait Group to practice drawing or painting a live model at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, every Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm! Work with live models in this January session at the New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art. Create a finished drawing or painting over the course of the […]

Stephen DiRado, Better Together: Four Decades of Photographs at Fitchburg Art Museum

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

The Fitchburg Art Museum is exhibiting Stephen DiRado's Better Together: Four Decades of Photographs during regular museum hours beginning February 1 and ending June 1. Photographer Stephen DiRado carries a camera everywhere he goes--and the results are displayed here. They evoke deep human emotions in traditional artistic styles, reflecting real life and the complexities within. […]

First Thursday at the Fitchburg Art Museum

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

The Fitchburg Art Museum is free every first Thursday of every month with extended hours from 12:00-7:00pm. Visit and explore the Museum in a different light. On Free First Thursdays, from November to May, the Fitchburg Farmers market will be held indoors at the Fitchburg Art Museum from 3 to 5:30 pm. Offering both SNAP […]

On the Lighter Side Exhibit at New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Arts

New Salem Museum & Academy of Fine Art 37 South Main St, New Salem, MA, United States

From February 16 to April 27, visit the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art for the On the Lighter Side exhibition. These creative and whimsical paintings are sure to entertain after the dreary winter. They celebrate expressions of joy in new, challenging ways. Who ever said fine art had to be boring?