Find Your Light

New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United States

Join the New Art Center in Newtonville for Find Your Light, celebrations of Kwanzaa and Chanukah. The event will take place on Saturday, December 7 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm at 61 Washington Park and is part of New Art’s Cultural Access Program, a robust Community Outreach program providing free and inclusive art experiences. Find Your…

Free

New Art Center presents Newton Children’s Book Festival

New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United States

The New Art Center and Read Your World have teamed up to create the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival. This free event will be held on December 14th, Saturday, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the New Art Center in Newtonville, MA. A snow date is set for Sunday, December 15th, from 10 am…

Free, with books to purchase

NAA Winter Expo at the Allen Center

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Winter Expo at the Allen Center Exhibition dates: December 12, 2024 – January 21, 2025 Off to a fresh start for the New Year! Out with the old, in with the new. Join us for the first winter exhibition of the New Year at the Allen Center. A great place, a great time, and a…

Historic Newton presents Winter Craft Series: The Art of Embroidery

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA

Join Historic Newton for a hands-on embroidery workshop where participants will recreate a design inspired by an object from the museum's collection. This beginner-friendly session is open to all skill levels, from first-time stitchers to experienced embroiderers. Discover the art of embroidery while connecting with history through thread and needle. All materials will be provided!…

$15 – $20

Sensory Garden

New Art Cooridor 245 Walnut Street, Newon, MA

The New Art 2025 Sensory Garden Exhibition is your chance to Support our Local Artists. Artists offer a wintertime oasis amidst political, social, and cultural transition. Fostering a connection with nature, art, and ourselves through all our senses, grounds and preserves us. We invite sight and smell and touch and taste (indicated by signage) in…

Free

Opening Reception, Photographs by Tira Khan

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Join us for an opening reception on Wednesday, January 29th, from 6:30-8:30pm for Interiors: Between Refuge and Restraint, an exhibit of photographs by Tira Khan. Interiors is the second in the "Women Seeing Women" series curated by Peter Vanderwarker, NCA board member and curator of the NCA's Visual Arts program. The exhibit will be on display in The Allen Center's Recital…

Lunar New Year

New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United States

Join the New Art Center in Newtonville for the fourth annual Lunar New Year event. The event will take place on Sunday, February 2 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm at 61 Washington Park and is part of New Art’s Cultural Access Program, a robust Community Outreach program providing free and inclusive art experiences. The Lunar New…

Free

New Art Center presents Plates with Purpose: Form & Function in Clay

New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United States

Join the New Art Center in celebrating the opening of the New Art’s Adult Ceramics Student Exhibition, “Plates with Purpose: Form & Function in Clay”- A Special Exhibition by the New Art Center’s Adult Ceramics Students From the Winter Term, 2025. Open and Free to the Public: Join us for the opening reception on Thursday,…

Free

Historic Newton presents the Newton House Tour

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA

Welcome to Historic Newton's Newton House Tour! Each year, Historic Newton presents the Newton House Tour to showcase historic homes in the city. Each private residence is carefully selected by a committee to exhibit how homeowners have made creative renovations and interesting interior design choices that add to the life of a historic structure. You'll…

$40