Over 350 works of art are on view during the Attleboro Arts Museum’s annual Members’ Exhibition from December 9^th, 2023 – January 26^th, 2024. The exhibition, an annual tradition, appears in the organization’s Ottmar Gallery at 86 Park Street in downtown Attleboro, MA.

A popular and unique Attleboro Arts Museum member benefit is the opportunity to annually exhibit up to three original works of art. In the spirit of the Museum’s tagline – Arts for Everyone – all guideline compliant work is accepted into this exhibition. 2023 guest juror Jodi Stevens, Executive Director at the Marion Art Center, in Marion, MA, has been tasked with awarding cash prizes, art materials certificates and commendations of merit.

• Exhibition dates: December 9^th, 2023 – January 26^th, 2024
• Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm (Closed Dec. 23^rd, 2023 – Jan. 2^nd, 2024)
• Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, December 9^th, 2023; 2pm – 4pm. Free and open to all. Live music from Andy Solberg; music sponsored by The Ray Conniff Foundation.
• RSVP by Dec. 8^th to: 508-222-2644 x10 or office@attleboroartsmuseum.org

Exhibiting Artists

About Juror Jodi Stevens

In addition to serving as executive director at the Marion Art Center, Jodi Stevens has served as an adjunct faculty member for the Continuing Education Department at Rhode Island School of Design; curator at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, MA; and studio manager for a local professional artist. She holds her MFA in Artisanry/Textiles from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and graduated from East Carolina University with a BFA in Textile Design.

Artists: Read the remaining details from the exhibition’s prospectus. Includes artwork pick-up information.

Image: Angie Wimmer

Thank you to all those that participated in the 2023 Live Auction event on Saturday, November 4th and continued bidding in our Silent Auction on Sunday, November 5th. The Museum is truly touched by such wonderful support.

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View Auction Results and Post Auction Sale – 2023

What’s the Post-Auction Sale?: Thank you for your interest, but the Post-Auction Sale ended Friday, November 10th at 5pm EST.

If you are an artist that requested to pick up your work if it did not find a home during the live, silent or post-auction sale you will be notified by the Museum. If you have specific questions, please call 508-222-2644 x13 or email office@attleboroartsmuseum.org.

How do I Pick Up Winning Auction Pieces?: If you are the fortunate winner of an auction lot from either the Live or Silent Auctions, or the Post-Auction Sale, you can pick up your piece(s) at the Attleboro Arts Museum (86 Park Street, Attleboro, MA) from Wednesday, November 8th – Saturday, November 11th, 10am-5pm. Your pieces will be wrapped and waiting to go to their new home.

Can I Ship the Auction Pieces that I’ve Won?: If you would like to have your winning piece(s) shipped, please call 508-222-2644 x13, beginning Wednesday, November 8th, 10am-5pm, and no later than Saturday, November 11th at 5pm. The winning bidder is responsible for making all arrangements and for covering all shipping and handling costs. 

(Artists donors: If you have elected revenue sharing on your qualifying lot, shares on sold lots will be mailed out by mid-December 2023.)

View the 2023 Online Auction Catalog.

The Attleboro Arts Museum thanks the 2023 Benefit Art Auction Sponsors!

Headline Sponsors: Bluestone Bank Charitable Foundation • Castro, Thresher & Oliveira, PC • City Spirits • Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation • Russell Morin Catering & Events • The Sun Chronicle.  Partner Sponsors: Bristol County Savings Bank • Collins, Smith & O’Connor, LLP • Sensata Technologies Foundation.  Friend Sponsors: Bliss Bros. Dairy • Cryan Landscape Contractors • Engineered Materials Solutions • Providence Picture Frame • Willow Tree Farm.

Top Image: 2023 Auction donation, Autumn Beauty (detail) by Todd Kefor, oil.

The Attleboro Arts Museum’s 2024 National Juried Exhibition Theme

Open to all mediums, sizes & interpretations.

The Attleboro Arts Museum invites all U.S. artists to consider …

The light at high noon, or a piping hot stack of breakfast pancakes, nocturnal animals, kids waiting at the bus stop, the A.M. drive-thru line at Starbucks, trying to get comfortable on a red eye flight, filling up at the lunch buffet, a beautiful sunset on Cape Cod …   

• Prospectus released: January 2024

• Submission deadline: April 2024 via callforentry.org (Café)

• Exhibition: June – July 2024

Image: Nicolle St. Cyr.

Phase 3 of Think Outside the Box has been completed. Twenty-one utility boxes are changing Attleboro’s landscape.

Phase 1 (2021)

• Park Street and South Main Street – Artist: Kerry St. Pierre
• Park Street and Railroad Street – Artist: Lindsay Nygaard
• Park Street and Bank Street – Artist: Jess Tracy
• Park Street and Union Street – Artist: Dave Laferrierre
• Gilbert Perry Square – Artist: Abby Rovaldi
• Veteran’s Park (Across from Gilbert Perry Square) – Artist: Tim Elliott

Phase 2 (2022)

• North Main Street and Elizabeth Street – Artist: Andrea Warner
• County Street and Wall Street – Artist: Sandy Coleman
• Kevin J. Dumas Ten Mile River Walkway (Wall Street entrance) – Artist: Kim Gale
• County Street and Olive Street – Artist: Carol Wontkowski
• South Main Street and Maple Street – Artist: Darren Baldwin
• Union Street and Mill Street – Artist: Lisa Granata
• Newport Avenue/West Street and Orr Avenue – Artist: Amanda Sharples
• Thacher Street and Rathbun Willard Drive – Artist: Tracy Korneffel

Phase 3 (2023)

• South Attleboro Fire Station – 1476 West Street – Artist: Adrian Negenborn
• North Main Street and Holcott Drive – Artists: GoFive & TakeOne
• County Street and Thacher Street – Artist: Kristina Occhino
• 252 Washington Street (Route 1) – Artist: Maya Alho
• Washington Street (Route 1) and Angeline Street – Artist: Lee Ann Beaulieu
• Pleasant Street and Perry Avenue – Artist: Kevin Grady
• Balfour Riverwalk Park – Artist: Nick Guilbert

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Public art enlivens and enhances cities and can turn public spaces into destinations.  Weaving visual art into an urban environment by offering public art encounters brings people together, creates pride-of-place and invites engagement. 

A collaboration between the City of Attleboro, Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Partnership, Keep Attleboro Beautiful, Attleboro Arts Museum, volunteer artists that either live and/or work in Attleboro, and generous individuals has been activated to transform the surface of Attleboro’s sidewalk utility boxes into gallery-worthy works of art.   

Each box is marked with a QR code. When viewers scan the code with a smartphone camera they’ll find a statement about the artwork pictured on a given box, background on each artist and an online survey to capture their feedback on the program.

Organizers hope to expand the program throughout the city and turn other basic, functional structures into contemporary, eye-catching street markers.

SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK! Let us know your thoughts on Think Outside the Box. Complete this brief survey: https://forms.gle/934UHpvyUtnCEvU4A

Sponsorship opportunites for additional boxes are available.  Email office@attleboroartsmuseum.org to learn more. 

The follow list represents all those that have either funded, produced, or supported Think Outside the Box: Attleboro Arts Museum, Lisa and Darren Baldwin, City of Attleboro Department of Public Works, City of Attleboro Veteran’s Department, City of Attleboro Parks & Forestry Department, Cool Air Creations, Inc., Consigli, Rick Correia, Laurie Drucker, George Durante, Catherine Feerick, Mim Brooks Fawcett, Former Mayor Paul Heroux, Mayor Cathleen DeSimone, Brian Hodess, Kathy Ilkowitz, Kaylyn Lockyer, Keep Attleboro Beautiful, Attleboro Cultural Council, Mass Cultural Council, Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Partnership – Attleboro, MA.

Masks are optional at the Attleboro Arts Museum. Health & safety guidelines are continually audited and are subject to change. If there are any changes they will be reflected on this site.

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For the good of all Museum visitors, art students, art teachers and staff members, we ask that all individuals exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms refrain from entering the Attleboro Arts Museum. Individuals with any of the following ailments should not be entering the Attleboro Arts Museum:

• Fever or chills
• A dry cough and shortness of breath
• Feeling very tired
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• A loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

Feel free to contact the Museum with any questions: 508-222-2644 x10.

Thank you for your support and partnership,

Mim Brooks Fawcett

Executive Director and Chief Curator