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The Charles River Rug Guild Exhibit

Rug Hooking Exhibit and Milton Songwriters featured at November First Friday

by Joan Clifford The Milton Art Center is proud to present an exhibition of hand hooked rugs, featuring the Charles River Rug Hooking Guild in November, with a reception opening on First Friday, November 7, 5-9pm. Nine members of the Charles River Rug Hooking Guild, Susan Barry, Jennifer Friesen, Kimberly Hokanson, Bernadette Jordan, Jean MacQuiddy, Eileen…
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Emerging Artist, What does that term mean?

The term emerging artist implies youth; some esteemed art organizations use the age of 30 as a cutoff point when applying for prestigious grants and prizes.  At the Milton Art Center, for exhibiting art, we use the term emerging artist to describe someone who has committed/recommitted to creating art seriously for many years, has created…
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Summer Art Camp outdoors under the tents

Why Art Camp might be the Best Choice you make for your Child this Summer

Joan Clifford, Summer Camp Director   Summer Art Camp gives children confidence in their ability to create new worlds   One of the most valuable things art offers children is autonomy. In a world where so much of their day is structured; school rules, sports drills, screen prompts – art invites kids to make their…
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Celebrate Pride, Poetry and Music at the Milton Art Center’s First Friday, June 6, 6-9pm.

Joan Clifford, Executive Director   Poets, Eve Lyons, Anastasia Vassos, and DeMisty Bellinger will be reading selections from their published work from  6 -7:15 pm. The three poets met at author Marge Piercy’s juried workshop.  Eve Lyons, a local poet, fiction writer, playwright and expressive arts therapist, is the author of “Tikkun Olam: Repairing the…
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View, LIMITLESS, Teen Art Exhibit, Reception: Friday, May 9, 6-9pm

by Joan Clifford, Executive Director   LIMITLESS   This May, the Milton Art Center celebrates Teen Month as teen visions and voices take center stage – on the walls and behind the mic. The Teen Art Exhibit, “LIMITLESS,” welcomes the public to an art reception Friday, May 9, 6-9pm. Come early at 6pm to view…
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L-R, Artists Frank Susi and Shay Culligan

Meet Artists Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, First Friday, April 4, 2025, 6-9pm

by Joan Clifford, Executive Director Meet Artists Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, First Friday, April 4, 6-9pm   The next First Friday reception, April 4th, 6-9pm, at the Milton Art Center features the art of Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, Representational Art. Music will be Rhythm & Blooms, a night of…
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