Galleries at WORK_SPACE

Supporting and Showcasing Local Artists

About the Galleries

Monday through Friday, 10 AM – 4 PM
2nd Saturday of the Month, 10 AM – 2 PM

The Galleries at WORK_SPACE are free and open to the public upon appointment. Please call 860.647.3168 or email us galleries@WORKSPACEmanchester.com to set up a view time.

Masks are required before entry.

Group viewings are max 10 people. Please call ahead for private viewings of shows.

WORK_SPACE has three separate and yet complimentary art galleries, as well as multiple venues, that can be utilized for performance space, artisan pop-up shoppes, and creativity workshops.

Click here to see a full list of events.

Click here for list of CT Arts Resources and Organizations

CALLS FOR ARTISTS + SUBMISSION INFO

Click for Submission Form to Gallery Shows, Rotating Exhibits and Gallery Shop

fresh stART

EXHIBIT DATES: Friday, April 9 – Friday, May 28, 2021

Celebrating new beginnings, positive change and the possibilities of a blank canvas, the Galleries @ WORK_SPACE provide an 18” x 24” canvas and artists of all levels of experience and forms of expression fill it with their imagination and the medium of their choice

Virtual Gallery

Staycation

EXHIBIT DATES: Aug/Sept in Gallery 901

SUBMISSION DUE: Monday, July 15th, 2021

We often neglect to be tourists in our own backyard, missing out on experiences out-of-towners seek out. There aren’t many silver-linings to quarantine, but one could be our enhanced appreciation of all things local. Local businesses, local parks, local walking trails, local Instagram-worthy sights. This exhibit will feature all types of art that features the activities, landscapes and moods of our recent staycations when we entertained ourselves within and close to our homes.

JUNETEENTH

EXHIBIT DATES: Monday, June 7 – Friday, July 30, 2021

SUBMISSION DUE: Monday, May 17 before 4pm

Featuring art that honors independence, resiliency and Black lives and celebrates our nation’s second Independence Day, we invite artists to contribute to a dynamic exhibit and to join us and our cultural partners across CT for an array of programs and events.

Click above link for submission form.

Gallery Shop

Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
2nd Saturdays 10am-2pm

Handcrafted art from jewelry, prints, cards, mugs and more!

EXHIBITS

Perspectives of a Pandemic

Extended through March 31st, we invite the public to call or come by to arrange a private socially distant tour of this thought-provoking exhibit which showcases artwork of variety of mediums (paint, photography, fiber, 3D, poetry) by a diverse array of local artists (from Brooklyn to Boston). All work was created between March and November of 2020. Some work responds to, and reflects the uncertainty of life during the coronavirus pandemic, some is a direct commentary on the additional strife caused by the heightened racial and equity tensions, and some was the result of seeking the escapist activity and therapeutic benefit of creative expression during quarantine.

Virtual Gallery

Change Nothing and Nothing Changes.. A poem by poet Ryan Parker

Gallery 901

We enjoy building relationships with local artists and displaying their work on a rotating basis throughout WORK_SPACE including Gallery 901 which consists of the main staircase and our Collaborative Coworking and Meeting Spaces on the 2nd floor.