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Student gallery that constantly transforms and captivates!
As soon as the elevator doors open on the fifth floor of the College of Fine Arts building at 855 Commonwealth Avenue, you are greeted with eye-catching student exhibitions. Welcome to Gallery 5, a dedicated exhibition space for students from the School of Visual Arts to plan, propose, and install their own exhibitions. The gallery is constantly transformed, with student exhibitions rotating weekly during the academic year.
Current visual arts students interested in exhibiting their work can complete and submit the Gallery 5 exhibition proposal form.
submit your gallery 5 exhibition proposal
What’s a season in Gallery 5 like?
- 9/3/23 – 9/30/23 • Foundations Show
- 10/1/23 – 10/7/23 • “I Don’t Remember When I Stopped Being 12” – Kathryn Reno
- 10/8/23 – 10/21/23 • Painting Show
- 10/22/23 – 10/28/23 • “Squinch Magazine” – Romy Binstein, Lauren Glogoff
- 10/29/23 – 11/4/23 • Solo Show – Corinne Nichols
- 11/5/23 – 11/11/23 • Senior Graphic Design Show, “Sight of Sound”
- 11/12/23 – 12/2/23 • Contemporary Issues Show
- 12/3/23 – 12/9/23 • “Expression Competition Chance Vertigo” – Mason Burns, Kennedy Harwood, Angela Pistilli, Hannah Roderick
- 1/21/24 – 2/3/24 • “What We Write” – Kennedy Harwood
- 2/4/24 – 2/10/24 • Senior Show – Shane Specht, Ruby Yoo, Caroline Lander
- 2/11/24 – 2/17/24 • Senior Show – Angela Pistilli, Mason Burns
- 2/18/24 – 2/24/24 • Senior Show – Kennedy Harwood, Ryan Dempsey
- 2/25/24 – 3/2/24 • Senior Show, “omg, cringe!” – Sydney Huston
- 3/3/24 – 3/16/24 • “How to Impose on Each Other” – Junior/Senior Sculpture Show
- 3/17/24 – 3/23/24 • Printmaking/Print Media Show – Do Won Suh, Susan Swirsley
- 3/24/24 – 3/30/24 • “Fruit from My Garden” – Hannah Roderick, Kritika Iyer
- 3/31/24 – 4/6/24 • Senior Show – Dilyara Kuanysheva, Bader Baroudy
- 4/7/24 – 4/13/24 • Painting III Show
- 4/14/24 – 4/27/24 • Art Education Show
- 9/15/24 – 10/5/24 • Art@Sloane Selections, Spring 2024
- 10/6/24 – 10/12/24 • “A Self-Portrait of You; A Portrait of Me” – Arielle Shultz, Natalie Seitz
- 10/13/24 – 10/19/24 • “Squinch Magazine: Inner Workings” – Kayla Palmer, Willa Barry
- 10/27/24 – 11/2/24 • “Mythology of Art” – Kathryn Reno, Anya Nikulina
- 11/10/24 – 11/16/24 • Senior Graphic Design Show
- 11/17/24 – 12/7/24 • Painting II Show
- 12/8/24 – 1/18/24 • Drawing Trees Show
- 1/12/25 – 1/18/25 • “Ecology and Community” – Isaac Killilea
- 1/19/25 – 1/25/25 • “Where Disciplines Converge” – Andrea Doupovec, Sawyer Yoh
- 1/26/25 – 2/1/25 • “Luxury$$$ for 1.25” – Nathan Dixon, Sarah Conley
- 2/2/25 – 2/8/25 • “Meanwhile” – Eleanor Bernard
- 2/9/25 – 2/15/25 • “Pressing Matter” – Corinne Nichols, Anthony Venturi, Arielle Shultz
- 2/16/25 – 2/22/25 • “We Love You.” – Lauren Boysa, Stephen Barratt, Natalie Seitz
- 2/23/25 – 3/1/25 • Senior Show: Kathryn Reno, Leila Garner, Saoirse Killion
- 3/2/25 – 3/8/25 • “Reality Is A Mirror” – Steven, Ely, Di
- 3/16/25 – 3/22/25 • Senior Show: Glen Hong, Aanika Akkaraju
- 3/30/25 – 4/5/25 • “a dwelling in the undead forrest” – Corinne Nichols
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See Gallery 5 in Person
Gallery 5’s hours are concurrent with the building hours of CFA.
It is accessible via the MBTA Green Line by taking the B line to the Amory Street station. For more information or assistance, please call 617-353-3371.
“I’ve been able to show my work in exhibitions, both here in Boston and elsewhere. I had a few shows in Gallery 5 and found that to be an incredible way to create, curate, and install my own show.”
