Becoming a Member
GALATEA FINE ART is a large contemporary, non-profit cooperative art gallery located in the heart of Boston’s SoWa neighborhood in the South End. SoWa is the most sought-after art community in Boston and is a lively and supportive group of galleries and studios. Our members include a wide variety of painters, sculptors, photographers, and mixed media artists and are both established and emerging. We have been reviewed in ArtScope, Art New England, the Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Boston Magazine, and more.
As an artists’ cooperative, we are mobilizing the diverse energies and skills of our member artists to deepen and expand our marketing and promotion strategies and to enrich our exhibitions program. As we share the critical role of gallery sitting, we are in fact the ones who show and sell each others’ artworks, and that mutual commitment to support each others’ artistic paths is at the heart of the co-op.
STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS:
There is assistance in printing exhibition cards and preparing press releases. The gallery circulates press releases and publishes listings in art magazines. The Director of the gallery will lead the effort to expand media outreach and other marketing initiatives. The gallery facilitates serving light refreshments that exhibiting members supply for the First Friday opening receptions.
All members will be required to gallery sit approximately every two months at a minimum during the two-year contract period except for Remote memberships. All members will also participate in at least one committee: Exhibitions, Facilities, Finance, Marketing, Membership, Mentorship, Special Events and Website.
General Membership: Includes one solo exhibition every two years in either Gallery I or Gallery II (our large galleries).
Applicants for membership should submit with the following information:
As an artists’ cooperative, we are mobilizing the diverse energies and skills of our member artists to deepen and expand our marketing and promotion strategies and to enrich our exhibitions program. As we share the critical role of gallery sitting, we are in fact the ones who show and sell each others’ artworks, and that mutual commitment to support each others’ artistic paths is at the heart of the co-op.
STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS:
- All members participate in our annual Members’ Exhibition.
- All members show in the members’ Alcove Gallery on a rotating basis.
- All membership categories include representation in artist profiles with images on the website and vote at co-op meetings.
- All membership categories include assistance with hanging. There is no additional hanging fee.
- All membership categories include representation on Artsy.net, the world’s largest online art marketplace.
There is assistance in printing exhibition cards and preparing press releases. The gallery circulates press releases and publishes listings in art magazines. The Director of the gallery will lead the effort to expand media outreach and other marketing initiatives. The gallery facilitates serving light refreshments that exhibiting members supply for the First Friday opening receptions.
All members will be required to gallery sit approximately every two months at a minimum during the two-year contract period except for Remote memberships. All members will also participate in at least one committee: Exhibitions, Facilities, Finance, Marketing, Membership, Mentorship, Special Events and Website.
General Membership: Includes one solo exhibition every two years in either Gallery I or Gallery II (our large galleries).
- Exhibition runs for approximately one month.
- Includes rotation in the members’ Alcove Gallery for one month on a regular basis.
- General membership: $155.00/month
- General Remote membership: $205.00/month (excludes gallery sitting only)
- Exhibition runs for approximately one month.
- Includes rotation in the members’ Alcove Gallery for one month on a regular basis.
- Affiliate membership: $115.00/month
- Affiliate Remote membership: $145.00/month (excludes gallery sitting only)
Applicants for membership should submit with the following information:
- A website address (preferable) and/or 6 to 8 jpegs representative of your work at 72 dpi, 1200 pixels (7”) maximum on longest side, labeled in the format: Last name_first name_title of work to membership@galateafineart.com
- CV if not included in your website
- Artist’s statement if not included in your website
- The membership category or categories in which you are interested
