Community Colors: A Collaborative Art Exhibit

The Community Colors exhibition at the Harriet Tubman Gallery featured an array of 2D works in a variety of mediums, that highlighted local artists of all ages who live, work and/or participate in the South End/Lower Roxbury community. The exhibition, was on view from October 13, 2011 – December 9, 2011.


“I’m really excited to bring the community together,” says Chelsea Revelle, Director of Arts & Culture at USES. “This is such a great opportunity for participants of all ages in our programs to display work alongside USES’ colleagues and established local artists.” Revelle has worked with the USES’ Children’s Art Centre for the past 2.5 years before taking on additional adult and senior art programming and coordinating cultural events. The Children’s Art Centre is a historical building just off of Rutland Street in the South End, where many of the artists in the surrounding community first discovered and developed their life-long appreciation for the arts. The late Allan Crite, whose prints and paintings of the South End neighborhood remain on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, began his career as a student at the Children’s Art Centre.

Revolving works have been on display in the past at the Harriet Tubman Gallery including political posters from the Red Sun Press, collages by Ekua Holmes and the Streets exhibit honoring Mel King.