Non-profit roundup: Wellesley Historical Society gives members an in with 1,400 museums; Society of Artists award-winners; Gardeners’ Guild & wintry beauty

The latest Wellesley, Mass., non-profit news:

Wellesley Historical Society officially in with the cool museums

Select Wellesley Historical membership levels now include complimentary general admission at more than 1,400 museums across North America, including over 100 institutions in Massachusetts such as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harvard Art Museums, and the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

This new benefit complements the recent opening of the Wellesley History & Exhibit Center at 323 Washington Street, which serves as a community hub for exhibitions, collections, and educational programs celebrating Wellesley’s rich heritage.

Also, don’t miss the Art and Ornament Sale, November 28–December 23, presented in partnership with the Wellesley Society of Artists.

Wellesley Society of Artists announces award winners

The Wellesley Society of Artists has announced the award winners for the Annual Library Show at an opening reception earlier this month. The exhibit is on display at the Wellesley Public Library through November 29. Judging the show was Patrick McCay, who completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Fine Arts at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, U.K. McCay holds a second Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame and is an active visiting artist and lecturer.

“All of the WSA members deserve appropriate accolades for the highly commendable creative continuity in participating in the exhibition. In art, we are generally dealing with an ability to represent experiences (real or imagined), in a lucid form through personal choice, style and expressive engagement…If we are not making authentic connections, we have likely not successfully realized our initial artistic objective,” McCay said.

First place—”Shelter and Flight,” by Deborah Friedman

Wellesley Society of Artists — Colored Pencil

Second place—”Composition 7,” by Judith Schneider

Third place— “Transported,” by Lori Mehta

Other award winners

Margaret Fitzwilliam, Best Watercolor
Yale Nicolls, Best Interpretation of the Natural World
Honorable mention, Joanna Dole; Dayle Bodnar; Dottie Laughlin; Martha Marson

Wellesley Gardeners’ Guild strikes again

Members of the Wellesley Gardeners’ Guild (WGG) last week decorated the Wellesley Square and Wellesley Hills post office boxes in a wintry theme for the holiday and beyond. Led by Window Box Committee members Pat Conry, Chris Oliver, Lauren Cook, Kathleen Henderson, Trish Lucas and Jan Locher, a group of about a dozen talented floral arrangers worked side-by-side on site at the Square post office, making quick work of the joyful task.

Photos by Wellesley Gardeners’ Guild.

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