Please Help Us Save Gallery X
PLEASE HELP US SAVE THIS SPECIAL GALLERY
Gallery X is at the core of our creative community. Now, we must act quickly to save our building so we can keep Gallery X open and actively supporting the artists, musicians and writers of Greater South Coast Massachusetts!
The roof on our beautiful old building is in dire need of repairs. In addition, two frigid winters in a row have taken a toll on our concrete steps and our steeple. All need immediate attention for our gallery to stay open!
Gallery X is an important cultural asset in our community, and has served creative people of all ages and backgrounds for over 25 years!
Gallery X provides a supportive, friendly and fun environment for new and experienced artists.
Gallery X is housed in a magnificent, vintage church building in the heart of historic downtown New Bedford. It is an inspiring space housing art exhibitions, musical and comedy shows and exciting events of all kinds!
Artistic wealth is true prosperity! The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. They help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion, or age. When times are tough, the arts are a lasting salve for the ache!
Gallery X : a Real Community Gallery
Located in New Bedford's historic downtown, Gallery X is an artist owned and operated community art center. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is open to the public free of charge. Gallery X occupies the former Universalist Church at 169 William Street, just blocks from the Whaling Museum, National Whaling Historical Park and the city's blossoming entrepreneurial business district. Our 150-seat facility hosts local and national visual and performing artists, musicians and writers.
Our Mission:
Gallery X is a contemporary, cooperative art gallery of visual, performing and literary artist members and volunteers. It promotes cultural outreach through community partnerships, educational programs and monthly exhibits. It acts as an incubator for emerging artists, a venue for established ones and promotes interaction between them. Offering many arts and cultural programs on its own and with other cultural organizations we attempt to expand the audience for arts and culture in greater New Bedford.
The History of Gallery X
First conceived in the late 1980s and Incorporated on March 15, 1990, Gallery X was founded by former students of the Swain School of Design, local artists, and creative minded individuals as an arts cooperative. Gallery X rented a storefront on Spring Street in downtown New Bedford, between the former YWCA and the Zeiterion Theatre (both better known as the Y and the Z), thus inspiring the name Gallery X. At Spring Street, Gallery X was a showplace for artists, playwrights, thespians, musicians, and poets. Also hosted at Spring Street were art exchanges, children's art programs and workshops. In 1995 Gallery X moved to the former 1855 First Universalist Church building at 169 William Street, just half a block up from New Bedford's City Hall and the main branch of New Bedford's Free Public Library, and in 1998 the organization was able to purchase this historic building.
