Arts Collaborative Medford

Arts Collaborative Medford Medford's gathering place for creative community Arts Collaborative Medford (ACM) is exploring the creation of a community arts center in Medford.

An arts center would serve as a hub for the arts in Medford, housing workshops and classes, artist studios, a rotating art gallery, and offices for community arts organizations. The ACM planning committee is comprised of representatives of community arts organizations including CACHE in Medford, Inc., ArtsMedford (formerly MACI), and the Medford Arts Council, as well as other key stakeholders in the arts community.

Free | Open to the publicFriday, April 17, 6:00–8:00 PMJoin us for the opening reception of Defunded/Defunked!—an energe...
04/17/2026

Free | Open to the public
Friday, April 17, 6:00–8:00 PM

Join us for the opening reception of Defunded/Defunked!—an energetic and thought-provoking exhibition curated by and featuring artists from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.

This exhibition explores what it means to create, resist, and find joy within systems shaped by scarcity, excess, and shifting cultural values. Through humor, irreverence, and experimentation across media, the artists respond to the constraints of funding, the legacy of funk art, and the complexities of making work in a politically and technologically charged moment.

The evening offers a chance to meet the artists, engage in lively conversation, and experience the work in a welcoming, community-driven space. Light refreshments will be provided. Come be part of a night that invites reflection, rebellion, and a little bit of defunking.

Curator: Mai Pham

Artists: Co & Lee - Dana Colston - Daria Jin - Diego Gonzalez - Elan Cohen - Helena Abdelnasser - J Grace Giordano - Julia McGhean - Kai Barker Dennet - Kalim Fernandes - Mai Pham - Maryamma Blankson - Matilda Love - Mikey Sims - Paola Michelle Silva Lizarrage - Paul Fauller - Shiyeon Ku - Young One

Looking for your next workspace? We have an available studio beginning May 1st, 2026.Here are some basic details:• Locat...
04/15/2026

Looking for your next workspace? We have an available studio beginning May 1st, 2026.

Here are some basic details:

• Location: First floor (ADA accessible, next to the kitchenette and bathrooms)
• Solo or Shared Studio
• Rent: $403.41/month ($201.70 per person when split)
• Term: 12-month sublicense
• Insurance: General Liability Insurance required

This interior studio has no windows and is unfurnished. Artists have 24/7 building access and shared use of sinks, bathrooms, kitchenette, and on-site parking.

Come be part of our amazing studio community! Application details available on our website at

➡️ https://artscollabmedford.org/available-studios-at-acm-open

It’s feeling like spring—nurture the green tendrils of your creativity with a class at ACM!You can find these great work...
04/14/2026

It’s feeling like spring—nurture the green tendrils of your creativity with a class at ACM!

You can find these great workshops and much more on our website. And save with a membership while supporting our mission at the same time.

Join us this Wednesday, April 15, at 6:30 and every other Wednesday for live drawing. $15 preregister / $20 drop-inThis ...
04/14/2026

Join us this Wednesday, April 15, at 6:30 and every other Wednesday for live drawing.

$15 preregister / $20 drop-in

This is a non-instructor lead live drawing session. All sessions are in person, and will be with a n**e or lightly clothed model. There will be a studio monitor present to assist the model and participants. Each session will feature a live model using a mixture of short and long poses – starting at one-minute poses and working up to a 15 or 20 minute pose.

Participants should bring their own materials.

04/13/2026

Hang with us at the next “Make + Mingle”—Bring a project and enjoy the company of new and old friends.

FREE and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 15
7:00–9:00 pm

TONIGHT — The Springward Poetry Festival opens at 6:00 with a reception and four Medford poets! General admission is $20...
04/10/2026

TONIGHT — The Springward Poetry Festival opens at 6:00 with a reception and four Medford poets! General admission is $20, and $5 for students.

Join us to help celebrate National Poetry Month with light refreshments from plus a fun creative writing activity and a free poetry book exchange. Readings start around 7 with Gary Roberts, Leticia Priebe Rocha, Vijaya Sundaram, and Max Heinegg.

The party continues on Saturday beginning at 11 with workshops, an open mic, and 16 (!) poets reading throughout the day. Laureates galore will be on hand, including Regie Gibson, the Massachusetts State Laureate. And Black Ocean, an award-winning independent publisher , marks its 20th anniversary with a reading at 5:00 and books for sale from its amazing catalog.

Catering from will nourish us along the way.

This is going to be great!



On Saturday we’ve got some fabulous workshops for you as part of the Springward Poetry Festival. Come early and stay lat...
04/09/2026

On Saturday we’ve got some fabulous workshops for you as part of the Springward Poetry Festival. Come early and stay late. The entire festival is only $20 for all activities.

We get started at 11:00 with three concurrent programs:

• Unruly, Ungovernable, Unfathomable Poetry
• On Community
• Make a Poetry Explosion Book

Then at 3:30 you’ll find three more great options:

• QTBIPOC Poetry Against the Imperial Core
• Poetry as Incantation and Prophecy
• Reconsidering the Page

It’s going to be hard to choose among them!

Check out this lineup for Saturday at the Springward Poetry Festival:1:00—Our Laureates I• Miriam O’Neal• Jennifer Barbe...
04/08/2026

Check out this lineup for Saturday at the Springward Poetry Festival:

1:00—Our Laureates I
• Miriam O’Neal
• Jennifer Barber
• Philip Hasouris
• Terry E. Carter

5:00—Black Ocean 20th Anniversary
• Janaka Stucky
• Elisa Gabbert
• S. Whitney Holmes

6:30—Our Laureates II
• Jean Dany Joachim
• Gloria Mindock
• Jean Flanagan
• Bob Whelan

7:30—Regie Gibson

I mean…Wow!
Full festival schedule and event details at:
https://artscollabmedford.org/springward-poetry-festival

Join us every other Wednesday for a low-key live drawing experience. Be present with others in a creative practice of at...
04/07/2026

Join us every other Wednesday for a low-key live drawing experience. Be present with others in a creative practice of attention, discovery, and harmony.

You can preregister on our website for $15 or pay $20 at the door. Our next session will be April 15 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm.

Drawing courtesy of

Last chance to apply for a spot to sell your work at Medford Open Studios!Be part of the first city-wide event of its ki...
04/06/2026

Last chance to apply for a spot to sell your work at Medford Open Studios!

Be part of the first city-wide event of its kind in Medford on June 20.

We celebrated with . Thank you to all the amazing fiber artists who shared their talents and wisdom with us! The maker...
04/05/2026

We celebrated with . Thank you to all the amazing fiber artists who shared their talents and wisdom with us! The maker’s story is our story too.


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