Northy Green — ProVisions, inaugural exhibition and grand opening

I am thrilled to announce ProVisions, the inaugural exhibition at Northy Green, grand opening on Sunday, November 8th, from 2:00 – 6:00 PM.

Housed in a restored 1840s rural general store, Northy Green gallery connects the building’s historic role as a supplier of essential goods to a modern exchange of aesthetic and spiritual vision. The gallery takes its name from the second floor– formerly the store’s warehouse– where amongst the graffiti from post- Civil War, Gilded Age- a signature with particular flourish written in chalk at the top of the wall stands out: “Northy Green July 26, 1880”

In the 19th century, this space provided rare luxuries alongside vital tools. The original drawers still bear hand-painted names from that era: cacks, buskins, garrest mitts, higging, mull, linen, parasols, silk, velour, velvet.

ProVisions reimagines this historic trade, offering a contemporary interpretation of what constitutes both rare luxury and essential tool: highly practiced artistic vision. The debut exhibition brings together 14 accomplished local artists whose studied manipulation and mastery of their chosen mediums offer their learned worlds back to the community.