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After nine years on South Street, the Aviary Gallery closed forever in late 2020.
Posted by Aviary on Sunday, January 3, 2021
“The gallery has been in space since December 2010 and has featured more than 500 artists, dozens of bands and made thousands of prints and scans for the community,” owner Lindsay Metivier told Jamaica Plain News. “With the pandemic and our second five-year contract ending with an increase to the next that we just can’t afford, it was time to close the door.”
Metivier said the gallery could no longer rent space at 48 South St. She said she would open a gallery with a photo lab, much like Aviary, but in Carrboro, North Carolina.
“My new space is three times the size of the Aviary, has parking for 14 cars and costs a lot less to rent,” said Metivier.
His last exhibition was “Grace” with photos by Scott Offen, and ended on the last day of the gallery. Aviary’s online exhibitions will continue and merge with Peel.
“I wish the space could have lived forever, but it just wasn’t possible there,” said Metivier.
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