Emerging Artist Program

The Emerging Artist Program was conceived to act as a stepping stone for an artist early in their career, into the professional art world of exhibiting and operating an artist run gallery.

The gallery will help an emerging artist show a body of new work in a professional setting. The emerging artist will be connected with experienced mentors who will educate them on the practical aspects of every day art gallery business. In addition, they will have the opportunity to voice their own vision and ideas about future goals for the gallery.

  • The gallery requires the emerging artist to attend monthly meetings, work with our marketing director and the marketing working group, and participate in other activities concerning the maintenance of the gallery.Th

    e emerging artist will also be required to gallery sit once a month.

    The gallery wants the emerging artist to establish some personal contacts with members, for example during studio visits.

    The emerging artist should reside in the greater Boston area.

    The initiation fee and monthly dues are waived.

    By the end of the emerging artist's tenure the commitment to the gallery culminates in a one-person show in our Center Gallery.

    Interested applicants should submit:

    Name/ Address/ Telephone/ Email10 to 20 jpegs (jpeg format ONLY, DO NOT send images in pdf format)– 72 dpi, less than 1 MB (images of work completed in the last two years). If you are submitting video, please provide YouTube or Vimeo linkImage List corresponding with labeled digital images: title, media, dimensions and date

    Current resume

    Artist statement

    The name and contact information of two references (at least one from a faculty member who know you and can comment on your seriousness and responsibility)

    Submissions can be made electronically in one of two ways: 

    Creating a Google drive folder including all application materials and sharing that folder with submissions@kingstongallery.com or

    Emailing all materials to submissions@kingstongallery.com

    Please label application package as: Emerging Artist ApplicationHard copy submissions will not be accepted.

Current Emerging Artists

Erick Maldonado

Erick Maldonado is a Massachusetts based Dominican-American painter/visual artist, who primarily works with acrylic, oil, and mixed media using found materials, collage, and discarded materials to engage in his work. Maldonado is passionate and explores themes of family, black gay/homosexual culture, interpersonal relationships, Dominican folklore and biodiversity. Through his paintings, Erick explores issues of race, class, and gender through figure, portraiture, and social media. He lives and works in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Maldonado’s capstone exhibition at Kingston Gallery, Delights Momentum, is on view at Kingston Gallery through June 2, 2024.

Liana Farmer

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Liana Farmer paints intimate and direct portraits that encourage viewers to celebrate quiet moments and meditate with the familiar. Liana received her BA in art education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and teaches visual arts in Boston Public Schools. She is a former artist-in-residence at the Brookline Arts Center, where her solo show, cuz she said so, was held in their Annex Gallery in 2022. Farmer’s work can be found in local galleries and was highlighted in the Boston Globe’s “Meet the Makers” series in 2023. let’s get one with all us, Farmer’s capstone exhibition at Kingston Gallery will be on June 5–June 30, 2024.