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backgarden art is a massachusetts-based, community-focused platform created by artists for artists. we founded backgarden with a goal of connecting small artists in massachusetts to an audience that values locally-made art.

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View fullsize join us for a night of art, live music, and community! ❀ date: july 11, 2026 ❀ time: 4pm-9pm ❀ location: 59 first street, cambridge (@firststreetmkt) rsvp using the link in our bio or on partiful! interested in vending? sign up on backgardenart.
View fullsize meet ellie! ❀ 🐦‍⬛ ellie (@frownpocket) is a 21 year old artist born and raised in massachusetts currently going to school at north shore community college. she is a self taught seamstress, painter, digital, and traditional artist whose work is
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View fullsize round two! art @ night! @backgardenartshop is partnering with @firststreetmkt for a night of live music, good drinks, and lots and lots of ART! we will have 30+ vendors and a gallery room showcasing work from our amazing backgarden artists. FREE
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View fullsize meet katrina slavik (@katrina_slavik), our newest addition to backgarden! katrina is based in worcester, ma. her work is influenced by hiking and living in worcester and nyc, where natural environments still exist within the city as gardens, nests o
View fullsize we’re selling prints for lebanon. from now until may 1st, all profits from prints by @laneygiusti will be donated to @lebaneseredcross. since the beginning of march, over 1.2 million people (including 300,000 children) have been displaced i
View fullsize Unaccompanied Flowers is a series of paintings by Holly Sverdrup Hoyer (@hmskitties). This series is inspired by the gardens and blooms seen on dog walks around the greater Boston area. The blooms, buds, and small scenes are presented without backg
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View fullsize our first event was a success! this past saturday, we had hundreds of people show up and support the amazing and talented artists showcased at art @ night. a big thank you to all of our vendors, everyone who hung up work in the gallery, and of cours
View fullsize youre invited to art @ night on 3/7! you can expect: 20+ art vendors and a gallery room music from local artists: free rock (@freerock_ma), evan ringle of watson park (@watson_park), and loud face (@loud.face) a raffle and other activities food
View fullsize “cozy winter” by caoin o’durgy (@cspringerillo) gouache paint, 36” x 36” Originally from Ogden, UT, Caoin O’Durgy moved to the Boston area to get his degree in Illustration from MassArt. Caoin’s background
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View fullsize meet @popstarpaints ! Popstar Paints was born as a way for Boston-based artist Jalyn Ramos to make everyday life brighter for herself and others. By spreading happiness and creativity, she hopes to remind people that the world can be as colorful as

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