There are many art institutions around the U.S. providing excellent arts programming as well as support for local artists. Like traditional art schools, these institutions are often wonderful local resources for area art collectors, dealers, art students and artists themselves. From time to time I will point out such an institution in a post headed “Spotlight”. Here comes the first…

Located on Newbury Street in Boston is a wonderful art institution known as CoSo or Copley Society of Art. CoSo is a not-for-profit organization operating an art gallery featuring 15 to 20 annual art exhibitions and juried art competitions. CoSo has over 500 artist members from the New England area and offers classes, gallery talks and critique sessions. I have found their website to be a great resource to preview exhibitions and to find new artists and their work. I particularly enjoy the variety of work CoSo presents, from representational paintings to abstract sculpture and everything in between. www.copleysociety.org