The George Marshall Store Gallery is thrilled to open its 2023 season in collaboration with Surf Point Foundation, a residency program for artists and art professionals on the coast of York.

“Surf Point Foundation Selects: A More Human Dwelling Place” is the premier showcasing of works by alumni from the program’s launch in 2019 through their 2022 rotation and includes pieces by SPF co-founder Beverly Hallam. Myron M. Beasley, vice chair of SPF board of directors and associate professor of American Studies at Bates College is curator. The show is jointly organized to celebrate SPF and its artists, and GMSG’s mutual interest in fostering meaningful connections within the visual arts community. 

“A More Human Dwelling Place” will be on view from April 22 through May 28. An opening reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. April 22 at the gallery at 140 Lindsay Road in York. Gallery hours for the season are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and by appointment. More information is available at georgemarshallstoregallery.com and surfpointfoundation.org.

Surf Point Foundation provides time, space and support for the visual arts community to think, connect and create. They offer three-week, live-work residencies to nominated artists and art professionals throughout the year in a boldy Modernist home in the coast of York. The program was founded by local arts patron Mary-Leigh Smart and artist Beverly Hallam. 

The George Marshall Store Gallery provides dedicated exhibition space to emerging and mid-career artists from Maine and New England. Gallery programming is driven by a commitment to support and advance the careers of regional creators. GMSG was founded in 1996 by curator Mary Harding. After her retirement, the gallery reopened in 2021 as a new business with the same iconic name. Now under the direction of Kate Rasche, GMSG continues to deliver quality contemporary art from its historic home on the York River.