Upcoming Events.
30th Amesbury Open Studios
Amesbury Open Studios is celebrating the thirtieth citywide open studios. Over 100 artists participate opening their spaces, sharing their art and creating community. The Amesbury Cultural Council puts the event on each year providing a trolley that takes people all around the city to each stop. 14 Cedar Street Studios is the biggest artist building then Artist’s Muse, Pond Street Studios, Gallery at Trades Mill and so many more!!! Free and family friendly. Save the Date: November 15-16, 2026
BraZaar Runway Show
HOPE, a 8×10 original acrylic painting by Heather Karp is part of a raffle for the Annual BraZaar event at Newburyport Brewing Company August 29, 2026 at 2pm. Event founder, Cynthia Keefe, gathers breast cancer survivors and artists together to create a magical runway show featuring unique bras of all shapes and sizes. All the money raised goes to Tough Warrior Princesses of Amesbury, MA.
We Bloom Despite: Panel / Q&A
Wednesday August 12th from 6-8pm at CHALK Gallery in coastal downtown Newburyport, MA.
RSVP here to save a complimentary seat.
Join Heather Karp and panelists for a FREE community conversation about OCD, BDD, lived experience & common misconceptions. The evening begins with a gentle breathwork practice led by Robin Marino of Centered Breath + Movement.
Christina Ennabe, LCMHC, shares her expertise and lived experience along with Molly Fishback, Co-Founder of Not Alone Notes, who will end the evening with creative card making.
During the event, be sure to check out Heather’s solo show—paintings from Heather’s Fractured Floral series—a series begun in 2017 as a way to interpret in a beautiful way a mind that is loud, a life that is fractured, a spirit that continues to find light and the daily choice to bloom despite living with mental illness will be exhibited and for purchase through the gallery.
Create Awareness.
Community • Conversation • Creativity
Solo Show @ CHALK Gallery
Heather Karp’s solo exhibition, I Bloom Despite: A Life Interrupted is showing at CHALK Gallery in Newburyport, MA August 6-29, 2026. Her Fractured Floral series explore how her mind sees color, shape and distortion through the lens of mental illness.
FOLIA
Opening Reception SATURDAY MAY 2nd from 4-6pm.
Artist Talk w/Moderator THURSDAY MAY 21st from 6-7pm.
FOLIA—A collaboration between two artists who love leaves, love nature and love creating. The quiet rhythms and symbolic meanings of leaves through the eyes of Heather Karp & Amy Vander Els.
VisionBoard Gathering
2026 Vision Board Gathering at 14 Cedar Street, Amesbury, MA. Join me at Studio #214 as we create a vision for the upcoming year by exploring our values as they relate to our goals and dreams. Create. Connect. Community.
Amesbury Open Studios
Amesbury is Alive with Art the weekend of November 8th and November 9th. Art, music, food trucks and more. FREE & FAMILY-FRIENDLY.
Abstracts!
Beautiful Distortions: I Am The Pink House is showing at the Newburyport Art Association as part of the Abstracts Show.
Unexpected #24: New England Experimental Art Group
Fractured Florals No. 13 is a 24” x 30” acrylic painting on canvas showing at Charles Fine Art in Gloucester through November 22nd.
NAA Fall Juried Show
Newburyport Art Association’s Fall Juried Show runs from October 3rd to November 1st. Reception: October 4th from 4-6pm
Palate & Palette
Helen Thomas and Andover Wine Exchange join forces for an evening of wine and art. The perfect pairing!
NHAA Biennial TWO
Flutterbys & Fireflies Is a 24” x36” painting exploring the distorted memories of nights catching fireflies in the backyard, summer days, and all the childhood dreams you wish you experienced.
Artist Talk @Helen Thomas Shoppe
Let’s gather at Helen Thomas in Andover, MA on Thursday July 24th from 6-7pm. Join me as I share my paintings, poetry and my process. 10% of all sales that evening will be donated to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation as a thank you for my 25th anniversary of surviving a ruptured brain stem aneurysm.
Emerging Artists Reception: NSAA
As an Associate Member of the prestigious North Shore Art Association, I am thankful my painting, Fractured Florals No. 12, was accepted into the Emerging Artists show hanging this summer at the Sargent Museum.
Emerging Artists @ NSAA
Fractured Florals No. 12 is on exhibit alongside many other amazing local and regional artists.
Regional Show: Barn Gallery
Fractured Florals: Family Reunion & Fractured Florals: Best Friends I has been accepted into the Regional Open Show at The Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine. Show runs from June 28th through July 28th.