25 artists and three galleries from the Allston Arts District are participating in an Inaugural Exhibition to recognize the summer opening of the BPL's new Allston branch.

The exhibition includes a variety of media: paintings, sculpture, prints, illustrations adn mixed media.  New and nationally recognized artists like Suzanne Schibald, Birgit Blyth, Cynthia Von Buhler, Jennifer Hicks, Dianne Lam, and Brigit Watson are participating in the show. A reception with the artists will be on Saturday, September 15th at the branch at 300 North Harvard Street. 

The Boston Public Library, established in 1848, was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, and the first public library to allow people to borrow books and materials, a truly revolutionary concept at the time. In 1870, the BPL was the first library to institute a system of branch libraries linked to a central library with the opening of the East Boston branch, and the first library to establish a space specifically designed for children with the opening of the children’s room in Copley Square in 1895. Today, the BPL has more than 6 million books; serves more than 2 million people in its 27 branch libraries around the city; and is one of only two public libraries in the country that is a member of the Association of Research Libraries. All of its events are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning!

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