The Work of Michelle Andrews

The Work of Michelle Andrews — on view at Stage on Main through December 31

My paintings are hanging a mile from my old high school, and they will stay there through the end of the year.

Back on South Main Street

I graduated from Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School, on South Main Street in Orange, Massachusetts. This fall my paintings went up at 17 South Main Street — the same road, about a mile down it. It took fifty years and a whole other career to make that trip.

The Work of Michelle Andrews is a solo show of thirty-two oil paintings: harbors and lighthouses up and down the New England coast, quiet inland fields, and a few still lifes. Most of them have found new homes. A handful are still on the walls, among them In the Pasture Ipswich MA and Yellow Tow Boat Portland ME.

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who came to the Meet the Artist reception on Saturday, October 3, and to the New Salem General Store for the food and wine.

Stage on Main

Stage on Main opened in March 2019 in a downtown storefront, and it has been a gallery, a theater and a speaking venue for the North Quabbin ever since. It runs on volunteers, and most of what happens there is free. A small town that keeps a room like this open is telling you something about itself.

Where the money goes

One hundred percent of every painting sold goes to the Orange Revitalization Partnership — not a share, all of it. The Orange Revitalization Partnership is the volunteer group that has spent three decades working to bring downtown Orange back: the farmers' market, Riverfront Park, Starry Starry Night. My parents, Bob and Pat Andrews, were founding and lifelong board members, so this one is close to home.

Anyone passing through the North Quabbin before the year is out is welcome to stop in.

The details

• What: The Work of Michelle Andrews — a solo benefit exhibition
• Where: Stage on Main, 17 South Main Street, Orange, Massachusetts 01364
• On view: Wednesday, September 2 through Thursday, December 31, 2026
• Hours: These vary with volunteer staffing; check facebook.com/stageonmain before visiting
• Admission: Free
• Benefiting: The Orange Revitalization Partnership — 100% of every sale
• More: michelleandrewsartist.com