Local Art, Gifts Have Home for the Holidays

This is part of Patch's series on Small Business Saturday. This year, consumers are again asked to “Shop Small” on Saturday, Nov. 26. Have a small business in Chelmsford? Tell Patch!

Small Business Saturday is just the start of a big stretch for one local art gallery.

The Gallery & Gift Shop at Chelmsford Center for the Arts is hosting its fifth annual Holiday Fine Arts Gift Shop from Saturday, Nov. 26 to Sunday, Dec. 18 - just in time to get some Christmas shopping done.

The gallery's "Winter Wonder Land" presents the work of more than a dozen local artists, said co-curator Mary Woodward.

Some terrific gifts will be on sale, from jewelry to small paintings and prints to notecards and home decorating items - even wooden boxes and trays created from the purple beech tree that once stood on the town common.

A portion of the sales supports the Gallery.

"The [Chelmsford Center for the Arts] is run by Susan Gates and a small but dedicated group of local volunteers committed to celebrating art in Chelmsford," said Woodward.

The "Winter Wonder Land" will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. and Thursdays from 5-7. There is even a "Shop & Sip" evening scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2, from 5:30-7:30.

The Chelmsford Center for the Arts is located at 1A North Road in the old town hall.

Questions about the Gallery & Gift Shop and Winter Wonder Land? Email gallery@chelmsfordarts.org, or visit www.facebook.com/GalleryCCA1 or www.instagram.com/gallery.cca.