Westboro Gallery Closing

The Westboro Gallery will close later this month, ending 15 years in downtown Westborough.

"I think the last few years have been a struggle, because people aren't buying ary the way they used to," Communications Director Holly Kenny said Wednesday.

The board members of the not-for-profit cooperative gallery at 8 West Main St. voted unanimously on Feb. 21 to close, Kenny said. The cooperative has about 22 members, with as many as 25 during its history, she said.

The last day to buy art is March 23, when a special closing reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., she said.

Until then, art will be for sale from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays; from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and from noon to 3 p.m. Sundays.

Fixtures will be for sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday from March 24 to March 30, Kenny said.

"It's really a shame. I'm sad about this," she said.

The gallery's location hurt it, as the "parking is not very good," Kenny said.

"I would talk to people all the time, and they would say, 'I didn't know there was a gallery in town," she said.

"It's a shame, because there's really nothing like it in town."

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