Hingham Cultural Council

06/08/2026

71st Annual South Shore Arts Festival | Friday June 19th - Sunday June 21st

On Father’s Day Weekend every year, SSAC hosts a three-day arts festival on Cohasset Common. Typically, over 25,000 people from the South Shore and beyond attend this magnificent event at which they encounter over 400 works created by artists from across the nation for the juried and members’ exhibitions under the main tent. The 2026 Arts Festival will recenter SSAC’s focus on art, the craft exhibitors and the community.

https://www.ssac.org/arts-festival/

05/29/2026

With Scituate Cultural Council – we just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/23/2026

TODAY & TOMORROW | Arts Festival | Sat & Sun May 23-24 | Marshfield Hills | North River Art Society | 10am-5pm

The Scituate Cultural Council is proud to support the North River Arts Society’s beloved annual Festival of the Arts, happening May 23–24 from 10 AM–5 PM in the heart of Marshfield Hills along beautiful Old Main Street.

Free and open to the public, this longtime South Shore tradition celebrates creativity, community, and the arts in all forms. Since 1968, the North River Arts Society has been a vibrant cultural hub, offering classes, workshops, performances, camps, talks, and creative opportunities for all ages and experience levels.

From painting and drawing to writing, theater, knitting, bird carving, yoga, and more, NRAS continues to foster artistic connection and inspiration across the South Shore.

Come explore the festival, meet artists and makers, and enjoy one of the region’s most cherished arts events.

Street parking is available, and FREE shuttle bus service will run from Eames Way School.

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05/17/2026

Along with Pop-Up Art School, and thanks to a Scituate Cultural Council Grant, the Scituate Town Library worked with patrons to create a shared art project of felted flowers. At six separate community events, patrons of all ages learned how to create beautiful felted flowers. Those flowers were then incorporated into a large mural that has been showcased in the library since April 8th.

More info: https://www.scituatema.gov/town-library/reading-entertainment/pages/garden-of-threads-a-community-art-project

Pop Up Art: https://www.popupartschool.com/about

If you haven’t yet seen Garden of Threads at the Scituate Town Library, there’s still time to experience this remarkable community art project before the exhibit closes at the end of May. 🌼🐝

Created in partnership with Pop-Up Art School and supported by a $1,500 grant from the Scituate Cultural Council, Garden of Threads brought together residents of all ages this spring to create hundreds of hand-felted flowers, butterflies, and bright fuzzy bumblebees that now bloom together in one joyful collaborative mural.

What makes this piece so special is not only its beauty, but the spirit behind it — children, teens, adults, families, and neighbors all contributing individual creations to something larger together.

We hope Scituate residents and visitors from across the South Shore will stop by the Library before the end of May to enjoy this vibrant celebration of creativity and community.

05/16/2026

With South Shore Children's Chorus – we just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/14/2026

FREE Live Acoustic Music | 5/17 Noon-3 | South Shore Conservatory Hingham

Something new is happening at SSC—and it’s completely free and unplugged!

This Sunday, May 17th, join us at our Hingham Campus for An Acoustic Affair, an afternoon of live performances, hands-on learning, and a community jam session for musicians of all levels. Bring your instrument (or just come listen).

🗓️ May 17 | 12–3 pm
📍 SSC Hingham Campus
🎟 FREE event
More info and registration at https://sscmusic.org/acoustic-affair/.

05/14/2026

ATTENTION SCOUTS!! EARN MERIT BADGE SUNDAY MAY 17TH

💧🌱 Attn: Scouts! Earn your Soil & Water Conservation Merit Badge through a hands-on experience at the Nature Center this Sunday, May 17 from 10 to 11:30am! 💧🌱

Please SHARE this post and sign up via the Mayflower Council asap to secure your spot: https://ssymcanaturecenter.org/events/scouts-soil-and-water-conservation-merit-badge/

05/11/2026

With Hingham Robotics Team 5000: The Hammerheads – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/09/2026

Fiber has long been a powerful medium for storytelling, material exploration, and innovation.

We’re excited to share that Fuller Craft Museum Executive Director Jenn Chrzanowski will serve as juror for Fiber, Fabric & Thread – On and Off the Wall 2026 at the

The exhibition brings together artists working across textile traditions and contemporary fiber practices.

Submissions are open through May 22.

To enter submissions: form.jotform.com/260704097508156

More info at hpaa-mac.org/exhibits/call-for-art