Over the years we’ve had the pleasure of working and creating relationships with hundreds of artists in our community. We understand that art makes us happy, and even happier when we are able to view the work of local artists in our homes and our public spaces. But, with the cancellation of gallery openings, public art initiatives, and in person programs, the livelihood of our local artists is in jeopardy.
In response to so many people asking how to best support artists in our current climate, we have built an online pop-up shop which highlights some of our favorite people and their art as a way to support and uplift our creative community. With 100% of the proceeds going directly into the pockets of the artists, we encourage you to browse and shop if you have the resources, or, simply give your favorite artists a follow and a shoutout. Check back as new artists are added and be sure to discover even more amazing creatives at our sister shop, The Ed Portal’s Pop Up! Portal Art Market.
Mary-Kate Parkhurst
“Feel Good Plants” Print (8 x 10)
$20
Mary-Kate Parkhurst is an artist, among other things. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, she currently lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work includes portrait commissions, illustration, graphic design, and branding. // @marykateparkhurst
Uzo Ngwu
“Grow through what you go through” poster
Starting at $17
Uzo Ngwu is a Cambridge-based visual artist, musician and dual-degree student at Harvard University and Berklee College of Music. Her work includes portrait style pieces, illustration, graphic design, and she loves to play with bold colors and abstract designs. // @uzotheartist
Tyler Blinderman
“Be Good To Each Other” Sticker
$4.50
Tyler is a visual designer, illustrator, and hand letterer living in Brighton. She is also the creator and curator of the Like a Girl zine, which features female-identifying artists of any and all mediums. She is passionate about using art as a platform for growth and social advocacy. // @tyler_elise
Sophie Calhoun
Greeting card + white envelope perfect for mailing (5.5 x 7.5)
Starting at $5
Sophie Calhoun is a designer and illustrator living in Somerville, Massachusetts. Her recent work has focused on relationships between people and their bodies, their memories, and the world around them. // @sophcal_art
Jordan Piantedosi
22 inch square satin scarf with a possum toille design
$55
Jordan Piantedosi is an interdisciplinary maximalist based in Boston. She is energized by genre-blending and by subverting the expectations of a medium. // @jordanpiantedosi
Sean Patrick Watroba
Hot Sauce pin
$10
Sean Patrick Watroba is a Somerville-based artist creating “beautiful” and “inspiring” visual art. // @thankyou_sean
Lexi Havlin
Yellow and Teal with Clear Holographic Glitter Wallet Wristlet
$38
Lexi Havlin is based in Somerville, where she focuses on making durable weather-resistant bags that are great for cycling, hiking, and adventuring. Using durable vegan materials and incorporating different types of fabrics, Lexi creates fun and functional one-of-a-kind items. // @lexistreefort
Sylvie Flanagan
Playground Print
$12
Sylvie Flanagan is a visual artist living and working in Boston. Mainly painting using gouache as a medium, Sylvie’s work uses playful colors and ideas. She grew her art through making posters for local bands and community events, moving on to make more involved and personal work. // @5ylv13
Ian Tartasky
“Damed Offensive” T-shirt
$24
Ian Tartasky is an Allston-based artist armed with his obsession for the paranormal, fascination with the macabre, and his knowledge of subcultures. He is able to combine his diverse skills, multiple artistic personalities, and slightly insane interests into a mutatious artistic style that is often challenging but still original and refreshing. // @iantartasky
Meagan O’Brien
“Charles and the Pru” Print
Starting at $24
Meagan O’Brien is a Boston illustrator and designer. She likes systems, traveling abroad, storytelling, Instagram, mid-century modern furniture, and bright colors! With a BFA in Design from Alfred University she has been lucky to have worked on hundreds of design projects with city agencies, start-ups, and corporations. // @meaganobrien
Joe Banda
“Ok” Print
Starting at $19
Joe Banda is a painter + illustrator living and working in the greater Boston area. A life long doodler, Joe draws inspiration from folk and outsider art, tattooing, skateboarding, his wife and cat, and his own fear of people and social anxiety. He studied fine art and illustration in college, earning his AFA from Delaware College of Art and Design, and his BFA from Montserrat College of Art. // @jbnda
Melanie Jean Viens
City of Boston Illustrated Map
$42
Melanie Jean Viens is a Boston-based illustrator who loves editorial work and surface design. Melanie currently works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, and is always looking to take on new projects. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in May 2018. // @melaniejviens
Pete Cosmos
“Ancient History” T-shirt
$28
Pete Cosmos is a contemporary artist that has lived in Allston for over a decade. He has a background in illustration and design, drawing inspiration from graffiti-based fundamentals with an emphasis on color concepts and vibrancy. // @petecosmos
Amanda Atkins
“Plants in Vases” Vinyl Stickers
$6
Amanda Atkins is a painter and illustrator based in Hudson, MA. Her work is influenced by her love of mid-century-modern design, animals, literature, nature, and the female spirit. // @amandalaurelatkins
Kit Collins
“A Few Weird Recipes #1” Zine
$10
Kit Collins is an artist currently living in Boston. She’s made rubber stamps for the Institute of Contemporary Art–Boston, helped reproduce 19th-century tapestries at the Gardner Museum, painted site-specific murals, and designed custom wallpaper for gallery bathrooms. // @kitschcollins
Jake Cassevoy
Die-cut sticker pack
$9
Jake Cassevoy is a Salem-based artist working as a full time screen printer. Much of his work focuses on woodcarving and the reductive nature of the mark making process. His imagery is inspired by different sources like tattooing, skateboarding, punk rock, and folk art. // @rest_press
Monique Aimee
Chainstitch Scrunchie
$15
Monique Aimee is a Boston-based illustrator and lettering artist. She studied illustration at Lesley University College of Art & Design in Boston and typography in Melbourne, Australia. Her favorite topics to draw are food, travel, and inspiring women. // @moniqueaimee
Brandy Bingham
“Mystery Seconds” Pack
$15
Brandy is a graphic designer, illustrator & hand letterer born and raised in Massachusetts. Since 2016, she’s been turning her digital illustrations into enamel pins and other small accessories to sell in her shop. // @brandybingham
Rixy Fz
“La Bebé” Sticker
$1.50
Rixy is an Everett-based interdisciplinary artist. In an attempt to understand our social fluidity within our imaginations, appearances, behaviors, and interests, she sculpts work that aids a sense of growth. Her work ranges from murals, illustrations, and several layers of sculpture. // @rixyfz
Chris Maher
11 x 17″ two color (Blue and Fluorescent Pink) Risograph poster
$25
Chris Maher is a multimedia designer, illustrator, and animator currently based just outside of Boston— brought up on cartoons, music, games, and everything else that rots your brain. He’s designed for music festivals, breweries, and award-winning musicians, to name a few. // @mahamarr
Julia Emiliani
MBTA Postcard Prints, Set of 4
$15
Julia Emiliani is an illustrator, designer, and artist living and working in Boston. She earned a BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and now works as an illustrator at Wayfair. // @juliaemiliani
Ryan DuBois
Skull T-Shirt
Starting at $20
Ryan Dubois is a low-brow fine artist based in Boston. He aims for a balance of humor and horror in his work, and is inspired by comic books, cartoons, music, movies, skate art, and sticker art. // @ryanduboisart
Josh LaFayette
Food Fortunes
$13
A longtime friend of Zone 3, Josh LaFayette is a multidisciplinary artist and creative mentor now based in Atlanta, Georgia. This playful take on tarot makes divining the sacred mysteries of “what’s for dinner tonight?” a snap. // @joshlafayette
Chris Piascik
Another 1,000 Days of Drawing
$20
Chris Piascik is a Northeast-based illustrator. He’s been completing daily drawings everyday since 2007 and publishes them in bundles of 1000 drawings. This book contains drawing 1001-2000. // @chrispiascik
Pavement Coffee
Signature Blend
Starting at $16
Pavement Coffeehouse is our down-the-street neighbor and favorite local independent coffee shop. Many of their packages are artist-designed! This is a seasonal medium roast blend of Central American and African coffees. // @pavementcoffee
Bites of Boston
Self-Care Box
$75
A carefully curated selection of self-care items from local women-owned businesses in Boston, including a couple of Boston-themed notecards by one of our Zone 3 artist friends, Laurel Greenfield. // @bitesofboston
Cody Ben Lewis
Quick Draw Socks
$12 each pair
Cody Ben Lewis is a Boston-based artist who loves art, business, and technology. Frustrated with a lack of creativity within the hosiery industry, he created string&&loop, the world’s first line of generatively designed knit socks. // @codybenlewis
Chris Antonellis
“Siren” Giclée Print
Starting at $20
Chris Antonellis is an analog mixed media collage artist based in Allston/Brighton. He combines aged paper and imagery from vintage magazines with graffiti/street art aesthetic and neon colors, imparting a feeling of dreamlike utopia. // @chrisantonellis
Jose Santana
“Sin Importancia” Art Print
Starting at $24
Jose Santana is an illustrator from Dominican Republic based in Boston. He finds that drawing is the best way to express himself. His illustrations are inspired in his Caribbean roots, and childhood memories in his grandparents’ house. // @santanafirpo
Mary Lewey
“Stained Glass Lamp Land” Giclée Print
Starting at $30
Mary Lewey is a paper collage artist based in Cambridge. She re-purposes nostalgic imagery into playful, contemporary, hand-cut compositions that amuse and spark curiosity. Of particular interest to her are architecture, interior design, and fashion publications. // @maryelewey
Roshni Patel
“Representation” Print
Starting at $16
Roshni is a digital marketer and illustrator in the Boston area. Colors of Roshni is a fusion of her South Asian heritage and Western upbringing. Her style is represented through vivid colors, real-life experiences, and cultural traditions. Her mission is to spread light through her art. // @colorsofroshni
Allison Tanenhaus
“Glass Fans 2” Art Print
Starting at $24
Allison Tanenhaus is a Boston-based artist, writer, and cat person. She specializes in abstract geometrics, vibrant color fields, optical perspectives, playful patterns, and unexpected dimensional qualities. // @atanenhaus
KRISTA PERRY
Stickers
Starting at $2
Krista Perry is an illustrator and designer living in Boston, MA. Krista Perry loves F-U-N! She believes in hard work and hard play and will NEVER turn down a good meatball sub. Juicy colors, patterns you can get lost in, and silly hand-lettered phrases make her little world turn. // @kristerpelly
Harvard Ed Portal
Pop-Up! Portal Art Market
Discover even more amazing creatives —many from the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods— at our sister shop. Your purchases will support local artists so they can continue to inspire, challenge, and entertain us all, and 100% of the proceeds go directly to the artists through their individual sales platforms. // @harvardlocal
Want to be featured in the shop?
We’re always looking to collaborate with new artists that have a connection to Allston/Brighton!
Fill out our artist inquiry form to get involved and notified about the latest programs.
