Main Street Gallery is delighted to welcome back for the fifth year in a row ALL THAT GLITTERS 2026: A WOMEN'S METALSMITH COLLECTIVE . The collective is composed of 4 guest jewelry and glass artists along with MSG member artists Cindy Ayd, Barbara Trower and Linda Starling. All make their homes and studios in regions around the Bay.
On Friday, November 6, ALL THAT GLITTERS opens at the Gallery at 518 Poplar St. in Cambridge with a brand new exhibit featuring the artists’ creative and original jewelry and art glass as well as the artwork of the gallery’s eight member artists. The show will run through December 27.
It was early in 2022 that local artist, Linda Starling, who is a member of Main Street Gallery and who specializes in beach glass and silver jewelry, envisioned a holiday show at MSG with a group of her Bay area jeweler friends. She invited them to be guest artists that year and ALL THAT GLITTERS was created! That first show was so successful that the group decided to try it again in 2023. Now, in 2026 six of the core group, Cindy Ayd, Alexa Matthai, Robin Morgan, Linda Starling, Barbara Trower and Wanda Jester are back for ALL THAT GLITTERS 2026 and they’re joined for the first time by well-known local jeweler, Joyce Fritz-Ritz. “I am very excited to welcome back my dear and talented jewelry buddies and pleased to include another great jeweler and friend, Joyce, in our group this year." says Linda. “We have become great friends as we continue our metalsmithing journey and are excited to come together to bring new work to this show. Visitors to ALL THAT GLITTERS 2026 will be hard pressed not to find something they love or a great gift for someone special.”
In addition to the ALL THAT GLITTERS jewelry artists, Main Street Gallery member artists, Karen Bearman (ceramics), Karen Boldosser (glass) Theresa Knight McFadden (mixed media), Robert Sullivan (photography) and Pam Watroba (mosaics) will be showing their work. They will all be joined by three guest pop-up artists as well. They are: Deborah Haynes and Anne Phelps (painters) and Kathy Flament (mixed media).
There will be two artist's receptions at the Gallery on Second Saturdays November 14 and December 12 from 5-8 pm and a brief artist talk at each one. The receptions are free and all are invited. Light refreshments will be served.
Main Street Gallery is open Fridays through Sundays from 11-5 and online shopping is always available at mainstgallery.net. The Gallery, located in Cambridge’s thriving arts and entertainment district, is the city’s only artist owned and operated cooperative and has been downtown for over 15 years. The Gallery is currently reviewing work by prospective members and guest artists. Please contact the Gallery through its website or by calling 410-330-4659 if you are interested in being part of this vibrant artist community.
