Guyer Art Barn

250 South Street, Hyannis
adjacent to Barnstable Town Hall parking lot
Accessible from Hyannis Main Street, public parking lot which is located right after JFK Museum and before Hyannis Public Library.
CURRENT EXHIBIT HOURS: Saturday's and Sunday's NOON-4PM.






Barn Director, Mellissa Morris: 508.566-2880. Recorded line:  508.862.4990                     Barn email:guyerartbarn@hyartsdistrict.com

The Guyer Art Barn is a showcase for emerging and established local artists in a wide variety of genres. It is a community art space – a working artist studio and professional artist gallery supporting and promoting the arts where visitors gather year round to enjoy changing exhibitions, classes and workshops. The Guyer Barn was built in 1865 comes with an  interesting history and sits on the the campus of town owned properties known as the Shirley Blair Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.  
 

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Application for artists interested in exhibiting at Guyer Barn, 2011.

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CALL TO ARTISTS FOR GROUP SHOW!  Any Which Way!

Calling all established, emerging and want to be artists to participate in “any which way" an eclectic exhibition at Guyer Art Barn, Hyannis September 10th through October 1, 2010. Three panels can be placed “any which way” as individual works or grouped together. Artists use one or several 12 X 6 panels to create any which way their heart desires in any media.

Submissions due by September 2nd, 3-6PM. 2010 submission form.

Open reception September 10th, 6-8PM.

Panels can be picked up in Growth Management Department, Monday through Friday, 9AM-4PM and on Tuesday evenings at the Guyer Barn from 6 to8PM or by calling Mellissa Morris at 508-566-2880. Artists generously agree to purchase panels at $20.00 each plus 15% of sold panels will benefit the Guyer Art Barn. Contributions fund year round classes, workshops and exhibitions and plans for a ceramics studio.


For more information contact Mellissa Morris at 508-566-2880 or injasoul@aol.com

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The Guyer Art Barn is pleased to participate in the Cape-wide arts initiative, Arts & Conversation, sponsored by the Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod & the Islands, Inc. Facilitators provide a series of moderated conversations stimulated by artwork for those with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia and their family caregivers. The free program is held several times each month in sixteen different galleries, museums and other venues including the Guyer Art Barn, which hosts the group on the second Thursday of each month. A list of locations, dates and times can be found on the Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod & the Islands, Inc. webpage or by calling 508-775-5656.


BUILDING HISTORY:
The Guyer Art Barn, accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, was built in 1865 by Captain Sidney Crowell and is a typical example of early wood frame construction. Arthur Guyer, a pharmacist for whom it was later named, acquired the barn at the turn of 20th century. The barn has had a number of owners and uses over the years, including a bicycle shop. A studio/workshop was added to the barn to be used as classroom space. In 1959, the Town of Barnstable acquired the building, but it was not until 1986 that the Board of Selectmen approved the use of the building as a gallery. Pat Curcio who served as director for many years, passed away in August 2007. Pat was an accomplished artist in her own right and a champion of the arts in Hyannis. The arts community will sorely miss her tireless dedication.