About
The Cherry Stone Gallery began as a grassroots project, exhibiting the works of a few local artists in Cora Holbrook’s vacant general store on Railroad Avenue. Her father had even kept horses in the back room some years earlier.
Our inaugural year featured none other than Berenice Abbott as the headliner. Soon after, we showcased the works of Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, and Robert Rauschenberg. We hosted print exhibitions by Jasper Johns, David Hockney, and Roy Lichtenstein, in collaboration with the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. Artists such as Sideo Fromboluti, Nora Speyer, Joe Stefanelli, and Leatrice Rose soon followed.
Founders Sally Nerber and Lizzie Upham established a legacy of significant contributions to the art world here in the Artists’ Colony.
— Brenda Correia
Sarah (Sally) Nerber, March 1, 1916 – December 15, 2014
Frances (Lizzie) Upham, December 14, 1917 – July 1, 1988
