SUDBURY — View art. Take art. Leave art.
Several free little art galleries throughout the country follow this mantra.
Last year, this whimsical idea became popular with three locations in MetroWest — Sudbury, Natick and Southborough — that make art a fun bonding experience.
“My biggest passion is… bringing art to the community and making it not so high-brow and everyone can be involved,” said Bethany Shaw, a freelance graphic designer and seven-year member of the Sudbury Art Association.
A gallery was installed in May outside the Goodnow Library, an idea that was about four years in the making.
Initially, Shaw was inspired by free little libraries that were appearing around the country and wanted to create something similar for art. But nothing followed through.
Inspiration struck last fall, when Shaw read an article about a free little art gallery in the Pacific…