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ABOUT DRIVE-BY PROJECTS

What's Going On Now

WE'RE CREATING NEW CONNECTIONS

You may not have time to stop in, but there's always time to drive by!

Located at 81 Spring Street in Watertown, Massachussets, Drive-By is a small, innovative space committed to exhibiting provocative art in its storefront windows and small gallery.  Drive-by is open Fridays 12pm - 4pm and by appointment - call or text 617.835.8255.

Drive-by Projects was founded by co-directors Beth Kantrowitz (bk projects) and Kathleen O'Hara (OH Projects) 10 years ago.
cO-DIRECTORS 

BETH KANTROWITZ
KATHLEEN O'HARA

Beth Kantrowitz is an independent curator and art consultant representing emerging and mid-career, contemporary artists primarily from the Northeast with 20+ years of experience with artists working in all media. View the artists she represents here.

Kathleen O'Hara is an independent curator and artist actively showing her work in museums and galleries. View her work here.
A BIT OF HISTORY 

DRIVE-BY PROJECTS

In the wake of the 2008 recession, Beth Kantrowitz and Kathleen O’Hara closed their respective galleries (allston skirt and OHT) in Boston’s South End. For the next two years they worked together on pop-up projects in found spaces including a building lobby, a clothing store, a restaurant . . . working to the mantra “good art looks good anywhere.” When they installed Honey Bunny in the storefront studio at 81 Spring Street in Watertown, they had found a new home.

Fifteen years have passed and Beth and Kathleen have hosted many exhibitions in their jewel box space. Their shows have ranged from Roadside Attraction with a food truck at the opening to Messages To The Fulure –  four artists who make autobiographical work about time as experienced through the grandness of nature and the intimacy of the body.

In the wake of a national crisis they have revamped their gallery space and website to include the Drive-by Store, an in-person and online mini bazaar including affordable art, small objects and unique finds, some bordering on the bizarre.

Please follow Beth and Kathleen as they continue with their mission to install what one critic described as “frisky exhibitions” in their Watertown space. 
LET'S FIND A WAY TO CONNECT

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Here's our view from the front seat...

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The GALLERY@and ON-LINE STORE focus on small exhibitions by emerging & mid-career artists. Located at 81 Spring St. in Watertown, MA.

Thank you Matt for caring so much about the arts i Thank you Matt for caring so much about the arts in Watertown. 
@littlelocalconversations 
#watertownma 
#artinwatertownma
We’re open today from 12-4. Come by to see the sho We’re open today from 12-4.
Come by to see the show, Magic🔮
Magic, is an exhibition including magical paintings by Lena McCarthy and Linda Nagoka, glittery works on paper from OH Projects, and colored pencil emojis by Anna Von Mertens.
@_lena_mac_ 
@lindanagaoka 
@kathleen.ohprojects 
@annavonmertens
Happy Valentine’s Day. X, beth + kathleen detail Happy Valentine’s Day.
X, beth + kathleen 

detail: Anna Von Mertens:
Every text from Toni including an emoji, 2017
Our current exhibition:
Magic
@Anna Von Mertens
@Linda Nagaoka
@Lena McCarthy
@OH Projects
January 10 – March 14, 2026
Yesterday afternoon the gallery was filled with th Yesterday afternoon the gallery was filled with the magic created by Your Village Witch. The tarot reading, the burning sage, the seeds and the magical energy was a perfect complement to the artists in the show:
Lena McCarthy, OH Projects, Anna Von Mertens, Linda Nagaoka
Thank you to Isabel Walsh OHara, Your Village Witch, and to those who joined us. 
@isabeloharawalsh 
@_lena_mac_ 
@kathleen.ohprojects 
@annavonmertens 
@linda Nagaoka
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