Apollinaire Gallery

The Apollinaire Gallery is located in the upstairs lobby of the Chelsea Theatre Works adjacent to our main theatre, and is open on Apollinaire performance evenings.

The work featured complements or highlights an aspect of the play being performed, including exhibits and murals painted on the gallery walls.

The Llama FarmArtist: Demetrius Fuller, with Casey Merkle

The Llama Farm Mural

Artists Demetrius Fuller and Casey Merkle are creating Chelsea's first llama farm.

The Apollinaire Watercourse

The Apollinaire Watercourse is a “river of light” on the ceiling of the entryway to the Black Box theater that runs down a side panel to the street. This design elements echo those of the bar in the Black Box Theater’s lobby, which is plainly visible from outside the theater.

The bar, also designed by lead artist Marc Poirier, is fabricated from live oak ship frame timbers salvaged from the Charlestown Navy Yard— laying next to each other with a “river of light” running between them created by glass lit from below. The new exterior light sculpture, also created from salvaged lumber, has an interactive sensor which allows passersby to change the colors of the "river".

The conceptual intention is to play with the relationship between the interior/exterior, suggesting the creative relationship between the community and the theater.

The Apollinaire WatercourseArtist: Marc PoirierLighting Artist: Chris Bocchiaro