Current Visiting Artist: Kristin Petrillo

FSS Gallery

The Hanover Theatre's historic Franklin Square Salon is home to an intimate gallery space where you can view incredible works by all kinds of artists.

Three vertical panels depicting abstract steel truss structures in blue tones against gradient backgrounds (purple, orange, teal).

Current Visiting Artist: Kristin Petrillo

Tall painting of an urban street with blue and beige buildings, prominent power poles, and crisscrossing wires against a bright blue sky.

Neon-lit diner sign against a blue sky with a storefront awning and warm street lamp lights.

Industrial painting of blue and orange factory buildings under a clear sky, with geometric shapes and large windows.

A painting of a storefront with a bold blue and white sign reading 'DAIRY' across the top of a pale blue building.

Painting of a building facade with a red 'Hamburgers & Beer' sign above a blue storefront.

Abstract cityscape painting with a tan multi-story building, blue high-rises, and geometric shapes along a pale foreground.

Triptych of three cityscape paintings mounted on a beige wall: left storefront with 'CLOSED' sign, middle brick building with a vault alarm, right modern pink building with blue windows.

Illustrated gas station under a blue sky with a yellow 24 Hr Gas & Diesel sign over the pumps.

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About the Artist

Kristin Petrillo is a Worcester, Massachusetts–based painter whose acrylic paintings transform commercial and industrial structures, urban scenes, and overlooked places through bold color, crisp geometry, and dramatic light.

She is drawn to commercial and industrial places that show signs of how people have built, worked, and used them over time. She is especially interested in the way light, shadow, color, and geometry can make an ordinary place suddenly feel worth noticing.

Each painting begins with a photograph that Kristin digitally refines, simplifying forms to strengthen the composition and shape the viewer’s emotional response. Drawing on her background in graphic design, she translates the resulting image into acrylic through many thin layers, building flat fields of color, crisp edges, and smooth surfaces. The finished paintings move beyond literal representation while retaining a strong sense of the character, history, and human effort embedded in their subjects.

Kristin’s work has been exhibited at the Danforth Art Museum, the Fitchburg Art Museum’s Regional Exhibition, and numerous other juried exhibitions throughout New England. She has also presented her paintings in commercial settings, and her work is held in both private and corporate collections. She continues to exhibit regularly in galleries and juried shows. Selected works are available at 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington, MA and at kristinpetrillo.com.

Artist FAQs

About the Gallery

The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory has a unique and selective gallery opportunity for visual artists!

The Franklin Square Society Salon is home to a semi-private gallery that is free for visual artists to apply to exhibit. Once applied, your submission will be reviewed and juried by our gallery coordinator and programming team for selection.

This is a semi-private gallery that is regularly occupied by FSS members of The Hanover Theatre, along with other VIP patron groups and events. The gallery is open to the public during historical tours of the theatre as well as during artist receptions for exhibitions. There are no public viewing gallery hours at this time. Exhibit pieces will be made public online where interested buyers and spectators will be directed to contact our gallery coordinator for tours.

How to Apply

Please note that while this gallery is free to apply for this opportunity, there is an installation fee of $75 charged to the artist upon selection and acceptance. This fee covers installation assistance and materials needed for labels, show description, etc. For any questions regarding this fee or if there is a worry about covering this fee that is prohibiting you from applying to this opportunity, please call our gallery coordinator at (508)-413-5622 ext. 1801

The exhibitions are displayed on a seasonal basis, 4 times a year for approximately 3-month durations:

Fall: September – November
Winter: December – February
Spring: March – May
Summer: June – August

Exhibitions can be solo or group exhibitions!

Due to the nature of the gallery, 3D object acceptances are very limited; this gallery is best suited for 2D hangable work.

The gallery runs on commission of sold work in efforts of fundraising money for the Hanover Theatre and Conservatory. Work that is sold is subjected to a 40% commission fee. Artists will receive 60% of any work sold. (ex. If an artwork listed at $100 sells, the artist will receive $60 from that sale)

For any other questions regarding the space and the application in general, you may call 508.413.5622 ext. 1801 or email [email protected].

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