Art

CBS - Boston famously has some of the best art museums in the country, with galleries like the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  But there's a museum you may not have heard of that's definitely worth a visit -- and you can grab a pint of beer while you're there. Welcome to the Museum of Bad Art inside the Dorchester Brewing Company. Billed as art that's "too bad to be ignored," the museum is a non-profit organization with an ever-growing collection and an expanding footprint. What was once a gag between two friends turned into a full-time museum. 

Mike Frank is the curator of the museum, making sure all of the art that's collected, donated, or found meets the threshold to be added to the permanent collection. Louise Reilly Sacco is MOBA's Permanent Acting Interim Executive Director.   Since then, the friends have had art shows in Taiwan, Tokyo, Quebec City, and all over the United States. The museum has had various homes throughout the years, but moved into the brewery a couple of years ago.  When asked about the bad art, Sacco said, "It's not kitsch. It's not someone just trying to goof around. You know these people tried hard, and something went wrong." The gallery became popular after they threw a house party and word got out. ...