Friday, September 12 join ArtsWorcester for our very brief Annual Meeting, followed immediately by the first openings of the season. All are welcome to both.  At 6 PM, we’ll meet to review the last fiscal year, and to honor the recipient of this year’s ArtsWorcester award.

The Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation has awarded ArtsWorcester $14,400 for two years of professional educational events for artists.

We were thrilled to accept this award.  Hey, Sprinkler Factory (runner up), the Davis Art Gallery, the Krikorian Gallery at the Worcester Craft Center, and all the college and university galleries: give us a run for our money next year!  Left to right: volunteer Ginger Navickas, board chair Samantha McDonald, executive director Juliet Feibel, and administrator Scarlett Hoey. Photo courtesy

We are proud to announce the expansion of our corporate art program to the lobby of 100 Front Street.  With generous support from the building’s owner, Worcester Renaissance Towers, ArtsWorcester is exhibiting a single, major work for the pleasure of its tenants and visitors. Artwork will rotate twice annually. Inaugurating this busy site is Life’s Mystery Dance, a painting by

Thank you to everyone who voted us “Best Art Gallery” in this year’s Worcester Magazine competition! And three cheers for the Sprinkler Factory, this year’s runner-up, who made the category for the first time. Don’t miss their openings, either!

Ceramics all over town on Friday, April 11! Pick up this ticket here between 6-8 PM, where you can see “Left of Center” by Sarah Williams, or at the Worcester Center for Crafts at their Ceramics Invitational opening between 6:30-8:30. Turn it in at the other opening that same night for a reward! Both are free to the public.

We are extremely excited for the upcoming Members’ Workshop at our Aurora Gallery. This is a valuable opportunity as we will be visited by Debbie Hagan, writer, editor, and former editor-in-chief of Art New England, who will be leading the workshop  on Saturday, April 5th from 2:00 – 4:00pm. She will be covering the expectations of collectors, gallerists, and editors; the differences between an artist

This year’s winners of Material Needs Grants and a few assistants gathered here this morning for a little celebration. Pictured here are Gene Berg, Emery Wegner, Stephanie Chubbuck, Tyler Vance, Steve Belz, Victor Pacheco and daughter. Catherine Wilcox-Titus was unable to get out of her driveway on this icy morning. We can’t wait to see what they make!

Congratulations to these students:

Congratulations to the forty-seven student artists whose work was included in the Tenth Annual College Show.

ArtsWorcester is proud to announce this year’s winners of Material Needs Grants. These grants, totaling $7,500, support the supplies and equipment needed to create new art in Worcester County.

Read on to see who won money to make what.

Congratulations to the eleven artists whose works in Creatures, Real and Imagined, were selected to be shown at the Fitchburg Art Museum in 2014.

The LeBeau family–Bill, Rose, and their daughter, Chelsea LeBeau-Hueter– have been part of ArtsWorcester since the very beginning. From early Biennials to corporate support, they have helped foster ArtsWorcester and elevate our efforts.

Congratulations to the artists winning prizes in this exhibit: Susan Swinand, First Prize, for World’s Largest Watercolor, Reconstructed and Reconfigured; Lauren Cotton, Second Prize, for Magic Sun; and Rachel Thern, Third Prize, for Knots and Arcs 2. Thank you to Toby Sisson for her thoughtful and joyous jurying, to all the artists, and everyone who came to a wonderful opening.

Thanks to volunteers Kathy Bailey, Cindy Fedeli, Sharon Freed, Ginger Navickas, Christine Toomey Ringdahl, and Erika Davis Wade for helping us string up all 300 works!