As we prepare for our move to the Printers Building, we look back on the history of the building that ArtsWorcester has called its home for the past twenty years: The Aurora. Explore the building’s life before ArtsWorcester in Part One of Looking Back at the Aurora.  The Aurora’s Beginnings In the nineteenth century, Worcester established itself as one of the

Take it away! Join us for an artist tag sale, March 2, 10AM-12PM. This is a pay-what-you-will, cash-and-carry opportunity for artists to take pedestals, frames, moveable walls, gallery lights, office equipment, and much more. Find things for your studio or your new project. Everything that’s not coming with us is up for grabs! All proceeds will go towards Framing the

Join us for the opening reception of the Fifteenth Annual College Show, Friday, February 1st, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

Teen Night at ArtsWorcester Winter/Spring 2019 Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:00 – 7:30 PM 660 Main Street, Worcester MA 01610 See our current exhibit, The 15th Annual College Show, and enjoy art, music, and snacks. Bring or borrow a sketchbook to draw in the galleries, then share your artwork online using #AWTeenNight. Food will be provided by Nonna’s Pizza and

Big changes are afoot at ArtsWorcester! We welcome three new faces to our excellent staff. Learn more about who’s new, then make sure to stop in to say hello.

Featured artist Piya Samant discusses her dedication to painting every day and how she works in series. She is also a recipient of a Material Needs 2018 Grant. To learn more about Piya’s process, read our interview and view her work on her website.

Material Needs Grants, funded by an anonymous donor, support the expenses of supplies and materials for the creation of new art in Worcester County. With this gift, we are able to distribute grants to artists between $500 and $1,500. We generally exhibit the work produced in the following exhibition season (awards made in early spring of 2019 will fund the

Call for Art: Paperphilia Celebrating the Printers Building Please submit your work online by Thursday, January 31, 2019. ArtsWorcester announces the call for Paperphilia, a juried exhibition of works on or of paper. Paperphilia will be the soft opening of our new galleries in the Printers Building, and with it, we pay tribute to the industrial heritage of our new home. Guest juror

Neil Wilkins shares his thoughts on taking a new direction toward multi-media encaustic painting: “Once I began working in encaustic, I felt immediately that I had opened a small door to a very large world.” Read more from this Featured Artist in our interview, and check out his work at www.neilwilkins.com.

Featured Artist Christina Giza is a dedicated watercolorist and has been painting for twenty-five years. Read our interview to see what inspires her practice and learn how she got her start. To see more of Christina’s work, visit her website: www.artbychristina.faso.com.

Join us for Teen Nights this fall! Monday, September 24 and Monday, October 22, 2018 – Featuring award-winning painter and illustrator, Raúl Gonzalez III.

Join us Tuesday mornings in September and October for Life Drawing in the gallery!

Featured Artist Adam Cutler talks about dividing his creative process between tactile sketching and digital risk-taking. Find out more in our interview, and view his work online at www.motionlessvisions.com and www.mondaymoshmonsters.com.

Submit your work and be part of the very last “One!” Register the single piece you want to exhibit most, regardless of medium or theme. The deadline is Wednesday, May 30.

In her pastel and oil depictions of urban and natural environments, Featured Artist Janet Schwartz implements soft edges, dramatic lighting, and distortions caused by adverse weather conditions. Learn about her process and inspiration in our interview, and see more of her work online at www.janetschwartzart.com.