On view March 19 through July 10, 2019 at the Franklin Square Salon Gallery at the Hanover Theatre.

Opening reception: Tuesday, April 2, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Visit us in our new galleries at 44 Portland Street! See Paperphilia, the first exhibition in our new home, and enjoy art, music, and snacks.

Join us in learning more about ArtsWorcester’s new home, the Printers Building. In part two of a two-part series, Get to Know the Printers Building, we look at our new neighbors in the building and its surroundings. The Printers Building Today Over the decades, the printing businesses on Portland Street consolidated, closed down, or moved out, leaving Davis Publications as the sole

Join us in learning more about ArtsWorcester’s new home, the Printers Building. In part one of a two-part series, Get to Know the Printers Building, we look at the history of the printing industry in Worcester and what led to the construction of the building itself. Industrial Worcester The scene: late nineteenth-century Worcester, an industrial hot spot. Developments of mills and factories along

Opening reception: Saturday, March 30, 12:00-3:00PM

Our new galleries open with this first exhibition. Join us for a daytime event and get the first look.

Congratulations to the 2019-20 Material Needs Grant winners!

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. Read about ArtsWorcester’s move to the Aurora and the neighbors we are sad to leave behind in Part Two of Looking Back at the Aurora. 

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