The Worcester Portrait Exchange is a free event at ArtsWorcester for people to create and exchange portraits with each other! No experience necessary. All skill levels ad mediums welcome! Recommended for ages 14 and up. We provide supplies and match you with a partner. When you’re finished making your portrait, celebrate with music and light food.  We’ll help you hang your

C.C. Lowell, the nation’s oldest art supply store, now offers current ArtsWorcester members 10% off of art supplies and 20% off custom framing!To get your discount, visit their great new location at 455 Pleasant Street, Worcester, and show them the original PDF or letter from ArtsWorcester acknowledging your membership (we send it as an attachment when you join or renew).

Friday, May 19 6:00 – 9:00PM ArtsWorcester’s Aurora Gallery ArtsWorcester and Airspray Worcester invite you to attend an evening in your most avant-garde fashion to view The Seventeenth ArtsWorcester Biennial, the best visual art exhibition in town. Spend an evening in our historic atmosphere, surrounded by contemporary art and the tunes of a live DJ set. Free parking is available

James Dye’s drawing was named Best In Show. Here’s why.

On Friday, May 5, ArtsWorcester announced the prize winners of the Seventeenth ArtsWorcester Biennial, juried by Samantha Cataldo. The Sally R. Bishop Prize for Best In Show was given to James Dye of Worcester, for his dip pen and india ink drawing Temple of the Unburdened Host. As part of this prize, Dye will have a solo exhibition at the

These fifty-two artists will have their work exhibited in the Seventeenth ArtsWorcester Biennial: Aula Alayoubi, Worcester, MA Lisa Barthelson, Rutland, MA Amanda Bastien, Leicester, MA Lora Brueck, Worcester, MA Marion Buricatu, Shrewsbury, MA Jim Collins, Brimfield, MA Aimee Cotnoir, Sutton, MA Carrie Crane, Boylston, MA Robert Dec, Worcester, MA Louis Despres, Worcester, MA James Dye, Worcester, MA Katie Dye, Worcester,

Teen Night Monday, May 8, 2017 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Free. You and your friends are invited to explore your local art gallery. Come view the Seventeenth ArtsWorcester Biennial and hear from local artists. Show us your artwork by using #AWTeenNight on Twitter and Instagram. At 6:00 pm, local artists will talk briefly about their artwork. Share your art

Artist Talk Saturday, March 25, 2017 1:00 PM ArtsWorcester 660 Main Street Come experience C.M. Judge’s prize-winning exhibit, “Beyond the Gaze,” immersive video and sculptural installations, and meet the artist. Judge, an intermedia artist based in Fitchburg and exhibited internationally, was the inaugural winner of ArtsWorcester’s Present Tense Prize, given to an artist whose work integrates new media, artistic risk-taking,

Teen Night All teens are invited to Teen Night at ArtsWorcester, 660 Main Street, on Wednesday, February 8th, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. That evening, free to all,  teens can view the following exhibitions: 13th Annual College Show, Monday Mosh Monsters, and Faces All Around. Artists will be present to talk about their artworks and careers. In addition to exploring

Our congratulations to… Min Maw Aung, Studio Art, Clark University Kevail Cole, Interactive Media and Design, Quinsigamond Community College Samantha DiMauro, Graphic Design and Italian Studies, Assumption College Aiden Duffy, Studio Art, College of the Holy Cross Jack Gallagher, Visual Arts – Studio, College of the Holy Cross Timothy Gardner, Biology, College of the Holy Cross Theresa Gervais, Undeclared, College

Please join us on Saturday, December 10, 1:00 PM, at the Hadley Building to hear Allison Coelho Picone discuss The Pace of Nature, her exhibition of paintings and mixed-media exploring light in nature. The Hadley building is at 657 Main Street (across from the Aurora). In these paintings, Picone works to unite aesthetics, science, and spirituality.  She is particularly influenced by

We are so grateful to the hundreds of people who joined us on Friday, November 4, for the latest iteration of Art On The Line! Thank you to all who came, who volunteered, and, above all, who donated art. Evelyn Absher •Dhriti Aiylen • Frank Armstrong • Michael Barresi • Lisa Barthelson • Amanda Bastien • Wendy Beauregard • Mike

Saturday, October 22 1:00 PM ArtsWorcester 660 Main Street Perhaps you have already heard people talking about these exhibits. Now we invite you to hear from the artists themselves. Join us for artist talks by William Scully, Joseph Ray, Madeleine Lord and Agnes Wyant and learn more about their inspirations and processes. William Scully took his camera under a small Cape

The ArtsWorcester Award goes annually to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the arts and culture of this city. Stephen DiRado, Professor of Practice in Visual and Performing Arts at Clark University, is a renowned photographer, beloved teacher, and mentor to generations of Worcester artists. His generosity of spirit, time, and effort is legendary. Please join us at