Your support this year has triple the impact! Any new or increased gift to ArtsWorcester this year will be triple-matched by an anonymous donor, up to $10,000.    Meet our Supporters: Deb Hall Deb Hall with Robin Reynolds's Garden Immersion “ArtsWorcester keeps its finger on the pulse of what is happening in our communities.” Deb Hall is the Executive Director

2022 Annual Report

Cassie Doyon www.cassiedoyondesigns.net Instagram: @pangea_mosaics_ Facebook: Pangea Mosaics When did art become a pursuit for you? Since I was a small child. At age five, I began drawing various Disney characters from memory. I made my very first mosaic when I was eight, a pinto pony from sea glass I collected from a nearby beach. That mosaic won second prize

Announcing the selected artists of Material Matters in partnership with the Fitchburg Art Museum  When Jean Borgotti and Marjorie Rawle, curatorial staff from the Fitchburg Art Museum, arrived in our galleries, they had the formidable task of choosing only ten works from Material Matters. Ultimately, they selected these pieces for exhibition in the Museum's Community Gallery. We enthusiastically congratulate: Stephen Bergeron, African DNA (granite

What You Need To Know About Exhibition Proposals Saturday, March 26, 2022, 3:00-5:00 PM ArtsWorcester, 44 Portland Street Worcester MA   ArtsWorcester is calling for exhibition proposals for the 2022-2023 season! Are you ready for a solo exhibition? What makes for an effective exhibition proposal, either at ArtsWorcester or elsewhere? What are the questions you need to answer, for the

///// (Images left to right) Lucy Marcigliano, Inner Rumble, wood and metal, 28" x 12", 2020; Nathan Manna, Apollo’s Golden Kiss; Brad Chapman Bleau, Skal Material Needs Grants winners 2022 seven artists will receive funding We congratulate the recipients of the 2023-2024 Material Needs Grants. These grants, generously funded by an anonymous donor, support the materials and equipment needed to make new art

Announcing the prize winners of the 18th Annual College Show Congratulations to the prize winners of the 18th Annual College Show! Juror Jessica Roscio (Director and Curator, Danforth Art Museum) awarded four prize winners, all of equal merit and receiving cash awards. She also selected six artworks for honorable mentions.   Prize Winners Wynne Dromey, Clark University ‘25, Place of Repose

Art On The Line 2022 February 12, 4:00-6:00 PM 44 Portland Street   Get your free ticket for this fast, fun, and off-the-wall art sale to benefit ArtsWorcester! Art On The Line, a beloved fundraiser and flash sale, is back by popular demand. All proceeds benefit our youth and community outreach programs. How it works: artists donate hundreds of small-scale,

Announcing the artists selected for the 18th ArtsWorcester College Show a juried online exhibition Announcing the artists selected for the 18th ArtsWorcester College Show! Congratulate these talented student artists, and keep your eyes peeled for this upcoming juried online exhibition. Juried by Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator, Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University. Christian Bachez, College of the Holy

We look forward to seeing you in person at our upcoming exhibitions. Effective January 15, 2022, all visitors to ArtsWorcester must be masked and provide proof of full vaccination, and, when possible, a booster shot. Hard or digital copies of CDC cards, vaccination records from your health-care provider, and digital credentials from other states are all acceptable.   Thank you

call for proposals: Material Needs Grants 2022-2023 deadline: Thursday, January 6, 2022    Submit here. 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, ArtsWorcester is able to distribute grants to local artists between $500 and $1,500. Artists who receive the Material Needs

Dodge and Burn a juried members' exhibition On view January 20 through February 27, 2022 Public reception: Friday, January 21, 2022, 6:00-9:00 PM (Snow date: January 28) Dodging and burning are the ways photographers in the darkroom either lighten or darken different areas of an image, a technique that has since been modernized in digital editing software. The resulting effect

A big tip of the hat to all companies who supported ArtsWorcester this past year! These businesses were the inaugural members of our Corporate Circle, and we thank them for their leadership, contributions, and employee visits. To bring your business into the Circle, make an annual donation of $500 at the link below: Download a Corporate Circle brochure here. Contact

Art On The Line: call for art February 12, 2022    You’ve been asking and asking, so we’re delivering! This February, we’re bringing back Art On The Line, a beloved ArtsWorcester fundraiser. How it works:  Artists donate small-scale, two dimensional artworks. We hang them from the ceiling with old fashioned binder clips and string. On February 12, attendees will line

The Art of Collecting: Panel Discussion over Zoom Wednesday, November 17, 12:00 PM Interested in beginning your own art collection? Join us for an online panel discussion and learn about how three contemporary art collections have taken shape. Featuring Lauren Szumita, Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum; Arthur Goldberg, collector; Jennifer Irvine, collector.  Learn about the creation of Arthur Goldberg’s, Eva Herndon’s, and