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

October 28, 2021 Jennifer Davis Carey's moving solo exhibition, Redemption, was reviewed by Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent. In her review, McQuaid describes Redemption as "a tender yet unflinching exhibition," and "homeopathic, a small gesture in the wake of a giant history." Read the complete review in the Boston Globe here.   Jennifer Davis Carey, Drana 4, vitreous enamel on steel, 14"

OCTOBER 28, 2021 – WORCESTER, MA Organizational change is a hard thing for an organization to undergo and achieve.  There are several leadership qualities that are necessary to envision, sell, and effect change.  It takes convincing skills, great communication, and a lot of hard work for your vision to come alive.  This panel of leaders from different organizations will share

  You got us there, and we more than met this year's matching gift challenge! Thank you to everyone who turned Martha Heller and Tony Vaver's generosity into $10,000 for next year's exhibitions and events.    Didn't give yet? No matter when it comes, your gift keeps regional contemporary artists on view, free and open to all. Join us now.    Meet our

AW Artist Members, save 5% when you register for classes at the Worcester Art Museum Artist members, your list of membership benefits just got a little longer! Register for in-person or online classes at the Worcester Art Museum and save 5%.* Save 5% on Adult Fall Classes Save 5% on Youth Fall Classes Learn more about WAM's educational scholarships  

ArtsWorcester is proud to announce that Gloria Hall, public art administrator and preservationist, will receive the 39th ArtsWorcester Award. The ArtsWorcester Award is given annually to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to arts and culture in this city. Its recipient list serves as a history of arts leadership in Worcester. Ms. Hall is the founding director of Art In

by Anya Kohan   ArtsWorcester holds a special place in Dolly Vazquez’s heart, partly because she met her own sweetheart here at a gallery opening nineteen years ago. Let’s start from the beginning, though, shall we? Back in 1993, Vazquez began working in Worcester at CENTRO Las Americas, where she collaborated with ArtsWorcester on a biannual exhibit for Latinx artists,

Announcing the prize winners for Now in Technicolor a juried members' exhibition On view through September 19, 2021 Congratulations to the prize winners for Now in Technicolor: A Juried Members' Exhibition, all of equal merit and distinction. Three winners  and three honorable mentions were selected by jurors Joshua Croke (Founder, Action! By Design), Stephen DiRado (artist and professor at Clark University), and Birgit Straehle

Urban Green and Blue a collaboration with Preservation Worcester  Urban Green and Blue is a juried exhibition of paintings featuring Worcester’s urban green and blue spaces: the city’s public parks, wildlife sanctuaries, nature reserves, publicly accessible reservoirs, lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds. This exhibition gives ArtsWorcester artist members an opportunity to work outdoors in a plein air tradition, and highlights the importance

Looking for an easy way to support the arts and engage your employees? Join the Corporate Circle! Participating businesses support our exhibitions and education, but also communicate the value they place on unique Worcester institutions, living artists, and downtown vibrancy.  With a modest corporate gift of $500 a year, Corporate Circle members and their employees enjoy:  Two annual social media posts recognizing your

The Nineteenth ArtsWorcester Biennial on view June 3 through August 1, 2021  The Biennial is almost here! From over 470 submissions, juror Beth C. McLaughlin, Artistic Director and Chief Curator at Fuller Craft Museum, selected 63 works for inclusion in this celebrated exhibition. Prize winners, including the winner of the Sally Bishop Prize, will be announced during our Biennial Block Party on