Thank You To Our Supporters

During the last year, hundreds of individuals, local businesses, and foundations made charitable contributions to ArtsWorcester. Our online annual report thanks them all by name. We are very grateful for their support.

Lora Brueck, “Palms,” digital print, 20″ x 16″, exhibited in The Fourth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition, June, 2016.

Artist Talk with Present Tense Prize Winner: C.M. Judge

The Aurora Gallery

ArtsWorcester has made its home in the Classic Revival Aurora Hotel since 2000. The Aurora was built in 1897 as a luxury residential hotel on the rural edge of downtown (there were still apple orchards behind the building in 1910). The automatic locking mechanism for elevator doors, now a universal feature in construction, was invented for this building after a near-fatal fall into its elevator shaft. Renovated in the late 1990s, the hotel rooms are now apartments for individuals and families, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The hotel’s reception area became ArtsWorcester’s upper gallery and offices, complete with original architectural detail, and the bar and dance hall area on the lower level now serve as a large, contemporary gallery space. The Aurora Gallery may be booked for private parties, lectures, and presentations.

Visiting the Aurora
660 Main Street, Worcester MA

During exhibitions, the Aurora is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, from 12-4pm. Please feel free to contact us to set up an appointment outside of these hours; we are happy to do so. In winter, we close for inclement weather in accordance with the Worcester Public Schools. Exhibits are free and open to the public.

Please Note: While you may use cameras & flash in our galleries, all images of artwork are subject to artists’ copyrights.