News: Summer 2003

Alyce Mayo, Variable Dancer Damselfly, 35mm slide, flat Lambda plexi. This photo took the Sally Bishop Prize for Juror's Choice at Biennial 2003.

Biennial 2003

ARTSWorcester's Biennial 2003 opened on May 2nd to an estimated crowd of 300 people at the Aurora Gallery. This much anticipated exhibition got off to a great start with hundreds of artists from Central Massachusetts submitting 374 works of art in the categories of painting, works on paper/ 2D mixed media, photography, sculpture/3D mixed media and crafts.

Our headquarters at 660 Main Street was a hub of activity and excitement as the works were put together in their categories and presented to jurors Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Nan Freeman. The one hundred and ten pieces chosen for the exhibition were installed in practically every available space, including our office area. This was a really 'big' show, and was a true cross section of the work submitted.

Jurors Kaplan and Freeman "were impressed by the vigor and range of the work" in the Biennial. "We selected art for the exhibition that revealed the energy and enthusiasm of the Central Massachusetts visual arts community, and that demonstrated competency in design, technique and imagination." We awarded honors and prizes to a cluster of favorites that for us characterized the strength and diversity of the group."

Through the generosity of the Worcester Art Museum and their donation of $2500 from the Hoche-Scofield Scholarship Fund, we were able to award prizes in all categories.

This years Award Winners were:

Sally Bishop Prize for Juror's Choice $500
Alyce Mayo, Variable Dancer Damselfly, 35 mm slide, flat Lambda plexi

Prize for Painting $300
Edward Condon, Stop War, oil on plywood

Prize for Works on Paper/2D Mixed Media $300
Anne Rice, Sienna, charcoal and pastel

Prize for Photography $300
Will Sherwood, Bodyscape VII, silver gelatin print

Prize for Sculpture/3D Mixed Media $300
John Gamache, Landscape Painter #1, mixed media

Best of Craft $300
Lynn Szymanski, Heddle Tables, wood

Honorable Mention $50 (10 winners, 2 in each category)
Linda Widstrand, Nightshade, encaustic, canvas, board
Lisa Maillet, February 3rd, watercolor
Cynthia Lewis, Clearing, paper pulp painting
Carlene Haworth, Bagged, mixed media
Mari Seder, Nicho on Calle Crespo, Mexico, color photograph
Jim Collins, The Liberation of George W. Bush (No Cake-walk), PhotoShop collage
William Servant, Untitled, steel
David Green, Embrace, alabaster
Jason Roche, Sacrifice/Savior, metals, glass, resin
Ginny Gillen, Tea for Two, clay

There was also a chance for Gallery visitors to vote for their favorite piece for the Visitors Choice Award. "Senior Ballroom Dance" by Vitty Mattus was the winner by a landslide! The large painting featured many local couples on the Senior Ballroom Dancing circuit, cutting a rug at their favorite dance hall. Almost everyone in the painting came by the Gallery to see themselves immortalized in this lively dance scene and voted it their favorite.

The Biennial could not have been possible without the help of our wonderful volunteers. Thank you to all the Biennial 2003 Volunteers, Kim Cutler, Bittan Linnell, Monika Agnello, Lora Brueck, Kathleen Cammarata, Sue Coles, Carrie Crane, Elena Crowley, Ellen Donaldson, Ed Esleeck, Igor Gurbanov, Julie Anne Kelly, Arne Korstvedt, Iris Lanyon, Sarah Lenis, Ake Linnell, Stacy Lord, Phil McGourty, Rosalie Olds, Clyde Pax, Jackie Ross, Donna Talman, Julia Vera, Erika Wade, Masha Abhayarawana Wickramasinghe and Tina Zlody.

Biennial 2003 was very well received by members of the press. There were very positive articles in the Telegram & Gazette and Worcester Magazine. It was also our best attended exhibition of the year with people coming in every day to see the show, and even taking advantage of the special Saturday Gallery Hours. An estimated 1000 people saw the exhibition! Congratulations to all of the artists who participated.

Summer Vacation Notice

ARTSWorcester's Aurora Gallery and Offices will be closed for summer vacation beginning Monday, July 21, 2003 and will reopen on Tuesday, August 19, 2003. Please remember to pick up your artwork from the Member's and 2D/3D shows by Friday, July 18. Thank you and enjoy your summer!

Thank You to Our Donors!

Thank you to the following foundations, corporations, and individuals who have generously contributed to ARTSWorcester over the past quarter:

As we take down our Biennial 2003, I am reminded of the generosity of those involved who helped to make this juried exhibition the best yet!

To Kim Cutler, artist and designer of KC Grafix, a heartfelt thank you for your pro bono design of our Biennial 2003 Call to Artists, Invitations and Programs, which were very attractive. Your donation of your time and talent is much appreciated!

Thank you to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette for their in-kind donation of Biennial 2003 advertisements in the Sunday Telegram.

A sincere thank you to the Fuller Foundation for their generous donation of $3,500 to offset the costs of program consumables for our Biennial 2003.

Kindest thanks to Jim Welu and the Worcester Art Museum for their donation of $2,500 in prize money from their Hoche-Scofield Scholarship Fund which was awarded to 16 artists out of 110 exhibiting artists in various media who participated in Biennial 2003.

On behalf of the performing artists who participated, a sincere thank you to Sovereign Bank for their donation of $1500 to our in-town performing arts lunch program at Worcester Common Fashion Outlets. Our plan was to hold the performances outside, but Mother Nature intervened and all were held inside in the food court!

ARTSWorcester appreciates Wyman Gordon Foundation's donation of $500 to our general operating fund.

A thoughtful donation of $3,000 from the Hoche-Scofield Foundation will help to fund the costs of our Aurora Gallery program over the Summer and Fall months.

Finally, a sincere thank you to the Greater Worcester Community Foundation on behalf of our members for their generous donation of $15,000 in support of ARTSWorcester's core programs.

From the Director's Corner, Ruth Ann Penka

When I begin to write my Annual Director's Report, I like to set the past year in perspective by first summarizing it with one word which repeatedly comes to my thoughts. The word "ACCOMPLISHMENT" keeps coming to mind this year as I reflect on what the past year has meant to me as the Executive Director of ARTSWorcester. Our revised Mission statement reflects our desire to continue our role of advocacy for our artist members: "ARTSWorcester advocates for programs of mutual benefit to the cultural, business, educational and municipal sectors of the community and provides leadership in the Arts District." As Chair of the Arts District Task Force, I continued to partner with the City of Worcester, the Task Force and Christine Proffitt in the development of an Arts District Master Plan, which was published in the late summer of 2002.

Over the past year, the Board and staff worked with consultant Jane Preston, from Harvard's Hauser Center for Nonprofits, to finalize ARTSWorcester's Strategic Plan for 2003-05. The Board Retreat in September of 2002 was dedicated to the development of goals for both the staff and Board Committees and over the past fall and winter, Board Committees met separately with the staff in the development of strategic goals for the next three years. The completed plan is a summarization of strategic goals which can best be summarized in our revised mission: "ARTSWorcester fosters collaborative programs among artists and cultural organizations in the Greater Worcester area by providing opportunities and services for visual, performing and literary artist members."

ARTSWorcester created opportunities for over 300 artists over the past year, with 18 visual art exhibitions, nine performing and literary art venues which resulted in artist commissions of over $8,000. It was the first year that we offered artist members a collaborative art exhibition at the Brush Gallery in Lowell's Industrial Park; participated in the citywide Cultural Coalition theme of "Portraits"; and developed and exhibited our 10th Biennial. We also made good on our promise to develop a performing arts program in 02 and 03, thanks in part to the energy and vision of the Performing Arts Committee and our Program Director Ann McTigue. We offered life and health insurance plans for artists, workshops to enrich artists' career goals, referrals for artist opportunities outside of ARTSWorcester, and published pages of lists of opportunities for artists in our newsletter. Program Director Ann McTigue spends the better part of her day creating opportunities for our artist members and is happy when she can match up an artist with a project. We must be doing something right as we have added over 80 artists to our membership rolls over the past year and are fast approaching a membership of 500. Now that's an accomplishment!

There are many things that I am proud of this year including ARTSWorcester's Cultural Enrichment Award from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette which included a grant of $2500. It's nice for ARTSWorcester to be publicly recognized for the work that we do. I'm also very proud to be part of the Cultural Coalition Board, the Firemen's Memorial Board, the Arts District Task Force, the Collections Committee at the Higgins and a newly-elected corporator of the Worcester Art Museum.

What really gave me goose bumps was the Start in the Street Festival which was developed by our Art Awardee Lisa Barthelson with a host of other artists who call themselves WART (Worcester artists really trying) which brought thousands of visitors to the Arts District on a beautiful, sunny September day. To me, it was the turning point for the Arts District and marked the embrace of the district by Worcester artists. ARTSWorcester was delighted to be a small part of the festival by opening its gallery doors, insuring parking for the event, and serving as its fiscal agent.

However, accomplishments lose their meaning if they are not achieved in concert with others. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Directors and President Sarah Lenis for all their time and effort over the past year on behalf of ARTSWorcester. I want to also say goodbye to Gigi Barnhill, my mentor and colleague, and honor her for her many years of dedication to ARTSWorcester as she leaves our Board. Thank you to Hildegard Armstrong who serves as our membership secretary and all of our volunteers over the past year who helped us to achieve our goals. And finally, to Ann McTigue, ARTSWorcester's Program Director, thank you on behalf of myself and our artist members for your many accomplishments over the past year. ARTSWorcester will end this fiscal year in the black due to the support of our members, Board, patrons and funders and it is this accomplishment of which I am so proud. Thank you.

Odd Fellows Loft Apartments

Below is an ad for the newly renovated Odd Fellows Loft Apartments which will open in the Fall of 2003. For those of us who have been following the progress of the developers, Community Builders, Inc. from conception to renovation over the past three years, it is very gratifying to see the building come to fruition. But, what is most gratifying is the quality and aesthetics of the renovation project which incorporated all of the historical architecture and integrity of the building into the design of the loft apartments. Each apartment has wonderful light from oversized windows, loft bedrooms, high ceilings, wood floors, oak moldings, and some have lofts that functioned as theater balconies complete with leaded glass partitions. Twenty-four apartments at various rental rates will be available by November of 2003. Housed on the first floor will be a division of the City's Neighborhood Services Department of Housing Assistance and the basement space is available for arts-related usage at subsidized rates. For more information, contact the number in the ad for the Odd Fellows Loft Apartments and consider joining us in the downtown Arts District. We would love to have you as neighbors!

Letter from the President, Sarah Callahan Lenis

During our recent strategic planning process, the board revised ARTSWorcester's mission statement to read: "ARTSWorcester fosters collaborative programs among artists and cultural organizations in the greater Worcester area by providing opportunities and services for visual, performing and literary artist members. ARTSWorcester advocates for programs of mutual benefit to the cultural, business, educational and municipal sectors of the community and provides leadership in the Arts District." We did not change too much . . . we simplified some of the wording but added a significant statement which is "ARTSWorcester advocates and provides leadership in the Arts District." When our original mission statement was written the Arts District was just a dream. Today, it is becoming a reality.

Another sentence in our mission statement indicates that we are advocates for the visual and performing artists. Our support for visual artists has always been our strong point, with ten exhibitions at the Aurora and nine exhibits at Quinsigamond Community College. But through the strategic planning process we realized that we needed to expand our services to performing artists .

With the help of a newly formed performing arts committee chaired by Brigitta Clementi along with Sydney Patten, Kallin Johnson, Maria Florez and Ann McTigue, a grant from Sovereign Bank and proceeds from a Nasrin Fashion show, we now have a Performing Arts Series at Worcester Common Outlets Mall!

We have had many successes this year but with a spiraling economy, we will need your help to continue. When asked for a donation, please be generous and help Worcester's arts flourish!

Thank you, Sarah

ARTSWorcester's Business Partners Program Continues to Grow!

Thank you to the following businesses who have continued or increased their level of support of ARTSWorcester through our Business Partners Program. The program affords businesses and their employees the opportunity to share in a number of local art events in Worcester, invitations to our receptions and events, memberships for employees, preview receptions, use of the Aurora Gallery for a private reception, and sponsorship of one major exhibition in our Aurora Gallery. The costs of the program range from $100 at the Partner level, $250 at the Member, $500 at the Donor and $1,000 at the Sponsor level. We invite new businesses to support ARTSWorcester and artists while providing corporate recognition and employee benefits for your company. Thank you to the following businesses who have renewed or increased their level of support of ARTSWorcester:

BUSINESS PARTNERS:
Commonwealth Bank
Flagship Bank

DONOR PARTNER:
Bay State Savings Bank

SPONSOR PARTNER:
Davis Publications, Inc.

Gallery News, Ann McTigue

Can you believe that TEN ARTSWorcester Gallery Exhibitions have taken place since the last edition of ARTcetera? At our Quinsigamond Community College Galleries we have seen Documentaries by Patricia Kamlin; Passions of the Soul, paintings by Stanwick Cromwell in honor of Black History Month; Contemporary Armenian Artists featuring works by Bryan Davagian, as well as Hrair and Hagop Aprahamian; Two Minds/One Vision featuring paintings by father/daughter, John Gamache and Lori Ashley; and Paintings by Lorna Ritz. In the Aurora Galleries we presented group shows: The Human Form: Figurative Works, Quadrate: Works in a Square Format & Explorations of the Cube, Biennial 2003, and have just opened 2D/3D, and the Members Summer Exhibition. Congratulations and thanks to the 199 artists who exhibited!

I'd like to take a moment to re-cap this year's Biennial. It is such an enormous undertaking, logistically speaking. Dealing with hundreds of artists, physically handling hundreds of artworks, tons of paperwork, and a whopper of an installation are just some of the tasks necessary to make this exhibition a reality. It could not have been possible without a fantastic team of volunteers. A big THANK YOU goes out to all of you that helped to make Biennial 2003 the best attended exhibition of the year! Kim Cutler, Bittan Linnell, Monika Agnello, Lora Brueck, Kathleen Cammarata, Sue Coles, Carrie Crane, Elena Crowley, Ellen Donaldson, Ed Esleeck, Igor Gurbanov, Julie Anne Kelly, Arne Korstvedt, Iris Lanyon, Sarah Lenis, Ake Linnell, Stacy Lord, Phil McGourty, Rosalie Olds, Clyde Pax, Jackie Ross, Donna Talman, Julia Vera, Erika Wade, Masha Abhayarawana Wickramasinghe and Tina Zlody, all gave generously of their time and talent. Thanks also to Tim Johnson, preparator extrordinaire, who helped to make a glorious presentation of the 110 works of art chosen by jurors Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Nan Freeman. Thanks to Ruth Penka for her fundraising efforts, and to everyone who gave. Biennial 2003 was definitely a group endeavor, and a very positive experience. Congratulations to all of us. We did a great job!

ARTSWorcester has made great strides recently regarding our commitment to our performing artist members. Through the efforts of the Performing Arts Committee of the Board of Directors, a partnership was formed with Sovereign Bank and the Worcester Common Fashion Outlet. Sovereign provided $1500, and space was donated by the Fashion Outlet for the 2003 ARTSWorcester/Sovereign Bank Performing Artist Series. Jerry Sabatini and the Sonic Explorers opened the series on May 21st. Other performers included Peter Clemente on May 28th, Duo Divertimento, featuring Sheila Reid and Carl Kamp on June 4th, and we wound things up on June 11th with the PASOW Jazz Combo. We are looking forward to further expanding opportunities for our performing artists. Stay tuned.

This fall ARTSWorcester will be offering a series of lectures on Contemporary Art and Artists by art historian, and Gallery Committee member Catherine Wilcox Titus, Ph.D. The three part series will be a survey by decades of the last thirty or so years, and is designed to open participants up to the wide world of modern art. More information will be available soon.

ARTSWorcester will be closed July 19 to August 19, 2003. The "Call to Artists" for the 2004 season will be going out in the mail before we close. Also, a special "Call" will be sent out for Music: On & Off the Wall (see opportunities for artists in this newsletter) which will open on October 30, 2003. So check your mailboxes.

Please note that inserted into this newsletter is the Intent to Submit Form for Viva el Arte. Hispanic artists over the age of 18 are eligible. If you don't qualify but know someone who does, please pass it on. Also, here's a heads-up regarding the next ARTSWorcester Members Show in December: There will be a juried landscape exhibit in the Main Gallery at that time, and we'd like to ask our members who submit for the Winter Members Show to carry on the landscape theme. So when you're thinking about what piece to exhibit, think landscape!

Member News

Scott Holloway presented The Rebirth of Anatomical Studies at the Italian American Cultural Center February 5-28, 2003.

Marcella Anna Stasa's sculptural work was on exhibit at the Towne Art Gallery at Wheelock College in Boston. Fragile Nature opened on February 7 and ran through March 8, 2003.

Tasha Robbins will exhibit paintings in the 4th Biennale Dell 'Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy in Dec. 2003. The centerpiece of a triptych for this exhibition is a painting of the Quan Yin sculpture from the collection of the Worcester Art Museum.

Carol Santora and Linda Widstrand participated in the Central Massachusetts Woman's Caucus for Art through March 7 at the Hammond Gallery, Fithcburg State College.

Donna Hamil Talman exhibited Ancestor Portraits at the Babbidge Library, Stevens Gallery at the University of Connecticut, January 20-March 14, 2003. Donna also exhibited Ancestor Portraits in her first New York show May 6-31, 2003 at Soho Photo, 15 White Street, New York, NY. Visit the Gallery's website at www.sohophoto.com or check out www.donnahamiltalman.com.

Tina E. Gaffney presented poetry, a capella singing and the spoken word in, "One Woman, Many Voices: An African American Celebration" on February 28, 2003 at the Worcester Artist Group.

Lora Brueck participated in The Shape of Content an exhibit of artists' books by Boston Book Arts Members. The exhibition, which took place at the Rivier College Art Gallery in Nashua, NH, ran March 9-April 4, 2003.

Kathy Hart showed her paintings, prints and silver in an exhibition entitled Inheriting Memory: A Testimony of Survival at the Worcester Jewish Community Center, March 13-May 12, 2003.

Kathleen Cammarata had a solo exhibition at the Dean's Gallery, MIT Sloan School of Management. The show, which consisted of monoprints, and oils on canvas ran from March19-April 25, 2003. Kathleen also hosted an Open Studio event June 7 & 8, 2003.

Congratulations to ARTSWorcester photographers Lora Brueck, Stu Pomeroy and Michael Selissen for being named winners in the Worcester Historical Museum's first citywide photography contest. Their prize winning photographs will be shown in an exhibit entitled That's My Worcester, March 13-August 8, 2003, and will become part of the Museum's permanent collection.

Peter Faulkner, Rosemary LeBeau and Mari Seder participated in the Worcester Historical Museum's exhibition Worcester Scene Photographers--Ten Years After. The exhibition re-visits 10 Worcester photographers who took part in a photographic look at our fair City in 1992 and shows what direction they have taken in their work. The exhibit is on view March 13-August 22, 2003. The Worcester Historical Museum is located at 30 Elm St., Worcester.

Gigi Casella participated in the Worcester Windows Project. Her paintings were exhibited in the Main Street Windows of WCAC Inc, Channel 13 for the month of March.

Tom Stanford showed Subtractionalism, his very original work at the Italian American Cultural Center during the month of March.

Frances Kornbluth had a solo show at The Atrium Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College. "Five Decades" was a celebration of the artist's life and work, and was on view March 21-April 28, 2003.

Tom Moore received a Fellowship from the Worcester Cultural Commission. As a Massachusetts Fellow, his work will be exhibited at three sites around the state, including ARTSWorcester's Aurora Gallery in October. Tom has also been invited to design an Easter Seal in a national competition. Other ARTSWorcester artists included in the three statewide exhibits are Kat O'Connor, Mari Seder, Donna Hamil Talman, Kathleen Cammarata, Kirk Jalbert and Bryce Vinokurov.

Dale LePage exhibited his work at the White Dog Gallery in West Boylston. The dates for "Wade into Watercolor" were May 2-31, 2003.

Art XII exhibited their collaborative work at the Italian American Cultural Center during the month of April.

Larry Folding is the chosen "exhibiting artist" whose work was shown concurrently at The Leominster Art Association's 38th Annual Montachusett Area Art/Craft/Photography Exhibit. The event took place April 25-27 at St. Leo's Auditorium, 108 Main Street, Leominster, MA.

The work of ARTSWorcester members Mariam Smith and David McCracken was featured in The Golden Age of Painting at the Italian American Cultural Center for the month of June.

Patricia Kamlin participated in the 33rd Annual Crafts Fair at the Worcester Center for Crafts, May 2-4, 2003. For more information about Patricia's textile art, email ibisarts@rcn.com.

Jeanette Staley's collages were exhibited at the UMass Medical School Lobby Gallery. Sesame and Lilies was on view April 7-May 15, 2003.

Nan Hass Feldman was the subject of a feature story in the April edition of The Middlesex Beat, a great, free, resource for arts and entertainment news. The magazine is now available at ARTSWorcester.

Lawrence Strauss opened Monsters & Heroes at an evening of art and jazz at The Java Hut, 1073 Main Street, Worcester. The 'evening,' which also featured trumpeter Jerry Sabatini, took place on April 30. The exhibit stayed on view through May 31, 2003.

Brigita Clementi received rave reviews for her portrayal of Elaine Navazio in the New England Theatre Company's production of Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers. The show ran at the Zecco Performing Arts Center of Anna Maria College for three consecutive weekends in May.

Skip Collins' computer generated images were exhibited in the Franklin St. windows of the Telegram & Gazette, as were photographs by Maria Florez at the Visitor's and Convention Bureau at 30 Worcester Center Blvd. Both of these exhibits took place during the month of May and were sponsored by Worcester Windows: A Community Gallery Program. (See Opportunities for Artists)

Mimi Grenier had an exhibition of her series "Evolution: 14 Billion Years Ago to Now" at the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, RI. The distinctive enamel work in "Evolution," which combines ancient techniques with found objects was on view May 1-June 15, 2003.

Winslow Myers exhibited his paintings for the Bancroft School Reunion 2003. PASSAGES was on view through May 23, 2003.

Recent Works by members of the Central Massachusetts Women's Caucus for Art included ARTSWorcester members Heidi D'Entremont, C.M. Judge, Patricia Kamlin, Lisa Maillet, Carol Santora, Toba Weintraub, and Linda Widstrand. The exhibition, at the UMass Medical School Lobby Gallery, is on view May 19-July 13, 2002.

Paintings by Lorna Ritz were included in the Summer Invitational at The Painting Center, 52 Green Street, New York, NY. The exhibition was on view May 27-June 21, 2003.

John Bean, Patricia Kamlin and Sherry MacDougall participated in Arts on the Town: A Walking Tour of the Arts in Uxbridge on May 31, 2003.

The Westboro Gallery will exhibit watercolors by Jeanne Donovan June 7-August 10, 2003. OBSERVATIONS showcases the vibrant colors and natural light of the artist's favorite places and things.

Carol Santora and her students exhibit new paintings in 'A Personal View' at the Graves Law Offices, 33 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA. The exhibit is on view June 2-August 29, 2003. Viewing Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-2:30 pm. For more information contact Carol Santora 978-630-3866.

Jacqueline Ross had her first solo show at the Worcester Public Library. IMPRINTS FROM THE PAST: An Exhibition of Monotypes & Collagraphs opened June 2 and ran through June 30, 2003.

Congratulations to the ARTSWorcester members who received awards in the Leominster Art Association's 38th Annual Arts, Crafts and Photography Exhibit. They are: Jesse Knott II--Third Place in the Advanced Division for his drawing "Wandering Surfaces" and Honorable Mention for his Special Theme Piece, "Waves 2003"; Sally Sargent was awarded Third Place in the Advanced Division for her pastel "Henri"; Bill Mixon won First and Second Place in the Advanced Division for his photographs "Daylily" and "Entwined" and Cindy-Lee Fedeli received the Special Mayors Award in the Amateur Division for "Cranson's Old Car".

Lizzie Brown is part of Brushwork: A Painting Exhibition by Students of Joel Janowitz at TechSpace 580 Harrison Avenue, 4th floor, Boston. There was an Opening Reception/Party on Friday, June 6. Half of the proceeds from art sales and optional donations collected at the door during the opening were given to The Woman's Craft Cooperative of Rosie's Place.

Congratulations to Mari Seder! Mari and fellow Worcester photographer Stephen DiRado were awarded $5000 Photography Artist Grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Nancy MacDonald and Sherry MacDougall will share exhibition space at the WAG, July 9-August 6, 2003. There will be an Opening Reception on July 9, 6-9 pm.

Kelly Morello is part of an exhibit at the First Show Gallery at C.C. Lowell, 285 Park Avenue, Worcester. "The Earth and The Dream" is on view July 3-23, 2003. There will be a Reception July 12, 3:30-6:30 pm.

Bob Armstrong, collector and restorer of old wood jigsaw puzzles, and his wife Hildegard will be featured in a segment of a new PBS television show "History Detectives." The new series begins on July 14, 2003.

Opportunities for Artists

Call For Performing Artists

Music: On and Off the Wall, an exhibition/performance opportunity, scheduled for fall of 2003, for ARTSWorcester's performing artist members who collect and play unusual, ethnic, antique, handmade, or homemade musical instruments, which have visual as well as aural integrity. Instruments will be displayed on both levels of the Aurora Gallery as objects of art. On one or more occasions during the exhibition, the musician owners of these instruments would perform, together, playing the same pieces of music simultaneously, both up and downstairs at the Aurora. The Gallery will resonate with music. Audience members could walk freely through the performance hearing slightly different aspects of the music. This exhibition will provide a venue for our performing artist members, and give them an opportunity to show the breadth of their commitment to their art form. It will also offer the community at large a unique musical experience. If you are interested in participating in Music: On and Off the Wall, or know someone who might be, contact Ann McTigue at 508.755.5142, or artsworcester@msn.com.

Artwork Wanted

The Lito Cafe (formerly Cool Beans) at 99 Green St., Worcester has four nice walls available to local artists to exhibit paintings, photographs, drawings and other 2D artwork. Interested artists should call Sean McMahon at 508.791.0249.

Worcester Windows: A community gallery program utilizes the storefronts of the Day Building, the Chamber of Commerce, WCCA Channel 13, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and other windows in downtown Worcester as exhibition space to visually enhance the City's downtown and to provide display opportunities for local artists. Interested artists and volunteers contact Stacy Lord at 508.579.6033 or stacylord@hotmail.com.

Board of Directors of The Worcester Public Library Solicitation For Display of Public Art

Artists are invited to submit proposals for one piece of sculpture to be displayed for the period of one year at the Main Library, 3 Salem Sq., Worcester, MA. For more information contact Penelope B. Johnson, Head Librarian, at 508.799.1690.

Ongoing MCC Resources

MCC/WBUR Calendar--a comprehensive, Internet-based event calendar provided by National Public Radio-affiliate WBUR. Massachusetts artists are invited to enter performances, readings, exhibits and other events at www.wbur.org as part of their publicity strategies. To enter, click the "Arts" tab, then the "Calendar" tab.

HireCulture.org--a free, searchable database of cultural employment opportunities in Massachusetts. To post an opportunity or view available positions, visit www.hireCulture.org.

Mass-Culture.org--log on to learn more about the local cultural council in your town, including funding priorities and application deadlines.

Call For Entries

The Boston Foundation for Architecture/ AIA seeks proposals for programs to elevate public awareness of planning and design issues. Grants will focus on efforts to enhance understanding (particularly among young people) of the importance of well designed buildings, public spaces, cities and infrastructure. Deadline: Aug. 14, 2003. For a copy of the RFP, visit www.bfagrants.org or contact bsa@architects.org.

Main South CDC Industrial Molds Giveaway 65 Tainter Street, Worcester Friday, July 11, 10-4

The former Rice-Barton industrial factories which manufactured papermaking machinery is being torn down by the Main South CDC as part of its neighborhood redevelopment project. As a result, Steve Teasdale, Executive Director of Main South's CDC is holding a "FREE" giveaway of the beautiful wooden molds which were created by workmen over the past century. The molds come in many shapes and sizes, including wheels and abstract forms, and could be used for a future public sculpture project in the Arts District. If interested, bring your truck, van, car, taxi, wagon, or shopping cart and take the molds that speak to you!

Artist Online Database Form

Enclosed in this issue of Artcetera is a form for members to fill out for ARTSWorcester's newly expanded online database which is being

developed on our website in place of the Cultural Resource Book.

Inclusion in the database is a free benefit of your membership, however, there are costs associated with reading digitized images and linking our website with yours. Please mail your form, digitized

images or audio CDs back to ARTSWorcester by September 15, 2003. If you have any questions, call us at 508.755.5142 or check out our website at artsworcester@msn.org and click on Artists & Artwork.