ARTSWorcester presents: Biennial 2007

May 11 through June 22, 2007 at the ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery, 660 Main Street, Worcester, MA

May 8, 2007

Biennial 2007, ARTSWorcester’s 13th Biennial Exhibition, is one of the largest juried shows in Central Massachusetts and will be on view from May 11 – June 22, 2007 at ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery at 660 Main Street, Worcester. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Friday, May 11, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

ARTSWorcester’s Biennial 2007 features some of the finest work by established and emerging local visual artists and is an opportunity for these artists to have their work judged by outstanding professional curators. Artwork on exhibit in Biennial 2007 will represent the categories of painting, photography, works-on-paper, sculpture, and mixed media. The Worcester Art Museum, through its Hoche-Scofield Scholarship Fund, has provided $2,500 for cash awards to 16 artists in the five categories. Visitors to Biennial 2007 will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite artwork through the Viewers’ Choice Award which will be presented at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 21, 2007 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Over two hundred and fifty works from local artists were submitted to be judged by professional curator Nick Capasso and others of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. The resulting show of 95 works by 74 artists will be exhibited on both floors of the Aurora Gallery.

Biennial 2007 award winners are:

Artists participating in ARTSWorcester’s Biennial 2007 include: Michael Aquino, Lisa Barthelson, Eugenie Lewalski Berg, Howard Besnia, Nicole Brathwaite-Hunt, Lizi Brown, Lora Brueck, John Buron, Brian Burris, Laura Cahalane, Susan Champeny, Euguene Charov, Seah Chickering-Burchesky, Jessica Clements, Carrie Crane, Kim Cutler, Brittany Danielson, Ella Delyanis, Tyler Edlin, Margaret Emerson, Nancy Engberg, Scott Erb, Sandra Evans, Joseph Farbrook, Cindy-lee Fedeli, Timothy Gannon, Ginny Gillen, Brian Goodhue, Brian Higgins, Scott Holloway, Rosa Ibarra, Howard Johnson, Timothy Johnson, Janet Kiminski, Carolyn Kinloch-Winkler, Frances Kornbluth, Emily LaMont, John LaPrade, Gordon Larrivee, Carolyn Letvin, Tom Lewis, Cheryl Lichwell, Neil Mansfield, Dominick Marcigliano, Maxine McDonald, Phil McGourty, Carlotta Miller, Robert Morey, Judith Morton, Mike Nyman, Rosalie Olds, Allen Palmer, Colleen Pearce, Glenn Perry Bruce Plummer, Pamela Redick, Melinda Rich, Ann Rosebrooks, Jacqueline Ross, Dawn Scott, Niva Shrestha, Erika Sidor, Marcella Stasa, Zoey Stites, Susan Stuart, Lauren Symonick, Donna Hamil Talman, Nancy von Hone, Francis Warner, Christopher Whitehead, Linda Widstrand, Sarah Williams, and Peter Wilson.

Biennial 2007 is funded by The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, the Worcester Cultural Commission, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the Hoche-Scofield Scholarship Fund of the Worcester Art Museum, and Davis Publications. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Gallery hours: Tuesdays and Saturdays 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Extended hours are available by appointment. Gallery is closed Sunday and Monday. Free and open to the public.

Address: 660 Main Street, Worcester, MA

Information: (508) 755-5142 or email: info@artsworcester.org.

Currently at the ARTSWorcester Quinsigamond Community College Gallery: through June 29, 2007 is The Painted Image, exhibition of paintings by Tom Grady.