Worcester Windows

Worcester Windows: A Community Gallery Program will host an Opening Reception for its fall exhibit on Thursday, September 6, 2007, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, 339 Main Street. The reception will include guided walking tours of the downtown gallery area with docents from Preservation Worcester, as well as the opportunity to meet many of the exhibiting artists.

Worcester Windows is a community gallery program which uses storefronts throughout downtown Worcester as exhibit space to enhance the City’s downtown and to provide display opportunities for local emerging and established artists. Originally intended simply as a means to provide exhibit opportunities, Worcester Windows has grown dramatically, successfully raising the awareness of Worcester as a Creative City by not only bringing artwork to the public and showcasing local talent, but in also establishing itself as a true community gallery through which many of the exhibiting artists have sold works.

The spring Worcester Windows exhibit will run September 7th – November 30th, 2007 and will feature the following artists and organizations:

30 Major Taylor Boulevard: Independent Artist Group will feature works by “Laurel” cartoonist Brian Nelson; Robert Dreyer, subject Native American Indians, in acrylic on canvas; The Fire Works Clay Studio will present work by Kathy Taylor and Darren Prodger. Kathy's quiet pieces use subtle hues of white and celedon. Her work has an asian sensibility. Darren works with rich, deep tones on dark stoneware. His work ranges from small tiles to three foot tall urns.
370 Main Street, BankNorth: ARTSWorcester Mixed Media works by ARTSWorcester member Elliott Salloway
365 Main Street, Bank of America: Worcester Historical Museum
339 Main Street, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce: Worcester Center for Crafts
Worcester Artist Group will present Conversations, featuring the art of David Wackell and Svetlana Burinskaya.
317 Main Street, Worcester Regional Transit Authority: Worcester Polish Heritage Federation will present the work of several Polish-American artists, including Monique Surdyka (oil painting and sculpture), Szymon Tolak (photography)Mattew Bisceglia (sculpture), Kathy Blackmer (glass), and Joanna Wrobel-Lorens (sculpture).
Denholm Building, 484 Main Street: Worcester African Cultural Center presents an exhibit of African Museum Instruments which are used in a variety of ways in African Cultural events, including weddings, funeral rituals, festivals, coming of age and masquerades.
WCCA TV-13, 415 Main Street: The Worcester County Poetry Association presents a fall display which promotes its participation in the Columbus Day Weekend Footsteps in History celebration which will include an open house celebration at the childhood home of US Poet Laureate and Worcester native Stanley Kunitz.
Telegram & Gazette, 20 Franklin Street: ARTSWorcester Photographs by ARTSWorcester member Brittany Danielson

Worcester Windows is funded in part by the Worcester Cultural Coalition, City of Worcester, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and KJ Barron’s Fine Wines and Spirits.

Artists, businesses and cultural organizations interested in participating in future Worcester Windows installments should contact Erin Williams, Cultural Development Officer at 508-799-1400