Worcester Windows

Worcester Windows: A Community Gallery Program will offer area residents an opportunity to do some true window shopping this holiday season with the opening of its winter exhibit on Friday, November 30, 2007, in conjunction with the City of Worcester’s Festival of Lights.

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 winter Worcester Windows exhibit will run November 30th, 2007 – February 29, 2008 and will feature the following artists and organizations:

Chase Building, 44 Front Street: Worcester Artist Group presents the work of artist David Madsen, and his exhibit Parts & Pieces, assemblages of found objects.
370 Main Street, BankNorth: ARTSWorcester
339 Main Street, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce: Worcester Center for Crafts
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).
30 Major Taylor Boulevard: Independent Artist Group will feature a page form the forthcoming Laurel comic book depicting the adventures of a 10-year-old girl in Worcester by cartoonist Brian Nelson; the Fire Works Clay Studio will present work by Barbara Shank Wilson and June LeDuc; Susan Champeny presents Creative City Celebrates, a series of fun and colorful large painting depicting her unique vision of Worcester based on drawings she did in preparation for the wayfinder mosaic recently installed at Federal Square;
Denholm Building, 484 Main Street: First Night Worcester
WCCA TV-13, 415 Main Street: The Worcester County Poetry Association

Worcester Windows is funded in part by the Worcester Cultural Coalition, the City of Worcester, and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation. Artists, businesses and cultural organizations interested in participating in future Worcester Windows installments should contact Erin Williams, Cultural Development Officer at 508 799-1400.