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| Dates: | Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun from 6/27/12 - 8/26/12 |
| Hours: | 11AM-4:30PM |
| Ages: | Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Exhibits |
The exhibit ranges from paintings to fiber, sculpture to jewelry, and mixed media to ceramics. With color, texture, and imagination, the artists invite visitors to celebrate the Summer in the City.
Samantha Tucker transforms “summer mud” into earthy vessels and tableware. Nita Leger Casey uses pastel and paint to contemplate boats on a river. Jean Theurkauf weaves hand-dyed yarns into gossamer shawls.
Sonja Lee-Austin incorporates her photographs into quilt art inspired by the Boston Public Garden. To her, summer means “cool trees, flowers, and swan boats.” She treasure the chance to “escape from the air conditioning of work and actually experience the beautiful summer weather…watching the kids, tourists, the swan boats, and the ducks.”
For sculptor and painter Glen Szegedy, summer means cool colors: “ceramics in Strawberry Ice, Mint Sherbet, Lemonade, and many more.” “Summer can be so peaceful,” he observes. “Sometimes I stop just to relish the slowness of the day.”
Arlette Laan is thinking of a line dolls made from flamingo- and sandal-patterned socks. Painter Paula Mingolelli promises “some lazy hazy crazy stuff.” Photographer Anna Harrison escapes to the beach. Linda Dunn paints in the shade.
Raised in New Hampshire, Michal Truelsen treasures “every leaf and flower and fruit” in the city. “Walking down the hill, across the river, to Boarding House Park for a concert, I'm smelling new-cut grass and looking at every little glowing patch of green in the glancing light of early evening.” For Maxine Farkas, “the colors always seem more vivid.” She looks forward to “lazy days, fireworks on the fourth of July, tree canopies providing respite from the sun [and] concerts at Boarding House Park,” images which resonate in her art.
Located at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue, The Loading Dock Gallery represents more than 40 members of the Western Avenue Studios Artist Association. A member-run cooperative, the Gallery carries member’s artwork as well as clothing, glass, ceramics and reproductions.
Summer in the City shows in the Loading Dock Gallery, on the second floor of the A-Mill, from June 27 through August 26, 2012. Join the artists for the opening reception after Open Studios on Saturday, August 4, 5:00-7:00 pm. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11:00am to 4:30pm. For information about this exhibit, visit theloadingdockgallery.com or call 978-710-8605.
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122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851 map
Phone: 978-710-8605
Take Route 495 or Route 3 to the Lowell Connector. From the Lowell Connector, take the Thorndike St. exit. After the third set of lights take the ramp on the right. At the second set of lights at the top of the ramp, turn left onto Middlesex St. Middlesex Street bears to the right just after the Boys and Girls Club, follow to first set of lights which is School Street. Turn right on School, at the crest of the hill turn right onto Western Avenue. Western Avenue Studios is the five story red brick building on the right and the 3 story building on the left (the buildings form an 'L') at the end of Western Ave.
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