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SUMMARY:Lecture : Betsy Miller - Using Dance to Explore Being a Woman in America
DESCRIPTION:BETSY MILLER is a dance artist\, educator\, and facilitator currently based in Salem\, MA\, where she is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Salem State University. She specializes in choreographing intimate works that are complex\, theatrical\, and thoroughly human. Miller will inspire us with a talk about her American / woman project\, which explores\, through a dancer’s lens\, possibilities for what it means to be a woman in America today. The project involves collaborations with women dance artists in all 50 states of the country. \n  \nWWW.BETSYMILLERDANCEPROJECTS.COM
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LOCATION:B Mill – 2nd floor\, 122 Western Avenue\, Lowell\, MA\, 01851\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Workshop Series
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SUMMARY:March Open Studios
DESCRIPTION:Spring is on the horizon. Join us for March Open Studios\, as we celebrate Jack Kerouac’s birthday and Women’s History Month at The Creative Soul of Lowell. We have live readings featuring members of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Featuring music by Dave Greenwood and a release party for Stephen O’Connor’s new novel This Is No Time To Quit Drinking. So grab a friend and explore our historic mill building\, where art is made.  \nThe Loading Dock Gallery kicks off their March art show titled “Artful Stitches” with a reception that celebrates the work the artists put into this show. As part of the reception\, you get a unique experience of speaking firsthand to some of the artists who created artwork featured in this show. \nAs part of Women’s History Month. This month’s guest speaker for the Loading Dock Arts’ Western Avenue Inspires Lecture Series is Betsy Miller. Betsy Miller is a dance artist\, educator\, and facilitator currently based in Salem\, MA\, where she is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Salem State University. She specializes in choreographing intimate works that are complex\, theatrical\, and thoroughly human. Miller will inspire us with a talk about her American / woman project\, which explores\, through a dancer’s lens\, possibilities for what it means to be a woman in America today. The project involves collaborations with women dance artists in all 50 states of the country. This promises to be a lecture you don’t want to miss\, starting at 11 am. \nOur resident brewers at Navigation Brewing Co. will be open at 2 pm\, serving up their craft beers. Come down to see what rotational crafted brews they have to offer this week\, as they start releasing their spring beers. Brew’d Awakening Coffeehaus will be on hand with a coffee shop pop-up. This month’s food truck is Bobby & Jacks Memphis Barbecue with their mouth watering barbecue.  \nWestern Avenue is a complex of four buildings of artist studios and loft residences that number over 330 artists. We think that makes us the second largest artist community in the U.S. – right here in Lowell MA!!  We love having the public visit us and bring some creative exploration to their day. \nThis is a free event AND we have plenty of free parking. WA is dog friendly too. \nFollow us on Facebook for all of the details about this event and on Instagram for fun and funky updates throughout the week. Sign up on our website for our monthly e-newsletter. \nWe hope to see you here!  \n 
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LOCATION:Western Avenue Studios & Lofts\, 122 Western Avenue\, Lowell\, MA\, 01851\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stitched
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy a delightful cavalcade of contemporary textiles as you explore the vision of eight area fiber artists in an exhibit of work that uses of texture\, color\, line\, and quilting to create a wide away of textile art. \nAlthough all of the artists use fiber\, each has developed her own unique voice and style ranging from the abstract to the representational. The artists achieve those goals through a variety of techniques\, some beginning with hand-dyeing\, printing\, painting or even felting the fabric\, while others using the evocative commercial fabrics available today.  All use machine stitching in their work but some add hand stitching as a design element. \nThe artists are members of a the SAQA\, the international Studio Art Quilt Associates\, formed a local critique group called Joined by a Stitch\, and meet monthly to support each other in their work. The artists include Betsy Abbott of North Andover\, Agusta Agustsson of Melrose\, Tarja Cockell of North Andover\, Sue Colozzi of Reading\, Janis Doucette of North Reading\, Anne Kimball of Lexington\, Madalene Axford Murphy of Amesbury\, and Alanna Nelson of Melrose. \n  \nThe opening reception for the show is Saturday March 7\, 2020 from 4-6pm at the end of Western Avenue’s First Saturday Open Studios event. Please join us and meet the artists in this show. The show runs March 4th through March 29thth. \n  \nThe Showcase Gallery for this month features the art of Linda Hefner and Noel Soucy. \n  \nThe Loading Dock Gallery is a program of Loading Dock Arts\, Inc\, a 501( c)3 nonprofit.
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LOCATION:Loading Dock Gallery\, 122 Western Avenue\, Lowell\, MA\, 01851\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Show Opening
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