Western Avenue Studios

Winter Lights Show at Loading Dock Gallery
2021-12-01 12:00 - 17:30 UTC | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
December is a festive time at The Loading Dock Gallery, and we invite you to partake in the celebration of the seasons. Winter Lights has become an annual local tradition of holiday shoppers as a source of unique, handcrafted, giftable art and holiday decorations presented by more than 30 of our LDG members and participating artists and artisans from Western Avenue Studios.
Browse our three rooms of beautiful artwork, and drink in the spirit of the season. Winter Lights showcases a juried selection of work by local artists making it easy and convenient to Shop Local and Shop Small while giving our patrons the opportunity to find that unique and extraordinary gift that will make this holiday memorable.

Winter Lights runs December 1 through December 31, except December 25-26, at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, in Lowell, MA. For December, the Loading Dock Gallery will be open noon to 5:30PM, Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4PM on Sundays.

Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3. For more information, visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.

Hello There! 4th Annual Greater Lowell Regional Art Show at Loading Dock Gallery
2022-01-05 12:00 - 17:30, 2022-01-09 12:00 - 16:00 | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
This January, Loading Dock Gallery presents Hello there! 4th Annual Greater Lowell Regional Art Show. Working together, students from Chelmsford High School, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School, Innovation Academy Charter School, and Tyngsborough High School present art designed to spark conversation. Hello there! celebrates young artists’ voices, with work that exemplifies the energy and courage of a rising generation.
Throughout the pandemic, high school students were isolated. Precaution disconnected students from their community. Hello there! reintroduces young artists to each other and the world. Created with a focus on hands-on education and collaboration, this show explores the hard-learned truth that contact is a basic human need. We must return to socializing, safely, now. Hello there! invites us to engage, compare, communicate. Their art addresses what we feel and how we think, as well as the challenges facing our world.
Hello There! runs from January 5-30, 2022 at the Loading Dock Gallery. Join the artists for a reception Saturday, January 8 from 3-5pm, during Western Avenue Studios Open Studios, January 8, which runs noon-5pm.
Loading Dock Gallery is located at 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA. It opens Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5:30pm, and Sunday noon to 4pm. For more information, call 978-415-9889, or visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3.

Background/Colors Art Show at Loading Dock Gallery
2022-02-02 12:00 - 17:30 | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
This February, the Loading Dock Gallery presents Background/Colors, a show which explores setting, sensation, and heritage. Gallery members present a body of work that invites the viewer to reimagine experience through masterful interaction of imagery and color.
Background/Colors explores the energy of our worlds: inherited, perceived, and imagined. Artwork ranges from traditional fine craft through realism to abstract, in paint, photography, wood, and fiber.
Cityscapes explore the life lived now, revealing energy hidden in the commonplace. Photographs and paintings celebrate the New England coast in its many moods. Fine woodwork and fiber wall art expand on craft traditions developed over generations.
Background/Colors also includes abstract work, from pop to contemporary. Strong pattern and texture combine with spontaneous and imagined imagery, in photographs, collagraphs, digital arts, and acrylic on carved bas-relief.
Background Colors runs February 2-27, 2022 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, in Lowell, MA. Loading Dock Gallery is open noon to 5:30pm, Wednesday through Saturday, and noon-4pm on Sundays. Join the artists for a reception 3-5pm, Saturday, February 5, during Western Avenue Studios monthly open house, which runs from noon-5pm.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3. For more details, visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.

Honoring Black History Month
2022-02-02 12:00 - 17:30 | 4th Floor Mini Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
This Mini Gallery Art Show can be found in our 4th Floor Mini Gallery, near studio 499.
Artists Nicole Chouinard Brunelle, Bill Bradbury, Steve Muchiri, Diana Zipeto, Crissie Murphy, Cassandra Merry, and Teo Pique have teamed up to put on a special Mini Gallery show honoring Black History Month. The show offers a variety of art mediums, with pieces inspired by different aspects of Black History Month.
This show runs from February 1st through March 15th.
For more information or to purchase any art pieces, please contact Teo Pique at originalartbyteo@gmail.com
Covid-19 Guidelines:
– Face coverings/masks are not required but recommended since some studios and businesses may require them for admission into their space.
– Guests who are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or have been instructed to quarantine by a medical professional should not attend.
– We will have hand sanitation stations throughout the building.
There is no charge for this event. This event is dog-friendly. We just ask that you keep your pup on a leash.
