Western Avenue Studios

Drawing and Painting Class with Roneld Lores
2019-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | MA
For artists of all levels who wish to learn and master painting fundamentals, this class helps you with friendly, one-on-one coaching as well as inspiration from others. You will explore different mediums and techniques, color theory, conceptual developments and composition. Students will receive expert instruction in a low-stress and welcoming atmosphere.
This class is an Open Studio format and features regular mini-lectures, short demonstrations and coaching to help you explore concept development, learn how to mix paint, create new compositions, and textures.
My mission for you is simple: I want you to create paintings, not pictures. I want to get you comfortable with the creative process. If I can help you make your own artwork using best practices in technique and composition, and get you further along the path of art through a wider appreciation of art history, even better. It is about finding your unique artistic voice.

Class is held in a professional studio setting (Alés Lores Studio – Loft 216)
Easel will be provided. List of materials needed is listed on the website www.alesloresstudio.com
Enrollment is open year-round depending on availability.
Free parking available.

Classes Available:
Tuesdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Instructor: Roneld Lores)

Sculpture and Ceramics Class at Lores Studio
2019-09-11 18:30 - 20:30 | MA
Students can expect a relaxed and individualized experience where they will be guided and challenged according to their level of development and personal goals. Ceramics and Sculpture will cover hand building techniques designed to focus on your area of interest including: portrait, figurative, and functional art as well as jewelry.
This class is an Open Studio format and features regular mini-lectures, short demonstrations and coaching to help you explore and learn hand building techniques.

Class is held in a professional studio setting (Alés Lores Studio – Studio A413)
Basic Tools and Clay will be provided for beginners
Students are expected to purchase additional clay, glazes, and special tools and materials required for their projects.
Enrollment is open year-round depending on availability.
Free parking available.

Classes Available:
Wednesdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Instructor: Roneld Lores)

Drawing and Painting with Angela Ales
2019-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | MA
For artists of all levels who wish to learn and master drawing and painting fundamentals, this class helps you with friendly, one-on-one coaching as well as inspiration from others. You will explore different mediums and techniques, color theory, conceptual developments and composition. Students will receive expert instruction in a low-stress and welcoming atmosphere.
This class is an Open Studio format and features regular mini-lectures, short demonstrations and coaching to help you explore concept development, learn how to mix paint, create new compositions, and textures. Class sizes are kept small so that we can personalize each student’s projects according to their needs and goals.
My mission for you is simple: I want you to create paintings, not pictures. I want to get you comfortable with the creative process. If I can help you make your own artwork using best practices in technique and composition, and get you further along the path of art through a wider appreciation of art history, even better. It is about finding your unique artistic voice.

Class is held in a professional studio setting (Alés Lores Studio – Loft 216)
Easel will be provided. List of materials needed is listed on the website www.alesloresstudio.com
Enrollment is open year-round depending on availability.
Free parking available.

ARToberfest Open Studios
2019-10-05 12:00 - 17:00 | Western Avenue Studios & Lofts, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
Join us as we celebrate FALL! On Saturday October 5th and Sunday October 6th from noon until 5pm each day and the artists will have their doors open to share their creative passions with you. Explore our repurposed mill buildings filled with locally made artwork, handmade crafts, photography, jewelry, works in wood, glass and metal. We’re the second largest artist community in the US – right here in Lowell and we’ve got art. And a coffee pop-up. And a brewery. And food trucks too. Pretty cool.
Saturday features the Loading Dock Gallery’s show reception from 4-6pm. This is the New England Juried Poetry Convergence called “Repetition, Replication, Variation” and will feature a poetry slam on the A Mill Loading Dock. Stick around for words flying off the walls!
We’ve got lots going on – read about it all in our blog post!

Pumpkin Glass Class - Make Your Own
2019-10-05 13:00 - 17:00 | First Floor WA
Glass Blowing Experiences are safe and fun with little time commitment. Each experience lasts about 15 to 20 minutes. With the help of an instructor; you will create a beautiful glass pumpkin to celebrate the fall season. You can expect to add color, turn the pipe, and feel the heat.

October Gallery Reception
2019-10-05 16:00 - 19:00 | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
The Loading Dock Gallery welcomes…welcomes…welcomes New England-based artists inspired by the rhythmic echo of repetition during its annual New England Juried Art Show and Poetry Convergence.
The October theme, Repetition, Replication, Variation showcases how artists use repetition and replication of images, patterns, shapes and other elements to convey an aesthetic, a message, movement or a feeling to showcase evolution, contrast and variations of ideas and concepts.
Come and engage in this fascinating, unique display!
…and speaking of rhythmic echoes, the reception will be followed by the much-celebrated New England Juried Poetry Convergence, hosted by the Lowell Writers Group.
The show opens on October 2nd and runs through October 29th. Please visit the Loading Dock Gallery online.

Blow Your Own Pint Glass
2019-10-11 17:00 - 19:30 | MA
Come blow your own pint glass with Mill City Glass Works on the first floor here at Western Avenue.
Each glass take 20 to 30 minutes, please show up 40 min before your time slot and watch and learn. Once your pint is completed it will have to cool down over night.
Come back the next day and enjoy a cold beer in your personalized pint by walking next door to Navigation Brewery located.

Space is limited but we host this class on an ongoing basis. Cost $68

Drop In Paper Class
2019-10-14 14:00 - 18:00 | Third Floor of WA, 122 Western Ave., Lowell, Massachusetts, 01851
In order to serve her local customers, Ali Manning of Vintage Page Designs is offering Drop-In Open Studio time once a month in the afternoons. It will give you the opportunity to hang out with fellow book lovers and work on a project. You will be able to get ideas, have questions answered, browse my collection of bookbinding books, use my paper cutter, pick up paper or just come for a visit.
The open studio is free of charge and while there will be no formal instruction given – there will be plenty of learning going on. Sign up ahead of time is appreciated – just email me. Tea and cake will be provided. Third floor Studio 321.

Altered Book Class
2019-10-17 09:00 - 17:00 | Third Floor of WA, 122 Western Ave., Lowell, Massachusetts, 01851
In this introductory one day class you will collage a small childrens’ book using vintage papers, ephemera, fabric and found objects. We will create pockets, mixed media tags and mini books. All materials and supplies will be provided but you are welcome to bring some favorite quotes and any special items that you would like to include in your book.

Carve a Wooden Serving Spoon
2019-10-19 13:00 - 17:00 | Second Floor WA, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
John Francis Designs Carving Class Series: This class is a great introduction to using carving tools and getting the feel of working with wood. Through making your spoon, we will focus on carving techniques that will allow you to carve safely with confidence, as well as basic tool sharpening and food-safe wood finishing.
Students will carve and finish a serving spoon from a pre-cut blank in either Walnut or Cherry.
Absolute beginners are very welcome. No power tools are used in this class.
18+ only

November Open Studios
2019-11-02 12:00 - 17:00 | Western Avenue Studios & Lofts, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and see for yourself why Western Avenue is the creative soul of Lowell.
What’s amazing about WA is the variety of art in the community and the backgrounds of our artists. Would you like to see art by an Army vet turned Artist? Stop by Loft 214 and talk to Amy Roberts about her creative process and the inspiration for her work – like these beautiful ships you see here
What else happens on an OS Saturday? The Loading Dock Gallery hosts its’ monthly reception for the gallery’s new show which is an invitational hosted by artist Tracy Levesque – Orbs: Spheres of Unity – from 4-6pm. Navigation Brewing will open at 2pm. And a food truck will be ready for action for lunch and on into the evening.
Western 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 US – right here in Lowell MA!!
This is a free event AND we have plenty of free parking.

Orbs: Spheres of Unity
2019-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Western Avenue Studios & Lofts, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851, United States
The Loading Dock Gallery heralds November with an invitational exhibition by Tracy Levesque entitled Orbs: Spheres of Unity, showcasing the fine art and fine craft of glass, fiber, 2D and metal artists.
The theme of this show is both relative and timely as this select gallery of artists explores the unifying principle of orbs, spheres and circles, their significance, and how the different media of artistic expression convey the form’s essence of perfection, unification and the balancing of the extremes of the world we live in.
Come delight in this artistic celebration of the orb and how it’s symbolic nature of unity, vision, inclusivity and balance may only scratch the surface of our imaginations!
Orbs: Spheres of Unity will be on display at the Loading Dock Gallery from October 30, 2019 through December 1, 2019. All are cordially invited to the Artist Reception on November 2, 2019 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm during the Western Avenue’s Open Studios.
