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Red Ball Masquerade Supporters

To the Miracle Providers NorthEast on the WAS 2nd Floor - thanks for a wonderful evening! (Event photos by Anne Ruthmann Photography)

(Sorry I couldn't make it to the "show", but I still had a blast afterward!)
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Added by Anne Ruthmann on February 13, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

My new art project

Speakers on... http://est-et-ouest.com

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Added by Art Krauss on February 2, 2010 at 3:22am — No Comments

We had two wonderful fashion shows at Western Ave recently! I'm glad I was able to squeeze in a few shots from both! Press play to start the show! Here are some of the beautiful pieces & lovely models from The Just Dreaming - Art to Wear Fashion Show:

A little bit of Rock & Roll from The Revolving Museum's Fashion Show & Fundraiser:… Continue

Added by Anne Ruthmann on January 4, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Here is where you are

Rebekah had visitors in her studio the other day who were trying to convince her to basically double the prices she has posted. "You have to get your head out of Lowell," they kept saying. Hard to do if Lowell is where you are, and if you have a sense that your market is people like those who live in Lowell. I think we should charge an amount for the art we produce that allows both us (the creators) and our patrons to give the work the respect that it is due. But I have never been comfortable w… Continue

Added by Andrew Wetmore on November 30, 2009 at 1:20pm — 1 Comment

writing for the stage

I have been on a little burst of playwrighting this fall, turning out half a dozen short plays after a longish spell of not completing anything at all. The spate is about to be interrupted as I concentrate for three months on a big project, but I have a backlog of story ideas to come back to at the end of the winter. As an example, I have attached a little play about a corporate crisis. This probably needs another pass, as my primary reader says the consultant gets a little too flowery in her s… Continue

Added by Andrew Wetmore on November 30, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

My Art is no art

My Art is no art Without my mind's simplicity. My Art does not want To subscribe to the view That unhappiness Commands the world. When I paint or draw, I keep my mind's thought-garden Completely free of self-doubt-weeds. My Art is the hide-and-seek Between my soul's illumining smiles And my heart's streaming tears. The Artist in me has three Faithful, sleepless And self-giving friends: A newness-eye, a oneness-heart And a fulness-life. The heart of my Art And the heart of a child Are extrem… Continue

Added by Luciano Paskev on September 23, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

House is ROCKIN'!

Wow... Western Avenue is looking great! It's been amazing to see the transformation over the past five years, and with the annual Lowell Open Studios comes the annual sprucing up of the place. It's LOOKIN' GOOD! -Jay W. Hungate - studio524 Continue

Added by Jay W. Hungate on September 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Hello & Favorite Image from the Weekend!

Hi WASAA Friends! I just recently moved into studio 302! I don't have anything outside my door yet, so I thought I'd share my favorite image from the weekend instead:

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Added by Anne Ruthmann on September 14, 2009 at 3:52pm — 1 Comment

Perspective

After reading my friend Tom's post (in another cyberspace) "Innovation in Ovation"... I thought it was time for my yearly celebration of one of my favorite quotes by Pearl Buck about the innovative mind and creative being. Many others, Victor Hugo, Margaret Mead, and more architects than I'd care to list, have said the same thing in different ways, but I really like this manner in which she expresses an inner experience of creative drive that most creatives I know recognize, celebrate and bemoan… Continue

Added by Lorri Centineo on July 28, 2009 at 11:29am — No Comments

Mary Poppins rocked, yes she did. After all, a gal that keeps a tall lamp and a wall mirror in a car…

Mary Poppins rocked, yes she did. After all, a gal that keeps a tall lamp and a wall mirror in a carpet bag, can’t be all bad, right? (Right.) Just a Spoon Full of Sugar la de da da dah da dah...you know how it goes. Intrinsically we know that when we quip, "Follow the Yellowbrick.." no, not that..."Stop and smell the flowers..." that something instinctual is at work. Yes, that. And we might even hoot out, "Eat dessert first!" We know that, but we live in a culture that says to work first and pl… Continue

Added by Lorri Centineo on July 27, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

The Unknown Artist

An artist spends years trying to sell his paintings but no one buys them. Then one night thieves break in and steal all his paintings. They stash them in an old shed in the woods. The thieves have a hell of a time with the paintings. No fence will buy them, so finally they just give up and forget about them. The years go by. One day a hunter stumbles on the old shed and finds the paintings. He tells his friend who is an art critic and the art critic realizes they must have found the life w… Continue

Added by Lenny Hall on March 3, 2009 at 6:49pm — 1 Comment

Shameless plug

Please check out my blog ( http://www.adrienbisson.com/blog/2009/2/27/people-at-work-part-6-the-lowell-humane-society.html ), where I am profiling the staff at the Lowell Humane Society. Thanks! Adrien Continue

Added by Adrien Bisson on March 1, 2009 at 11:35am — No Comments

Wahoo!

Hey, if anyone needs any daytime modeling done for classes they teach, etc, let me know! I just got laid off, Good Riddance! Free at last! Continue

Added by Amber Daniels on January 26, 2009 at 11:37am — No Comments

Post-Election Glow

Barack Obama is our 44th President elect! Hard work lies ahead, but with unity, "yes, we can". This moment is, for me, at once heavy with the weight of history and glowing with the lightness of hope... Continue

Added by Anna Harrison on November 5, 2008 at 9:44am — 2 Comments

ENCAUSTIC - everything old is new again!

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Added by Anna Harrison on October 20, 2008 at 10:57am — No Comments

Western Avenue Parking Lot Cuteness Quotient Upped Significantly Overnight!

If you see this diminutive, shiny white, ridiculously adorable smart car fortwo passion coupe in the parking lot at WAS, it belongs to our own Maxine Farkas. The company says on its website that the design expresses “innovation, functionality and joy of life”. The smart car was desi… Continue

Added by Anna Harrison on September 10, 2008 at 10:18am — 3 Comments

BREAKING NEWS! TRUCK FIGHTS SPAGHETTIVILLE BRIDGE, BRIDGE WINS!

I have long intended to photograph the Prince Spaghettiville bridge, but this morning I was compelled to capture this newsworthy moment on my way to ye olde day job. I guess "low clearance" is perhaps not enough information... Continue

Added by Anna Harrison on September 4, 2008 at 9:34am — 7 Comments

WAS Live/Work Space APPROVED!

By Jennifer Myers, jmyers@lowellsun.com Article Last Updated: 08/26/2008 04:40:37 AM EDT LOWELL -- A thunderous roar erupted from the balcony of the City Council Chamber Monday night as the Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to approve developer Karl Frey's petition to bring 68 affordable artist live-work spaces to a vacant mill building on industrially zoned Western Avenue. For the artists and their supporters, the primal scream released eight months of frustration and anger that had b… Continue

Added by Rex on August 26, 2008 at 12:01pm — 3 Comments

WASSA Artists at Ayer Lofts Gallery

YOU NAME IT: Coming up with a title for a piece is one of the hardest jobs artists face. This Saturday through Aug. 28, Steve Syverson, Maxine Farkas and Gay Tracy let you in on the exercise at their exhibit In Pursuit of an Idea at Ayer Lofts Gallery. Entering the gallery, you'll encounter new work by the three, plus an assortment of 50 titles. The artists encourage you to title their works, and if a title's already been assigned, or you don't agree, change it. Titles remain fluid… Continue

Added by Rex on August 6, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Ashlee Featured in Lowell Sun...

'A Labor of Love' Local artists struggling to make ends meet By Nancye Tuttle LOWELL -- Life's a juggling act for Ashlee Welz Smith. Between painting portraits, doing freelance work for a publishing company and running a summer art program for kids at Western Avenue Studios, she manages to make a living. It isn't easy. "I worry about paying the bills," said Smith, 31. "It's paycheck to paycheck, but it would be a waste if I wasn't doing my art. It was tedious sitting in front of… Continue

Added by Rex on August 6, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments