2021
June 11–October 7
Art in the Park, Worcester 2019
June 8th through September 8th
Anne K. Alexander
Julia Butaine Hoel
Tracey Cockrell & M. C. Boyes
Jose Criollo Gunccay
James DiSilvestro
Chloe DuBois
Anne Eder
Stephen Klema
Robert Lorenson
Matthias Neumann
Antoinette Prien Schulze
Mike Quinlivan
Marco Rodrigues
Jennifer Rubin Garey
Brendan Stechinni
These artists were selected by the distinguished selection panel:
Katherine Driscoll, Artist & Professor
Ling-Wen Tsai, Chair Sculpture Department, Maine College of Art
Sara Montross, Curator deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
Art in the Park, Worcester and Worcester Public Schools Visual Arts Department Partnership:
Once again Art in the Park partnered with the WPS Visual Arts Department to engage students in grades K-12 in the process - proposal, design, making and installation of exhibiting site-specific work in Elm Park for Art in the Park 2019. The collaboration was designed to provide professional development for the WPS teachers and 3D AP Students at North High School, artist/mentors to classroom teachers and students, and support student efforts to create a site-specific sculptural work for display along with the works of professional artist selected by jurors.
Participating Schools:
5th & 6th Grade - Worcester Arts Magnet
6th Grade - Chandler Magnet
3D Design Students - North High School
Students - Jacob Hiatt Magnet
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"interludes" Art in the Park 2019 Biennial Installation and Opening Reception
The creation process of Purification
Movement, Color, Sensations 2017
2019
June 8 - September 8
Presented with the partnership with City of Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks and fiscal sponsorship from Arts & Business Council, Inc.
Jurors
Katherine Driscoll
Artist & Professor
Ling-Wen Tsai
Chair Sculpture Department
Maine College of Art
Sara Montross
Curator DeCordova
Sculpture Park & Museum
2017
June 11 - September 9
Art in the Park is presented in partnership with the City of Worcester’s Parks Department and ArtsWorcester along with the fiscal sponsorship of the Arts and Business Council, Inc.
Jurors
Lucas Cowan
Public Art Curator
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Gary Orlinsky
Sculpture Professor
UMass Amherst, Hampshire College
Lynn Simmons
Sculptor
First Place Winner AIPW 2008
Art in the Park, Worcester, and Worcester Public Schools Visual Arts Department Partnership
2015
June 14 - October 11
Art in the Park is presented in partnership with the City of Worcester’s Parks Department and ArtsWorcester along with the fiscal sponsorship of the Arts and Business Council, Inc.
Jurors
Susan Cross
Curator of Visual Arts at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA
Amy Podmore
Professor and Sculptor at Williams College
Steven Siegel
Environmental Sculptor
Art in the Park, Worcester and Worcester Public Schools Visual Arts Department Partnership
2013
July 27 - October 13
Art in the Park is presented in partnership with the City of Worcester’s Parks Department and ArtsWorcester along with the fiscal sponsorship of the Arts and Business Council, Inc.
Jurors
Anna Stothart
Curatorial Associate at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
Murray Dewart
Large-scale Boston sculptor
John Ventimiglia
Professor Emeritus of Sculpture and Drawing at Maine College of Art
2011
July 30 - October 2
Presented by the Art in the Park, Worcester Committee with support from the Worcester Arts Council, City of Worcester Parks Department, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Elm Park neighborhood businesses and many community volunteers
Jurors
Susan Stoops
Curator of Contemporary Art, Worcester Art Museum
Andy Moerlein
Sculptor, Educator and Gallery Manager
Dean Snyder
Sculptor, RISD Professor & Graduate Sculpture Department Coordinator
2010
August 5 - October 1
Presented by the Worcester Arts Council with the support of the City of Worcester Park's Department, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Elm Park neighborhood businesses and many community volunteers
Jurors
Nicholas Capasso, Ph.D.
Senior Curator at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts
Ann Jon
Executive Director at SculptureNow
Pamela R. Tarbell
Owner/Director Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH
2009
August 6 - October 4
Presented by the Worcester Cultural Commission, funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council with support from Park Spirit and the City of Worcester Dept. of Public Works & Parks
Jurors
Michael Hachey
Worcester State University
Beth McLaughlin
Attleboro Museum
Ellen Driscoll
Sculptor and Professor at RISD
2008
July 1 - October 5
Gallery Presented by The Worcester Cultural Commission and the City of Worcester
Jurors
Pieranna Cavalchini
Curator of Contemporary Art,
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Susan Cross
Curator, Mass MOCA
Facilitated by The UrbanArts Institute at Massachusetts
College of Art and Design
