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Iluminacion Lawrence Spring 2021 Presentation – Boston Architectural College –
ILUMINACION LAWRENCE is a city-wide lighting project that aims to create a warm and inviting public realm experience at night using LED lighting and projections. Lighting the city’s walls and pedestrian spaces not only makes for a safer, more enjoyable city, but it...
Windhover Center for the Performing Arts Presents New York-based Continuum Contemporary Ballet
New Works-in-Progress and Conversation with the Company on July 26 & 27 at 7:00pm Rockport, MA – New York-based Continuum Contemporary Ballet will present new works in progress on Monday July 26th and Tuesday July 27th at 7:00pm on the outdoor stage at Windhover...
Essex County Creative Economy to Get Boost from State Grant
ECCF-led virtual platform will distribute and promote region’s digital creative content Essex County’s cultural organizations and artists will soon have a powerful tool to aid in their economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a $230,000 grant from the...
Arts in Crisis: Huge Losses Signal Need for Collaboration to Recover
Published in North of Boston Business March 24, 2021
They were the first to close and will be among the last to fully reopen. Theaters, performance venues, live music spots, museums and galleries: they make our communities more vibrant, they help drive the local economy, and they serve as epicenters of creative expression, cultural representation and togetherness.
Lights, History, Agriculture! ECCF Funds Six New Public Art Projects
Merrimack Valley photographers, writers and people seeking calm have probably found themselves at some point on the edge of the Spicket River in Methuen, where Essex County’s only natural waterfall – which once powered 19th century textile mills – drops 100 feet and tumbles over a bed of rocks on its way to the Merrimack in Lawrence.
May 20 | Assets for Artists – Making a Plan in a Time of Uncertainty
Open to artists who currently reside in Essex County.



