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Press Archive
2002/2003
Lowell
Visibility: young artists craft new image for city
Boston Herald, September 27, 2003
"I remember Lowell in the '70s when the downtown was dark, and the city
was basically closed," said city manager John Cox, a Lowell native. "There
was nothing here."
'LocalMotion'
a colorful walk off Lowell's beaten path
Lowell Sun, September 6, 2003
"In LocalMotion the Revolving demonstrates its unique strengths of joining
art and community, history and place. What a perfect combination for Lowell."
On the Right
Track: The Revolving Museum's latest public art project takes viewers
into the byways of downtown Lowell where immigrants made their mark.
Lowell Sun, July 20, 2003
"I use the train as a metaphor because there is so much history around the
train in Lowell that it seemed poetic, something that will provoke dialogue." -
Jerry Beck
Vision
of the Creative Urban Pioneer: The Revolving Museum
Weekly Dig, June 23, 2003
"Lowell is quickly becoming the US capital of empowering public art,
and the Revolving Museum is in the heart of it all. Recognizing the community-
and economy-building power of the Revolving Museum and its founder and art
director, Jerry Beck, Lowell city officials lured the museum to Lowell from
Boston after the Fort Point building that had been home to the museum was sold
to developers."
'Chronicle' Checks in on Local Entertainment
Lowell Sun, February 16, 2003
"Footage of the MRT, as well as the Revolving Museum in Lowell and
the ACton Jazz Cafe will shop up on 'Chronicle' this Thursday, Feb. 20, during
a show that highlights things to do and places to go outside of Boston during
the week."
"Wonders of the World" Features Local
Artists
Eagle Tribune - February 13, 2003
"The exhibit, running through July, will feature the work of about
300 Greater Lowell and Merrimack Valley artists ranging in age from 3 to 70.
The entire museum, inside and out, has been transformed into a "wonderland" featureing
carnival-like games and interactive art."
It's Playtime at the Revolving Museum in Lowell
Lowell Sun, February 6, 2003
"In a word -- wow! That's how Jerry Beck hopes people react to the
Revolving Museum's neweset, adventurous show, 'Wonders of the Worls (WOW) IV:
Play-Land,' a celebration of art, learning and life."
Grand Entrance
Boston Globe Northwest - Community Briefings, February, 2003
"The front of Lowell's Revolving Museum trumpets its 'Wonders of the
World' exhibit, which includes knetic sculptures, a maze of games, and other
whimsical works created by more than 100 local artists and students."
Art Department Shares in NEA Grant for Lowell's
Revolving Museum
The Shuttle (UMass Lowell), January 22, 2003
"The National Endorwment for the Arts has awarded a $26,000 grant
to the museum efor an innvative public art program in downtown Lowell."
Illumination
and Warmth, The Revolving Museum's New Home
ArtsEditor, April 1, 2002
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