2004 - 2005
Extendend 'Family'
April 3, 2005
Lowell Sun
The exhibit explores the emotional ties of family. A dozen local artists worked with family members to create their take on the family's emotional, life-sustaining bond.
Antidote for Heartbreak
February 10, 2005
There's a new Valentine's Day trend starting to pop up in Massachusetts and across the country. The holiday is not just for couples anymore. The time has passed when single people are expected to stay home alone on Valentine's Day, lamenting their failed love lives.
Revolving Museum featured in NEA Annual Report!
December, 2004
The 2003 Annual Report profiles two organizations from every state that have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Revolving Museum’s project “LocalMotive: Public Art Off the Beaten Path” is highlighted.
Roll Over to Lowell for FreeWheelin Family Fun
December 2, 2004
The world said it couldn’t be done, but the folks over at the Revolving Museum in Lowell, Mass., have nevertheless reinvented the wheel.
Lowell Leads as Artist's Haven
Arts Media September/October 2004
They call themselves 'cultural immigrants.' Many have moved to Lowell not only to seek affordable living and working space, but also to join a group of artists who see themselves as creating a new artistic frontier.
Boundaries to Bridges: Revolving Museum exhibit highlights the ties that bring immigrant groups together
Lowell Sun, May 7, 2004
The similarities that link different cultures together in Lowell define the first photography show at the Revolving Museum.
LocalMotive: Public Art Off the Beaten Path
Art New England, April/May 2004
...in the context of the Lowell Historical Park, the Revolving Museum offers a powerful alternative that embraces the past and fluidly incorporateds the ever-changing present.
A place to make art: Thanks to a friendly developer the Revolving Museum is expanding into next-door lab and studio space
Lowell Sun, February 17, 2004
It's worth it to work with Jerry and the arts. This is what Lowell is all about now, I wish other developers would step up, said DeAngelis, an art enthusiast who collects carnival fanfare.
'We're kind of in shock that it's up there': Alternative school students' art graces vacant storefronts
Lowell Sun, February 5, 2004
Jerry Beck, Artistic Director of the Revolving Museum, saw potential in the empty storefronts in the heart of downtown.
Museum, students have a banner day: Collaboration unfurls artistic spirit
Globe NorthWest, February 1, 2004
...the Revolving Museum, with its open-door policy and anti-elitist approach to art, serves as an anchor in this renewed neighborhood, where the push for public art done by city youths began.
Lowell in Motion: The Revolving Museum's community art
Boston Phoenix, January 9, 2004
Both the despair and the beauty that are present-day Lowell inform the ambitious, uneven, exuberant show LocalMotive at the Revolving Museum, which occupies a cultural cornerstone in the rebirth of Lowell.
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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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2000 - 2001
Going in Circles
Boston Herald 1/17/01
Officials call Beacon plan 'grave concern'
South Boston Online 02/01/01
Jerry Beck's Evolving Revolving Museum
Art New England February/March 2001
Wonderful Wheels of Words and Art
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2000
What is the museum's greater role in society?
Greater Boston Arts, 2000
Press release for dance party and silent auction, 2000
Museum's future in Hub revolves around party, auction
Boston Herald 03/30/00
Fort Point Channel coalition hopes real estate deal can keep artists housed in the district
Boston Herald 08/21/00
Press release for Virtual Circus, 2000
The Virtual Circus is in Town
Boston Globe 10/08/00
TUNNEL VISION press page
Artists struggling In Fort Point area, studio spaces at risk
Boston Globe 10/15/00
The courage of their evictions
Boston Herald 10/20/00 |
1996 - 1999
Galleries without boundaries : Step inside (or outside) and see the art of tomorrow
Boston Globe 1999
Yeast of Eden: Ethnic Breads in Florida
Miami's Community Newspapers 1999
See Jane Run
Boston Phoenix 10/20/97
See Jane run Part 2
Boston Phoenix 10/97
Evolving Muse: A brief history of the Revolving Museum
Rock Against Romance Webzine
Lowell's Public Art
House of Prints
The Borscht Belt: A Large-Scale Sculptured Environment Celebrating the Catskills
Catskills Institute 1996 |
