Working Together to Create Change
For 17 years, Lowell Women’s Week has celebrated women — from the women who have come before us to the women of today. At the center of the celebration is International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on March 8. Join us for the week’s many events, taking place at locations throughout the city as we celebrate. See www.lowellwomensweek for the full schedule!
Lowell Women’s Week sponsors a public art project each year. We invite women and girls from the community to express their creativity by sharing their vision for women and girls with the larger community. This year the theme is, Working Together to Create Change. In honor of this theme, we are inviting community groups to create an individual piece that will be part of a larger public art project. We would like to invite your group to be a part of this special project!
We’ll provide a plywood base shaped like a woman’s body to each group of women and girls. These life sized forms will serve as the “blank slate” on which each group will create their representation of a unique subtheme within the larger theme of “working together to create change.” To participate, we ask you to think about what your group represents and how to best express the kind of change you would like to see. What do the members of your group think about when they consider this theme: working together to create change? You can use paints, markers, any kind of paper, photos, collage materials, fabric, objects, etc. to attach to the form in whatever way you choose. No artistic experience is needed! We hope that you will join us.
If you might like to be part of the public art project, please send a sentence or two about why you want to participate and a possible theme for your creative expression. Here are some examples of themes: challenging stereotypes, motherhood, women in politics, LGBT women, pay equity, peace-making, women’s humor, fashion, women in history, journeys, or honoring diversity. These are just suggestions. We welcome you to create your own!
Finished projects are going to be displayed at the Lowell Women’s Week breakfast on March 4th, and then they will be on display at another public location to be determined. We are also planning a public reception to honor all participants and to view the finished project together.
We hope to have a broad representation of the community including but not limited to teams from non-profit agencies, women’s groups, colleges, local artists and other interested community members. Please join us for a fun experience and a way to highlight the ideas and wishes of women and girls! Because plywood forms are limited, we will also have large sheets of butcher block paper available for the creation of two dimensional projects.
For more information, contact: Joy Mosenfelder, joy.mosenfelder@cbacre.org,
978-452-7523 x815, or Anne Mulvey, anne_mulvey@uml.edu. If you think that you or your organization would like to participate in the project, please let us know as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, Feb. 1st. Creations must be completed by Monday, Feb. 28th.