W.L.D.G. at the Crossroads

Artist Eleanor J.S.S. Beatty works on her
watercolor painting during the class.
(T&G Staff Photos/STEVE LANAVA)

You all should be familiar with the Worcester Life Drawing Group (W.L.D.G.) by now. The W.L.D.G. workshops have provided a facility for local artists and students to practice figure drawing skills learned in school since the 1970's, when it started at the Grove Street Gallery. The Group has been hosted by the Worcester State College Art Dept. for the past ten years. Unfortunately, the art dept. is moving to the Craft Center and there is no room there for us (Boo hoo!).

I am telling you all this because, although we still have permission to use the studio at Worcester State College, the building it is in is scheduled to be demolished to make way for a new gym, we don't know when.

We are looking for a large room, preferably free, as we are totally non-profit, that we can use one evening a week to pose a model for our usually a dozen or so participants to draw. We are looking for suggestions from the Worcester art community. If you know of such a place, you can do a mitzva (good deed) by contacting Sid Solomon (solomon_a1@yahoo.com) or Sam Lalos (selalos@verizon.net). It would be a pity to see such a vital and active group fall by the wayside as so many arts organizations in Worcester do.

Thank you for your attention.
Sid Solomon, Ph.d art theory & criticism ars longus, vita brevis

The Maine Connection

"Farm on a Hill" by Sid Solomon

Dear All, We are having yet another group show by artists from Worcester who have painted in the summer in Maine. This one is at the Worcester Public Library this month, and includes about 30 artists' work. Some of it is from the Isle of Shoals, some from Biddeford Pool, some from other places. It all looks very Maine and very connected.

Submitted by Sid Solomon
Sid Solomon, Ph.d art theory & criticism ars longus, vita brevis

PAS Member Exhibits

Sculpture by David Stomberg

The art work of Princeton Arts Society members, Sid Solomon and David Stromberg are now on exhibit. Sid's architectural, landscape, and portrait paintings are being show cased at the Princeton Branch of the Barre Bank. The wildlife sculptures and prints of David's can be viewed at the Town Administrator's office in Bagg Hall in Princeton Center. The public is invited to view both exhibits through late September.

Submitted by Len Haug

"Purgatory Chasm" painting by Sid Solomon

PAS Members Show at the Worcester Library

"Elizabeth's Garden" by Sid Solomon

Princeton Art Society members Sam Lalos, Sid Solomon, Elly Beatty, Jean Murphy, Beverly Clark, and Lynn Wrona will be represented at the Worcester Free Public Library in the month of August in a group show, The Maine Connection. The opening for the art exhibit will be Saturday August 7 from 2-5 PM in the Saxe Room of WFPL with refreshments and musical entertainment by A Little Levity and Catherine Lavallee. Represented groups include painters vacationing on Monhegan Island, Bidderford Pool, and the Isle of Shoals; all work generated in the great State of Maine.