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Newburyport ArtWalk Hosts Fall Events on Sept. 30
Newburyport ArtWalk: A Day-Long Festival of Art and Community Newburyport, MA, is a city that has long been known for its vibrant arts community. On Saturday, September 30, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the city will once again celebrate its local artists and...
Celebrate 40 Years of Artistic Brilliance with Cape Ann Artisans: The Ultimate Fall Tour
Special 40th-Anniversary Events: A Close Collaboration with Cape Ann Museum and Rocky Neck Art Colony The calendar says it's fall, but Cape Ann Artisans have added an extra hue of celebration this year. Marking their 40th anniversary, the artisans have truly gone...
The Butterfly Mural Migration: A Community-Led Journey in Art and Ecology
Sponsored by the Essex County Community Foundation’s Creative County Initiative "I've been working as an artist for a couple of decades and trying to figure out how to tell people about the environmental crisis that we're a part of, not to scare them but to offer a...
The PEG Center Hosts “A River Called Justice: Evidence, Experience, and What We Can Do” at PRNWR Visitor Center
Newburyport, MA, Aug. 10, 2023 – Climate justice, its connection with racial inequality, and the impact of community action will be the topic of as special event hosted by the PEG Center for Art & Activism at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor...
Felipe Ortiz -We Share One Sky
by John Andrews for Creative Collective and Creative County These murals will visually represent the shared human experience on our small planet, highlighting minority voices and lesser-known perspectives of Newburyport through contemporary nontraditional imagery....
At Express Yourself in Beverly, students gain confidence, strength and connection through the arts
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Originally posted on the EECF blog On a late-spring evening in Boston, nearly 200 youth performers stepped onto the stage of the Boch Center Wang Theatre. If they were nervous, they didn’t show it. Instead, in...