Hope is the Studios & Lofts Manager at Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts. She manages the day to day workings of Western Avenue’s community of 350+ creatives as well as developing and supporting connections and programs geared toward the development and growth of the artist community. Her focus is on maintaining Western Avenue as a safe, affordable, and equitable home for artists.
Hope holds a BFA in photography from Universty of the Arts in Philadelphia, and has been a practicing artist for over 20 years. She now works from her studio in Lowell at Western Avenue. During her career supporting art and artists has always been important to Hope. She co-founded Second Saturdays Art Crawl in Dixon, IL, founded and directed the Artist in Residence Program at Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire, WI, and has been a contributing writer for the arts and culture magazine Volume One.
Whether as an artist, a mother, a gardener, or the many other things that she gives her time to, Hope loves to bring care and attention to the world around her.
Boston Art Review Reports on Artist Live-Work Space in Boston
The spring/summer 2022 edition of the Boston Art Review is out, and it includes a fantastic feature by Anita Morson-Matra, “Real Talk," that focuses on the state of live-work spaces for artists in Boston. Anita…
Preserving 350 Artist Spaces in Lowell
The Arts & Business Council is delighted to announce the preservation of Western Avenue | Studio & Lofts, a vibrant artist community in Lowell, Massachusetts, through purchase of the property as the next phase of…
Available Grants from Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation
Our partners at Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation have two new grant programs available to help small businesses continue to recover from the pandemic. While not all of the artists and arts organizations we work with…
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