Two Chinas: Chen Qiulin and Yun-Fei Ji (Sat, May 17)
Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA
Two Chinas: Chen Qiulin and Yun-Fei Ji considers the rapidly changing conditions in China through the lens of new acquisitions created by two young Chinese artists, Chen Qiulin (b. 1975) and Yun-Fei Ji (b. 1963). Both artists have responded to the altered landscapes and human displacement caused by flooding, which is a result of China's Three Gorges Dam project. Chen Qiulin uses video in Bie Fu (Farewell Poem), from 2003, to revisit her childhood memories and China's past amidst the rubble of Wanzhou, her hometown and one of the cities flooded by the dam project. In Yun-Fei Ji's monumental scroll-like painting, Below the 143 Meter Mark, from 2006, allusions to classical landscape painting are transformed by grim contemporary details - houses and hillsides crumbling, a ghost town littered with abandoned bundles and bicycles. Sponsored by: This exhibition is supported by the Don and Mary Melville Contemporary Art Fund, The Clayton F. & Ruth L. Hawkridge Foundation, and The Martin Salomon Morton & Gustel Schreiber Morton Foundation. Additional generous support provided by Worcester Magazine.. Cost: Free with Museum admission. Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sep 21.

In Their Shirtsleeves (Sat, May 17)
Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA
Tells the ongoing story of the innovators, workers, and investors who made industry the story of Worcester. Reflects more than one hundred years of collecting by the Worcester Historical Museum, founded in 1875 as the Worcester Society of Antiquity. Diversity and invention have been the hallmarks of Worcester industry since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early nineteenth century. Cost: $5 for adults; Children under 18 FREE Through Wednesday, Mar 3.

Art Review | Fausto Melotti: Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space
Fausto Melotti?s work defies convention and unites disparate strains of 20th-century Italian art.

Georgia O'Keeffe
Red Cannas - to glance at a full size view photo and also find supplementary details regarding this Georgia O'Keeffe museum artwork, click the artist label slightly the little image. Obtain purchasing, conservation framing and size info for this wall art print. Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the top 50 best selling artists and has numerous other fine art art works similar to "Red Cannas", look through their other giclee prints.

Claude Monet
Water Lilies - to glance at a bigger image and also delved into further history for this Claude Monet gallery giclee, click through on the artist text a bit above the small graphic. Get purchasing, frame and measurement details for this fine art artworks. Claude Monet is one of the top 50 best selling artists and has a multitude of other artists pictures similar in appearance to "Water Lilies", review their other artist posters.

Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper, c.1498 - to view a larger depiction of this print as well as look over further updates on this Leonardo da Vinci gallery giclee print, go through the artists title slightly the little depiction to your left side. You can also view purchasing, framing and dimension consumer guidance for this artist image . Leonardo da Vinci is one of the foremost selling artists and has a large amount of other art giclee prints like "The Last Supper, c.1498", check out their other art giclees.

The Loves of Cass McGuire (Sat, May 17)
8:00 PM-10:30 PM, Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St, Worcester, MA
Written by Brian Friel, the Tony award winning author of Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa, this raucously funny yet poetically moving play is directed by Pilgrim Soul's founder and Artistic Director Matthew J. Carr, and features a troupe of local actors, led by veteran performer Ann Marie Shea in the title role. The play tells the story of Cass McGuire, who for most of her life has slaved as a barmaid on the edge of Skid Row, among deadbeats and washouts - people who live in the past. Friel's bawdy, vital, compassionate play deals with her return to Ireland and her genteel family's rejection of her. It follows her lonely struggle to rediscover the home she's dreamt of all her life and her eventual surrender to the dream world of Eden House, the rest home to which her family has committed her. Filled with colorful characters, it is a play of sentiment and wit, which according to the N. Y. Post exhibits "the rueful imagination of the true Irish poet." Ann Marie Shea, a familiar face to local audiences, performs the title role of Cass McGuire. Ms. Shea has appeared locally with Redfeather theater company (The Tempest, Richard III), and in many productions of Worcester Forum Theatre, EntrActors and New England Repertory Theatre. She has recently had the opportunity to work in several Boston area theaters, including Stoneham Theatre (A Prayer for Owen Meany, And Then There Were None), Boston Playwrights' Theatre (Red Elm), Devanaugh Theatre (By the Bog of Cats) and the Huntington Theatre, where she was an understudy for Well. She is professor emerita of Worcester State College, where she taught theatre for many years. Last spring at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, Pilgrim Soul Productions staged Hugh Leonards poignant play Love in the Title to critical acclaim and standing ovations. The theater company is currently planning to follow up its production of Cass McGuire with a November production of Jimmy Murphy's The Muesli Belt, a tragicomic tale of modern Dublin. To reserve tickets, call 508-523-3773 or 508-799-7775, or send email to jfrooney@charter.net or htfoley@charter.net . Tickets are also available at the door. Sponsored by: Pigrim Soul Productions. Cost: $15 (group discounts for groups of 25+); Worcester college students earn WOO points Through Saturday, May 17.

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Top photographers are angry over Polaroid’s fade to black.

The Vanities Celebrates the Triumph and Beauty of Being Yourself
When a high fashion illustrator turns his eyes and hands from advertising to fairy tales, the result is captivating. Terence Lawlor, whose exquisite collages have been featured internationally on posters, brochures and billboards, spent six years creating the illustrations for The Vanities, a lavish retelling of the Cinderella tale.