Western Avenue in Lowell Massachusetts is home to the largest artists community on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. The 5 acre complex and its varied brick mill buildings host 250 work only studios 50 live/work lofts over a dozen teaching artists the Loading Dock Gallery – a cooperative artist run gallery and the Onyx Room Performance Space.

Please visit us and get to know our artists. First Saturday Open Studios is a great way to see artists in their workspace and learn about their work. They work in all medium at all skill levels. We’re sure there will be more than a few whose art will speak to you. We guarantee one visit won’t be enough to see all there is to see – so plan on coming back.

WESTERN AVENUE STUDIOS AND LOFTS : NURTURING THE ARTS AND THE ARTIST.