Step right up, and enter Play-Land!

Beginning on Valentine's Day, you will be able to experience the talents of over 100 local artists and students that have re-designed the Revolving Museum's gallery into a wild, wacky and love-filled carnival of creativity. Be prepared to see unbelievable things -- Interact with Kinetic Sculptures / Get Lost in a Maze of Great Games / Eat from Cotton Candy Man / Visit the Souvenir Store of Surreal Surprises / Spin the Amazing Anti-Gambling Wheel of Fortune / Shuffle with Lowell History / Toss a Ring Around a Dream / Dare to Doodle Designs Never Seen. Don't Miss Your Chance to explore the boundless realms where art and community converge!

Why Wonders of the World???

A few years back, a ten-year old boy asked artist Jerry Beck why none of the famous Wonders of the World were in the U.S. He wanted to know if he and his friends could make their own Wonder of the World right here at home... and so the Revolving Museum went to action! The result: an innovative, ongoing educational art program called "Wonders of the World" (WOW). Inspired by the energy of carnivals, arcades, side shows, theme parks, and festivals, WOW celebrates who we are as individuals and as a community. It supports the chance to share ideas, to express opinions, and to build new relationships. It allows us the opportunity to put on costumes, adopt new identities and attitudes, to laugh and sing, to dance, to make and play games, to learn and have fun.

Playland includes Games & Artwork by:

John Christian Anderson, Jason Daniels, Gillian Frazier, Amy Goodwin, Bob Harmon, Linda Hoffman, Luke Jaeger, Arther W. Ketchen, Keren Kroul, Ted Lavash & Vistoria Fremont, Susan Johnson, Nate Longcope, Pam Dixon, Caleb Neelon aka SONIK, Patrick Pollard & Jennifer Trela, Robert Pittman, Ed Romano, Owen Russell, Colleen Sgroi, Daniel & Anthony Silvia, Thomas Starr, Kathleen Volp, Jack Welch, Alison Nesbitt,

...with many community members and organizations: Jacqueline J. Cathcart-Miller, Joan Ostis, Kirk Mardock with youth from the J.G. Pyne Arts Magnet School Mehrnoush Bakhshandeh with ROCA youth Lorrinda Colucci, Bety Santagati with Lowell High School Art Students David Leblanc with Sullivan Middle School Students Rob Millard, Diana Archibald, Jerry Beck, Karen Roehr, Jim Coates with UMass Lowell Students.

PLAY-LAND : Wonders of the World IV View images from the Opening of PLAY-LAND

PLAY-LAND Workshop with Artist in Residence, Nora Valdez View images from the workshop.

PLAY-LAND gets a workout when kids come to play See the kids in action!

Feb. 14 - July 27, 2003

GAME ACTIVATION/ PERFORMANCE EVENTS

Feb 14, Valentine's Day: Passion Premier A Celebration of the Senses - Food, drink, and many romantic moments 6-9pm $25

March 7, One-Minute Video Festival (Move over Sundance...)
-- Performances at Revolving Museum 5-7pm
-- Screening at Evos Arts Institute 7-11pm $5 Organized by Massatucky Productions

April 1, April Fool's Day (A Birthday Party for the City of Lowell!) Be a jester at our kooky court - Edible art, beverages and performances 6-9pm $25 Sponsored in part by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce

May 3, Family Fun Fantastical
A one-of-a kind parade & charade for kids, parents & caretakers 12-4pm $10

July 26 - 27, The Famous Folk Festival Finale Behold one of the best weekends in the USofA! 12-6pm $3

Funded in part by: The City of Lowell, Martin Fund at the Boston Foundation, Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, Lowell Telecommunications Corp & our members & friends.

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