Whistler House Museum of Art

Admission

$5.00
Seniors, Students $4.00

Hours

Wednesday through Saturday 11 am to 4 pm

The Whistler House Museum of Art, the birthplace of the artist James McNeill Whistler, was established in 1908 as the permanent home of the Lowell Art Association, Inc. The Lowell Art Association, Inc. (est. 1878) owns and operates the museum as an historic site. Built in 1823, the Whistler House represents the richness of the history and the art of Lowell. The museum maintains its permanent collection of late 19th and early 20th century artwork, and organizes contemporary and historical fine arts exhibitions in the adjacent Parker Gallery.

Exhibitions

Sustenance: Michael E. Jones & Christine M. Jones
January 11 to February 24, 2012
Reception January 21, 2 to 4 pm

Showcasing collaborative works of oil paintings by UMass Lowell Professor Michael E. Jones and poetry by his wife Christine M. Jones, the exhibit features many forms and means of sustaining us physically, emotionally, and spiritually as gathered from observations throughout the Merrimack Valley. Farms, farmers, nature and their interpretations are the main themes.

We feed from the garden
we seeded, so applaud
with standing ovation,
the final act,...

(an excerpt from a poem in a series titled The Garden Series)

MICHAEL E. JONES
is a professional artist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where he teaches Art Law and directs the Legal Studies Program. He works principally in oils. The U.S. Olympic Committee commissioned him to create the Triathlon poster for the 2004, 2008 and 2012 summer Olympic Games. He painted the official portrait of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. His paintings have been exhibited at museums throughout the world including the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Beijing, International Olympic Committee Museum in Switzerland, and The Sports Museum in New York City. He studied art at Denison University, Cape Cod School of Art, and New Hampshire Institute of Art.

CHRISTINE M. JONES
is a licensed physical therapist and massage therapist with a private practice in Bedford, MA. Over the past few years she has worked closely with the acclaimed poet Gigi Thibodeau. Her poetry appears in the most recent edition of the “Offering” published by the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

In addition to their current “Sustenance” exhibit, Christine and Michael, have created collaborative exhibits at both the Cape Cod Museum of Art and the Tsongas Gallery in Concord, MA. Each exhibit, a joint observational expression of their time spent and simple pleasures discovered at the Provincelands in Provincetown, MA, and Thoreau’s Walden Pond in Concord, MA. Christine and Michael maintain studios at their homes in Billerica and Orleans, MA.