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Pawtucket HAPPENINGS 1/28/21: Fun, News, Events & More!

CALL FOR PHOTO CONTEST THEME FOR 2022 CALENDER
Now is the time to leave your creative mark for the 2022 Pawtucket City Calendar! Photos submitted to this celebrated annual photo contest will be exhibited throughout the Pawtucket Arts Festival in September, and all winning photos will be used in next year’s City Calendar.
For more information click here
Suggest your themes to Patricia S. Zacks
The deadline day is February 12, 2021.
2021 VIRTUAL INCUBATOR
Social Enterprise Greenhouse is offering a new Virtual Incubator to help motivated entrepreneurs turn their ideas into action! This program is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to develop a strategy for supplementing their income and for people who have always wanted to explore the viability of starting their own business. Incubator participants will meet once a week via Zoom for 5 weeks.
Applications are now open and due by February 10th!
Click here to learn more about the program and apply today.
A MURAL MASTERPIECE
A new downtown Mural brings an explosion of threads and color spanning 3 buildings! With funding from the Hart Grant, the Threads of Life Mural is a powerful must see. The QR codes near the mural also promote restaurants that received funding for outdoor seating from the Pawtucket Foundation, through the Take it Outside Grant.
Check out the Threads of Life Mural here
FREE ART ADVENTURES
The Empowerment Factory is hosting FREE art adventures geared towards elementary youth. These fun, free classes combine art, science, and social-emotional learning. Families are welcome to sign up for any two of the following events:
Friday Family Art Night for grades K-5
7-week Nature Drawing for grades 2-5
6 classes of Art in the Park for grades K-5
Spots are limited – click here to sign up now!
CALLING PAWTUCKET ARTISTS!
The Pawtucket Advisory Commission on Arts & Culture is looking to feature local, Pawtucket artists on their ARTS-a-GRAM page. Learn how your work can be featured!
GALLERY 175 | NEW EXHIBIT
The Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England is a group of established and emerging artist/printmakers at various stages of their careers. Check of the online exhibition going on until
April 30, 2021.
Click here to learn more.
WINDOWS ON PAWTUCKET
The Pawtucket Foundation & Art League RI launched Windows on Pawtucket, a 28 artist exhibit on October 1st. Be sure to get out and walk the streets of Downtown Pawtucket and discover up to 50 pieces of beautiful art in the storefront windows. The Exhibit will go on until May 15, 2021.
Learn more by visiting windowsonpawtucket.org.
Monday, February 1st
Webinar 2:00PM – 3:00PM
Wednesday, February 3rd
Webinar 11:00AM – 12:00PM
Webinar 6:00PM – 8:00PM
To see more webinars & events happening this month, click here.