11/07/2023
By Deborah Santoro
The University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Art and Design is thrilled to present The Alphabet Project: A City, a Newspaper, and 26 Letters. This exhibit will be on display in the University Gallery at 870 Broadway St. in Lowell through Nov. 16.
All are invited to a talk with Nick Capasso, Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum, who worked on this project with lead artist Anna Schuleit Haber, on Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Coburn 255.
“The Alphabet” was a public art project created for the front pages of the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise for 26 days in the Summer of 2015. This unique typology featured 26 typographers and a host of writers, typesetters and other supporters. Lead artist Anna Schuleit Haber was commissioned by the Fitchburg Art Museum for the final installation of a three-year National Endowment for the Arts Hometown grant to promote public art that engages the community. The project was widely discussed in and beyond Fitchburg, won several journalism awards, and was reviewed internationally. That Schuleit Haber was able to work with the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise to create this collaborative project between artists, designers, the city of Fitchburg, the Fitchburg Art Museum, local businesses, and the newspaper, is a testament to the enduring power of art to strengthen communities.