11/10/2026
By Monica Melo
You are cordially invited to view "Labor and Leisure in Portuguese American Lowell: The LUPA Project, 1981–83," an exhibition of photographs by Kevin Harkins.
Produced as part of a documentary project commissioned through the Lowell Union of Portuguese Americans (LUPA), Harkins’ photographs offer a view into the everyday lives of Lowell’s Portuguese American community in the early 1980s. The exhibition explores the intersections of work, family, cultural traditions and community life, documenting Portuguese Americans in their workplaces and during moments of leisure and social gathering.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies at UMass Lowell.
Location
Meehan Student Center (formerly University Crossing), Moloney Ballroom 260
220 Pawtucket Street
Lowell, MA 01854