Lowell Walks: Public Art Collection

with Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon
In the 1980s, monumental sculptures by artists with national and international reputations began showing up downtown. Each artwork in its own way is a commentary on one of the themes of the national park: labor, technology, water-power, capital, and the industrial city. See the sculptures up close, hear about the controversies, and learn the story-behind-the-story of this $1 million collection. Paul Marion is a writer and president of the Lowell Heritage Partnership; Rosemary Noon is Assistant Director of the Lowell Plan, Inc., and a creative economy consultant. They managed the design selection process and installation of many of the artworks—and lived to talk about.