Established 1977
Welcome
- Enrich and enlighten
through
creative exploration of the arts -
The Ruth Wells Center for the Arts is a non-profit membership and volunteer-based cultural arts association. We are fully dedicated to perpetuating the arts through our annual events, exhibits and workshops; along with collaborating with other local cultural art centers and institutions.
Our events and educational programs are for people of all ages and skill levels. They are scheduled throughout the calendar year, including evenings and weekends. Classes, workshops, and programs are taught by professional practicing artists who are well recognized in their area of expertise.
It is our goal to enrich and enlighten through creative exploration of all the artistic disciplines.
Michel Duncan Merle
Opening August 8 | 4 pm to 8 pm
Showing August 8 - 22
The artwork of Michel Duncan Merle serves as a vibrant and provocative crossroads where legendary artistic heritage meets decades of technical mastery.
A native Parisian born in 1937, Merle spent more than three decades as a Professor of Art at Worcester State University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he taught generations of students to view creation through an alternative or philosophical lens.
Artistic practice and innovation run deeply in his veins: Merle is the son of artist and gallery owner, Ligoa Duncan, the grandson of artist and philosopher Raymond Duncan, and the great-nephew of modern dance pioneer and virtuoso Isadora Duncan. Merle’s extensive studies, from the Akademia Raymond Duncan in Paris to the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he earned an MFA in Sculpture and Painting, reflects a global, lifelong commitment to the avant-garde.
Portrait of Michel Merle © Irina Parfenova
Poster design © Julie Murkette
