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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Art + Market Returns!

We are excited to announce that Art + Market will return to the Worcester Art Museum for its third summer. The freshest local fruits and vegetables will be available on Saturdays, starting August 6 and running through September 24, 2016. Exclusively featuring Dick’s Market Garden of Lunenberg, MA, Art + Market will be located in the Museum’s Salisbury Street parking lot, adjacent to our Access Bridge.

Saturdays, August 6 - September 24, 2016 10am- 1pm

More on Dick’s Market Garden 
More on Art + Market

- Katrina Stacy, Associate Curator of Education
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