Homage to Women

Artist: Mico Kaufman (1989)

This sculpture of five intertwined figures is a tribute to Lowell’s 19th century mill girls, celebrating the contributions made by women throughout time. This statue represents the struggles and aspirations of working women everywhere and is intended to represent women of different races.

Location: Market Mills Park, Market and Palmer Streets

Stele for the Merrimack

Artist: Peter Gourfain (1996)

Stele is a standing stone or slab with textured or inscribed surfaces which serves as a monument. This sculpture commemorates the wide variety of life generated by the Merrimack River. The four sides of the work include images of flora and fauna supported by the river, along with those of the people who have depended on the river throughout history.

Location: Father Morrisette Boulevard and Suffolk Street behind the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union office building

"A Mothers Hand" Genocide Memorial

Artist: Daniel Varoujan Hejinian (2014)

This genocide memorial is to acknowledge the killing of 1.5 million people from 1915 to 1923 and is the first Armenian Genocide monument unveiled on the site of a government building in the U.S.  The Lowell monument is made of bronze and granite and there are two three-dimensional hands at the top of the piece of art showing a mother's hands crocheting.  At the bottom of the structure is inscribed the words "In Memory" both in English and Armenian.

Location: 375 Merrimack Street (outside City Hall)

James McNeill Whistler

Artist: Mico Kaufman (Date Unknown)

James McNeil Whistler was a famous artist during the American Gilded Age who was born in Lowell. This statue of Whistler is made of bronze and granite.  The adjacent Whistler House was his birthplace and is now a museum exhibiting some his famous art pieces as well as those of other artists.

Location:  243 Worthen St

Industry, Not Servitude

Artist: Ellen Rothenberg (1997)

Artist Ellen Rothenberg created the sculpture to recognize the women workers in nineteenth century Lowell who struggled together to improve conditions in the factories and demanded fair treatment from their employers.  “Industry Not Servitude" has five sculptural elements distributed along the length of Lucy Larcom Park.

Location: Lucy Larcom Park along the Merrimack Canal