Still Sharp! The debut exhibit of Meri Goyette's art in Nashua

WHO: Meri Goyette and City Arts Nashua, with The Nashua Telegraph

WHAT: “Geometric Abstraction through Cut and Paste” – an exhibit of her recent artwork

WHERE: The windows and lobby of The Nashua Telegraph offices at 110 Main Street, Suite 1, Nashua, N.H.

WHEN: April 17, 2021 through June 11, 2021

WHY: A celebration of Meri Goyette’s 95thbirthday in the month of April and her debut into making art during thepandemic in 2020 and 2021

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This exhibit, which has been placed in the windows of the Nashua Telegraph, who enthusiastically welcomed the lively and colorful display, brings Meri Goyette’s life, work and career full circle. Among many kinds of arts-related work she has done over the decades, she would promote and support emerging artists in Boston and would display their works in storefront windows around the city. She has long been an innovator of cultural programs and an energetic and enthusiastic patron of the arts in the Nashua area and beyond.Now Meri, we at City Arts Nashua, and the Telegraph are collaborating to do the same for her and her new artwork in much the same vein. She was not previously an artist, she was simply busy with and committed to helping artists to succeed: she didn’t make art, she made art happen.

However, since spending much more time at home during the pandemic between 2020 and now, Meri has taken up her own mode of artmaking, using paper, fabric and glue to make statement collages in various sizes, and collectible greeting cards, all handmade, filling her already art-filled home with her fun creations. She had also taken up writing poetry in recent years, especially after the passing of her husband in 2018, a beloved longtime OB/GYN in Nashua, Charles Goyette.

This new “pop-up show,” along with the newly painted concrete barriers set up downtown for outdoor dining, and the nearby sculptures commissioned and placed by Nashua International Sculpture Symposium and the many murals, new and old, throughout the city, highlight Nashua’s continuing commitment to having great access to free and public art. The art is visible through the front windows of the newspaper’s lobby from the sidewalk, and soon, when the Telegraph reopens its doors to the public, people can come into the lobby and look more closely.

Meri Goyette continues to be a treasured member of the Nashua community. She is our muse and inspiration for us and all our events!

“Meri [Goyette] is such an inspiration to all of us in the arts here in Nashua and we are so fortunate that she serves on our Advisory Board and partners with us to support City Arts Nashua’s mission, said Lisa Bissonnette, City Arts Nashua’s president.

For more information and to purchase her work: http://www.cityartsnashua.org