Linda McCluskey is a native artist currently living and working in Paris .  Her art was adopted as the basis for the 2010 Lowell Folk Festival logo and merchandise, and her recent show, Lowell Dreaming, this past year at the Whistler House Museum , is still the talk of the town.  (Yes, that’s Melvern Taylor’s “Mill Town Moon” on the soundtrack).   Emily Schroer is an up-and-coming Lowell artist whose work has been featured at the recent Lowell Uptown Music and Art Festival.  Her interpretations of the Lowell mills and architecture are the essence of the Mill City .
     
Established in 1978, Loom Press publishes books by emerging writers and artists from the New England area. In addition to poetry, Loom Press titles range from documentary photography to cultural studies.   Loom Press authors include Stephen O'Connor, Alfred Bouchard, Dave Robinson, Hilary Holladay, John Struloeff, Matt Miller, Paul Marion and Walter Bacigalupo.   Bootstrap Productions is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit publishing company that promotes the integration of multi-dimensional art forms and experiments into fine press publishing. The organization promotes the public appreciation of contemporary art and writing through the work of new writers, visual artists and musicians who may not otherwise have the opportunity and freedom to display their work as they envision it.