Over the past decade, Jill Watts has provided timely social commentary through her artworks. You could call her an art journalist, having created artworks relating to Black Lives Matter (sculpture), #MeToo (utilizing a dress as a form of message board), the environment (sculptures showing how food grows underneath the ground) and in her upcoming show, her look at her hometown, Worcester, Massachusetts, and her waiting for its perceived renaissance to become reality.
Featuring ceramic sculptures and wearable art, “Jill Watts: A Visual Conversation with the World,” is the next installment from a Worcester-based artist whose work regularly reflects the cultural mood at the time it’s on display. “I came up with the title,” Watts explained.
“I see my art as the way I learn about the world and myself.”
It’s being exhibited through February 2 at the Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW, a Worcester community radio station that just
celebrated its 50th anniversary and opened the gallery last summer thanks to a generous donation through the bequest of Stevens, who passed in 2022.