Michelle Lougee

Upcoming Exhibits

@ Arts Arlington, Arlington, MA

Artist-in-Residence Through June, 2020

Kick Off Reception: Monday, Dec 9, 7–9pm

Michelle will create a large-scale collaborative public art project with the community for the Minuteman Bikeway. You are invited to learn how to crochet with “plarn” — a yarn made from recycled plastic bags — and contribute to a collaborative work with a message: if we all work together we can create beauty and protect the environment!

Selected Work of Artist

Recent Press

Talk of the Town - Arlington Community Media

Talk of the Town welcomes Arlington Arts Commissioner Cecily Miller and Artist-in-Residence Michelle Lougee into the studio to discuss the public art installation Michelle will be bringing to the Minuteman bike path by next fall. They share the overarching vision of the piece, and also describe just how town residents can take part in a true community endeavor.

Trash to Treasure: Michelle Lougee An interview with Natalie Bennett.

Crocheting Plastic Into Sculpture, A Cambridge Artist Calls For Environmental Action

Artist Michelle Lougee’s work is “suggestively biomorphic and organic, belying the synthetic material she uses,” writes Pamela Reynolds.

Art and Nature: A Special Exhibit

Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations Science for the Public, Belmont MA

Boston artists Susan Heideman and Michelle Lougee both offer a very creative view of natural forms – organisms, plants, minerals and micro to macro. They discuss their individual artistic approaches to Nature’s variety.

Inspired by an ocean of trash

Professor Michelle Lougee’s sculptures make powerful statement against plastic.

Environmental artist makes a statement with crocheted plastic sculptures

An interview with Lesley University faculty and Cambridge-based artist Michelle Lougee about her sculpture made from post-consumer plastic bags.