Gallery Seven Finds New Home In Lockport

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport will have a new art gallery with the addition of Gallery Seven to the Gaylord Building. The gallery was previously located in Joliet next to the Rialto Square Theatre, but the business was evicted from their rent-free space after the current property owners notified them they were to leave by Dec. 11.

Now, the gallery has a new home in Lockport, and will join the town's artistic attractions like the Lockport Artists Guild, Flower of Life Art Gallery and more. According to the city, the Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau and Gallery Seven signed the lease with the Gaylord Building to occupy the second floor exhibit space.

The arrival of Gallery Seven is also coinciding with the Gaylord Building's development of the National Endowment for the Arts funded program, unLOCK: Merging Art and Industry in Downtown Lockport.

According to the Gaylord Buillding, unLOCK is a citywide multimedia art experience in Lockport that will increase the city's creative and commercial activity and advance local revitalization efforts by using art to show the city's unique heritage.

The city said the relocation is occurring this weekend, Dec. 16, and a new grand reopening will be scheduled in 2018.

Mayor Streit added in a release he is thrilled in adding yet another art space in Lockport, bringing more cultural awareness, entertainment, art and shopping to the town.

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