Raise a glass to Beer Week’s winning design

By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor

WESTBOROUGH – If you’ve ever browsed the housewares department at Kohl’s, brightened up the season with a holiday item from Homegoods, or picked up a cozy bed for your pooch at Marshalls, chances are you already own something designed by Westborough resident Shawnna Lyons-Dambeck.

Lyons-Dambeck, a fiber and textile artist, recently won the Mass Brewers Guild’s Mass Beer Week art contest. Her work will be featured on all of Mass Beer Week’s promotional materials as well as the limited-edition pint glass that will be sold across the state at participating locations.

The association launched the contest this year for the first time in an effort to find and feature local artists.

Mass Beer Week is the statewide celebration of locally made craft beer; it will take place March 4-11. The glassware will be sold for $6 at 54 guild member breweries.

The guild is the state’s trade association for the craft beer industry and exists to protect and promote the interests of craft brewers across the Commonwealth.

Originally from Leominster,

Lyons-Dambeck’s love for breweries grew while she lived in Milwaukee, Wis., touring local taprooms. She appreciated the sense of community, coupled with the different beer styles and personalities that came through within each of the brewery spaces — from the art on walls to the employees serving suds.

When she moved back to Massachusetts with her husband, they took that passion with them and began to explore their home by sampling New England IPAs and stouts.

“While every brewery in every region is so different, they all care so much about their communities, sustainability and supporting farmers. From concept to consumer, their small business stories are what