September Newsletter

Massachusetts Chapter

July 2024 Newsletter

FEATURED ARTIST: Marcia Santore

Marcia Santore - Hotsy Totsy

Acrylic on canvas - 24" x 144" (four 24" x 36" canvas panels)

Dance of Infinite Possibility series

Meet September featured artist: Marcia Santore

Marcia Santore is a contemporary painter. Her work uses vivid color, intriguing texture, and image-based abstraction to convey mystery and movement. Santore has exhibited her paintings, collages, and other art work in solo, juried, and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and her artwork is held in public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. Marcia She lives in Plymouth, New Hampshire, has lived in Connecticut, California, Minnesota, New York, and Texas, and has enjoyed traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe. She holds a BFA in studio art with an emphasis in painting and drawing from the University of Texas at Austin. Santore has written about art and artists on her blog artYOP!, as well as for Artscope magazine and other publications. She has curated several exhibitions, including MOMMA at the Silver Center for the Arts in Plymouth, NH, and A Litte Abstracted at Twiggs Gallery in Boscawen, NH.

Marcia has been a member of WCA for many years. She is a member of the New Hampshire chapter and served on the exhibitions committee, where she collaborated with others on exhibitions such as FORCE OF NATURE and GROWL. She is a member of the WCA-NH Plymouth Pod, a visitor at the Artists Meeting Point pod, a previous member of the WCA-Boston and WCA-Central Massachusetts chapters, and a now a member of WCA's Massachusetts chapter. Her work can be seen on her website at www.marciasantore.com and on Instagram at @marciasantore.

Marcia Santore - Distant Visions

Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24"

Inexteriors series

CHAPTER NEWS:

The 6000 Circle Project - September Exhibition

During the month of September, The Mother Cycle will be on display at the Ashby Free Public Library.

Participating artists currently include: Jane Keddy, Joan Sinatra Hathaway, Shara Osgood, Deb Giordano, Joanne Stowell, CM Judge, Bonnie Iannotta, Helen Obermeyer Simmons, Nicol Wander, Jan Puccelli, Deirdre Haynie, Christine Regan Davi, Alana Garrigues and Kristi DiSalle.

We hope that this exhibition will continue to grow month to month. If you are interested in submitting a circle (or a second circle) contact Joanne Stowell at stowell.joanne@yahoo.com. WCA membership is not required to participate.

Follow the project on Instagram @wcamass or @the6000circle_project

Ashby Free Public Library

812 Main Street, Ashby, MA

Image from our August exhibition at the Lunenburg Public Library

MEMBER NEWS:

Fitchburg Art Museum

88th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft

Last chance to see the FAM 88th Regional exhibition!

WCA members Bonnie Iannotta, Melanie Zibit, and Joanne Stowell all have work that was accepted into this year's highly competitive exhibition. On view through September 8.

Fitchburg Art Museum

185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Museum hours:

Wednesday - Friday: 12–4pm

Saturday and Sunday: 11am–5pm

First Thursday of each month: 12–7pm

Bonnie Iannotta with My Art Professor Said...

Melanie Zibet with Votive

Joanne Stowell with Routines (top)

C.M. Judge - Drop a Grudge

A new installation by Paula Rendino and C. M. Judge, Drop The Last Stone, is a small gesture toward creating a more peaceful world. Community members are invited to consider participating in the artwork by choosing to drop a grudge. For details to participate: www.dropthelaststone.com

If you would like to see a free 45 minute Drop the Last Stone community workshop offered in your area, please contact cmjudge@mac.com.

The installation will be exhibited at The Art Gallery at Rivier University, Nashua, NH from January 27th - April 28th, 2025.

Photo by Paula Rendino

Joanne Stowell - Beautiful Mundanity at ArtWorcester

Joanne Stowell's large-scale works from her Beautiful Mundanity series will be shown in-person for the first time at ArtsWorcester as part of the Material Needs 2024 Exhibition.

On view September 5 through October 20

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 4, 6-8PM

ArtsWorcester

44 Portland St.

Worcester, MA

www.artsworcester.org

Joanne Stowell - Nothing to Eat

Oil on wood - 36"x48"

Beautiful Mundanity series

Interested in joining the WCA?

Visit the National WCA website for more information and to join. Members may choose to select multiple chapters - our chapter code is MAC. We hope to see you at our next meeting!

www.wcamass.org

masswca@gmail.com