There are two galleries at the Marion Art Center.   The Cecil Davis Clark Gallery consists of 420 square feet of wall space, and 200 square feet of floor space, and the Patsy Francis Gallery has 300 square feet of wall space, with 260 square feet of floor space.

Monthly exhibitions are scheduled year round in a  variety of media and styles.  The Center hosts openings for each show and send invitations to members of the Center and invited guests of the artists.  The Center receives a nominal commission on the sales. Artists are requested to review the guidelines established by the Marion Art Center.

A new two-person show opens at the Marion Art Center on Friday, July 25^th, with a reception to meet the artists from 6 to 8 pm. 

 Featured artists are Linda Costa of Marion and Cynthia Getchell of Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

The Two-person Show will be on display in both galleries at the Marion Art Center until August 27^th.  Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 1 to 5 pm, Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm.  The Art Center is located at the corner of Main and Pleasant Streets in Marion.  Admission is free.

Both galleries at the Marion Art Center are open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 am to 2 pm. 

The Marion Art Center is located at the corner of Main and Pleasant Streets in Marion.  The galleries are open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 pm and Saturdays, 10 am to 2 pm.    Admission is free.

Upcoming Exhibitions 2008

RECENT PAINTINGS

by Linda Costa & Cynthia Getchell

July 25 – August 27, 2008

OPENING: Friday, July 25^th, 6 to 8 pm

MEMBERS SHOW

August 29 – October 1, 2008

All members in good standing may submit one piece to be included in the installation, labeled with title, medium, artist, retail price.

(MAC takes 30% commission)

Size: not to exceed 1296 square inches.

Drop off: August 27, 1-5 pm

OPENING: Friday, August 29^th, 6 to 8 pm

Meet the Artists

Linda Costa’s watercolors are innovative and unique.  Her vision of the world and her technique using gold gesso and antique paints result in truly original renderings of her surroundings, capturing a sense of inner light.  For the past 25 plus years, Linda has worked primarily in watercolor.  She began her career using pen and ink to create detailed realistic drawings.  This love of detail and appreciation for the power of small strokes served as a foundation for her watercolors. Linda currently lives in Marion and spent several years in the Philadelphia area before moving here.  She has had many shows in Pennsylvania and northern Delaware and is represented by Hardcastles Gallery in Centerville, Delaware.  She is a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and also belongs to the Philadelphia Watercolor Society. 

Fairhaven painter, Cynthia Getchell, began drawing in early childhood, but did not take her talent seriously until the late 1990’s when she was commissioned to paint a series of murals at Davy’s Locker in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  She had worked as a waitress there for nearly twenty years.  With the encouragement of her husband, Jack, she studied literature, writing, history and art for a few semesters at Bridgewater State College while still waitressing and raising their daughter Jane.  On the advise of her professor, she began to paint full time and studied with professional artists such as John Borowicz of Dartmouth, landscape painter, Don Demers of Maine and portrait painter, Deborah Macy of New Bedford. 

Cynthia began showing her work publicly in the spring of 2000 at local venues with much success.  She has since participated in twenty-five regional and national shows and competitions, collecting almost as many awards along the way.  She works at her home studio in Fairhaven and refers to herself as a painter, because she firmly believes that the word “artist” must be earned with study and hard work.  Her goal is to someday earn that title.