The Marion Art Center is pleased to present works by Nancy Dyer Mitton, honoring 40 years of exhibiting at the MAC. The exhibition runs July 6 through August 9, 2024, with an artist’s reception scheduled Friday, July 12 from 5:00-7:00 pm at the MAC, 80 Pleasant Street, Marion. Gallery hours through July 27 are: Tue-Wed by appointment, Thursday-Friday, 1:00-5:00 pm, Saturdays 10:00 am-2:00 pm. The MAC is closed Sundays and Mondays. Daytime hours resume starting July 29 (10:00am-2:00pm).
Nancy Dyer Mitton resides in Marion, Massachusetts. She is a lifelong student of art and art history. Ms. Mitton received her BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art where she studied with George Nick. Her first exhibition at the Marion Art Center was in 1985. Soon after, she cofounded the Water Street Gallery in Mattapoisett with fellow artists Severn Haines, Laura Anderson, A.D. Tinkham and Henry Avery. The Maryland Institute College of Art awarded Nancy Dyer Mitton artist residencies at Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France twice – in 1995 and 2001. She became an exhibiting artist member of The National Arts Club in New York in 1993, and a member of the Artists’ Fellowship in 1995. In 1999, Nancy Dyer Mitton wrote “A Romantic Art Colony: Marion, Massachusetts,” a book about careers of key American artists and writers who put Marion and New York on the global cultural map during the late 19th Century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is exhibiting this group, “New York Art Worlds, 1870 – 1890” on view through July 21, 2024.
Nancy Dyer Mitton’s paintings are featured in collections throughout the United States and Europe, and Mitton has been represented by Soprafina Gallery in Boston since 2001. Soprafina Director Frank Roselli describes Nancy as“an avid lover of nature – its expansive beauty, power and light. Her paintings use the physicality of the oil paints as she creatively constructs her canvas using wet paint with adroit skill.”
The new 2024 catalog of Nancy Dyer Mitton paintings is available at the Marion Art Center July 6 – August 9.