The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce its newest exhibit, Emergence, featuring works by textile artist Paula Stebbins Becker and painter Tracey J. Maroni. The show runs April 1 through May 6, with an artists’ reception scheduled on Saturday, April 9 from 3:00-5:00 pm.
Paula Stebbins Becker is an artist and textile designer residing in Rhode Island. She received her MFA in Fibers from Cranbrook Academy of Art and her BFA in TD/Fibers from UMass Dartmouth. Paula is “inspired by people, nature and our relationship with the environment and human experiences.”Paula explores themes of memory, time and the delicate structure of human existence through the medium of fiber – by weaving, knotting, stitching, unraveling and reconstructing threads and fabrics.
Tracey J. Maroni is a visual artist from Massachusetts who works in paint and mixed media. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a painting major and art history minor from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Maroni, whose most preferred medium is painting, “draws her inspiration from nature” and her artwork is “an investigation and exploration of the natural world and the planet as a living, giving entity.”
The MAC will host a closing event during the show, kicking off ten days of SouthCoast Spring Arts events on Thursday, May 5 from 6-7 pm with a conversation with artist Paula Stebbins Becker (free to attend.) Paula will share her inspiration and discuss her various processes of unraveling and weaving threads, natural dyeing, and using thread in her printed works on paper. During the event, guests can also view an image slideshow in the MAC Theater featuring more works and images by artist Tracey J. Maroni. Find out more at marionartcenter.org/events.