Contact: Catherine Bowen, publicist, 401.258.0077 | catherinefrancesbowen@gmail.com

Gallery Sitka® Tamar Russell Brown, owner, GallerySitka.com | | 978.425.6290 | @gallerysitka | 227 Spring St. Newport

Gallery Sitka/Newport Announces
National Association of Women Artists
“Art with Intention II” Exhibit

Featuring Artists from Hawaii & Colorado
Reception Sunday, August 11, 1-3 pm

Newport, RI, July 30, 2024 — Gallery Sitka announces the “Art with Intention II” exhibition featuring 15 artists from the National Association of Women Artists—MA Chapter. The opening reception and celebration on Sunday, August 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. is free and open to the public.

The show features multi- and mixed-mediums, such as varnish, pigment on wood panel, encaustic, fiber, acrylic, oils, watercolor on handmade paper, acrylic painting over hand-pulled acrylic mono-print, collage-print, mixed papers, and marker on Arches board. Many of the artists will attend the reception.

The Newport gallery is located on the corner of Spring and Franklin Streets. The show will be displayed through September 4.

Jennifer Jean Okumura, exhibit organizer and president of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWAMA), shared, “Art enhances the story and the space we live in. Our Art, our story, restores the harmonious balance in times of much-needed healing, our new, continuous love, and the human spirit of hope, and the world comes to life—a jolt of energy, esse, community, and love. ‘Art poses a question, and Creativity understands the answer.’”

The show is juried by Tamar Russell Brown, Managing Owner of a 20-year woman-owned and operated Branding/Social/WebDev Design Studio in NYC and MA at Sitka Creations® LLC.  Tamar stated, “Gallery Sitka is super proud to host NAWAMA. As we see, powerful women can move mountains. The realm of the arts is no different. The NAWAMA Chapter is filled with talented and successful female artists, and we are honored to host them in our Newport gallery. We invite the public to join us and to feel inspired by what they will see on our walls during August 2024!”

Participating artists include Dot Bergen, Joanna Biondolillo, Paula Borsetti, RitaMarie Cimini, Lisa Goren, Yildiz Grodowski, Yvonne Lamothe, Jill Law, Jennifer Jean Okumura, Mary Alice Orito, Adèle Saint-Pierre, Erica Sloan, May Sun, Joanne Tarlin and Patricia Tewes Richards.

Additional information can be found at Gallery Sitka.

At a Glance
WHAT: National Association of Women Artists “Art with Intention II” Exhibition at Gallery Sitka/Newport
WHEN: Reception Sunday, August 11, 1-3 pm; Show thru Sept 4; Gallery hours: M | Th | F | Sa, 11-5
WHERE: 227 Spring St., Newport, RI (corner of Franklin)
INFO: Open to all, free admission, GallerySitka.com

About Gallery Sitka

Gallery Sitka® is a woman-owned and operated art entity with galleries in Newport, RI; Shirley, MA; Saratoga, NY (by appointment); and additional periodic pop-ups around the Northeast. With a focus on abstract art, Gallery Sitka represents the work of more than twenty painters, sculptors, encaustic artists, and jewelry designers from New England, New York, Brazil, France, and Italy. The Gallery is committed to local art and the creative economy. Gallery Sitka opened in 2014 and has been featured in publications such as Art New England, Newport This Week, NorthCentral Mass.com, Harvard General Store, and ChooseNorthCentral.com, among others. For more information, visit gallerysitka.com.

National Association of Women Artists, Inc. 

Founded in 1889, the mission of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is to foster and promote awareness of, and interest in, visual art created by women in the United States.  The Association promotes culture and education in the visual arts through exhibitions of its members’ works, educational programs, scholarships, awards, its historical archive and other appropriate means. While encouraging contemporary and emerging artists, the Association honors and continues the long and important contribution of women to the history of American culture and art.  Well-known early members included Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, and Cecelia Beaux. Later, membership rosters included Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Louise Nevelson, Cleo Hartwig, Malvina Hoffman, Minna Citron, Nell Blaine, Alice Neel, Jane Peterson, Theresa Bernstein, and Dorothy Dehner. https://nawama.org/

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Gallery Sitka® Tamar Russell Brown, owner, GallerySitka.com | | 978.425.6290 | @gallerysitka

Gallery Sitka/Shirley Announces “Harmonies in Motion”
Exhibition by Contemporary Artist Marli Thibodeau

Open Reception Friday, July 26, 4:30-6:30pm

“Luminous” by Marli Thibodeau, Mixed Media, 52”x34”

Shirley, MA, July 10, 2024 – Gallery Sitka announces the exhibition “Harmonies in Motion” by contemporary artist Marli Thibodeau.  The public is invited to the free opening reception on Friday, July 26 from 4:30-6:30pm; Thibodeau will be in attendance. The show will be on display through August 9.

Artist Marli Thibodeau immerses herself in the study of the landscape around her as well as the inner landscape of self-discovery. Her paintings do not reference recognizable form, and the purposeful omission of exact references are key elements in her work. Thibodeau’s techniques include opaque and transparent layers which represent the ongoing dialog between painter and painting. By questioning what is here now, present within, she creates intense personal moments on the canvas.

Thibodeau explains, “I perceive my painting practice as a visual dance, with my mark-making as gestures and my color choices as emotions. This approach requires me to remain open to possibility rather than having a set outcome in mind.”

Thibodeau, a teacher of Azul Conscious Movement (a path of personal transformation), finds that movement reveals our inner state, a reflection of our interior world. Thibodeau says, “I believe that everyone has a unique way of expressing the experience of who they are, and I’ve discovered that mine is through un-choreographed visual and movement art. As I paint, I am continuously responding to what is here in the moment – to the instinctual connection of what is rising on the inside and how it is expressed in relation to what is on the canvas.”

Thibodeau maintains a year-round studio in Rockland, Maine and in 2015 she, with Karen Divine, conceived the Being Set Free project, a global collaboration of artists.

Additional information can be found at Gallery Sitka.

At a Glance 

WHAT: “Harmonies in Motion” Opening Reception/Exhibition by Contemporary Artist Marli Thibodeau at Gallery Sitka/Shirley

WHEN: Reception Friday, July 26, 4:30-6:30pm; Show thru August 9; Gallery hours: M-W, 9-12 & by appointment or chance

WHERE: 2 Shaker Rd., D101, Shirley, MA

INFO: Open to all, free admission, GallerySitka.com

About Gallery Sitka

Gallery Sitka® is a woman-owned and operated art entity with galleries in Newport, RI; Shirley, MA; Saratoga, NY (by appointment); and additional periodic pop-ups around the Northeast. With a focus on abstract art, Gallery Sitka represents the work of more than twenty painters, sculptors, encaustic artists, as well as jewelry designers from New England, New York, Brasil, France and Italy. The Gallery is committed to local art and the creative economy. Gallery Sitka opened in 2014 and has been featured in publications such as Art New England, Newport This Week, NorthCentral Mass.com, Harvard General Store, ChooseNorthCentral.com, among others. For more information visit gallerysitka.com.

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