Ted Lilley Art Show
May 2025 – August 2025
Visit the MAC Art Gallery from May through August to experience the art of Ted Lilley.
About Ted Lilley and his Material Science Art
After a career as a professor of Materials and industrial researcher, Ted Lilley started experimenting with materials and art, inspired by nature, the physical and microscopic world. He works with glass, plastics, foams, marble, and paper, trying to use his technical knowledge and to create new visual effects by changing materials, their surfaces and shapes. “I am drawn to light, its reflection and refraction. How it falls on and interacts with different surfaces, e.g. in sculpture, glass or painting. I am also intrigued by geometry and patterns, sometimes reminiscent of crystallography. The results range from simplicity to complexity, order to chaos, but I am always seeking beauty.” Ted Lilley’s work is usually abstract, minimalist and process based.
We’ll celebrate the new Ted Lilley art show opening with a reception on May 17, 11 am – 3 pm. Come and meet the artist, soak in the colors and textures exhibited in our gallery, enjoy light refreshments.
Find out more about the artist at https://tedlilleystudio.com
When:
The exhibition is be open to during all Meetinghouse Arts Center events.
Where:
The MAC Art Gallery is located in the Meetinghouse building. For more information about our location, buildings and parking, go to our Plan Your Visit page.
Past Events
Group Show
January 2025 through April 2025
Retiring from 20 years of Pediatric Nurse, knowing that I still had piano playing, singing, and taking pictures (that I would be able to contribute to the well being and joy in my family and community) made it an easy decision. Photography keeps me on the lookout for sublime beauty, touching moments, or something to make me laugh. Each picture has a story of where I was and who was with me, some you may know.
Heather Finlay-Morreale is an artist, writer, physician, and patient with a disabling neurological condition. She began photography in childhood, and continues to enjoy this medium. She also makes 2D and 3D artwork on, or from, paper. She has largely learned paper arts from library books. For Heather, the process of art-making is what matters, not the outcome.
Marjorie Hart received her B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute of Art. Her art career has no particular path but it all sort of fit for her interests. She loves to paint but equally loves to do process art and craft. She has done pottery, hand built ceramics, silk painting, and printmaking including etching, woodcut, monoprints and silk screen. She has done weaving for many years on a variety of looms. She worked in technical illustrating for many years after receiving an Associate degree in Drafting and Design in Mechanical Engineering. She worked in several industries and eventually worked for N.A.S.A. on a freelance project called The Commercialization of Space. Her watercolors are of two types, traditional and experimental. Experimental watercolor is done on mainly two types of paper: Masa and Yupo. Some of the watercolors are a combination of watercolor and acrylic ink. The subject matter is from her love of nature and the surprising beauty of flowers, trees, waterfalls, snow and ice are a never ending source of inspiration.
I find myself going in many different directions regarding interests, self-expression, and where to place my energy. My purpose in life found its initial expression in nursing in several aspects, hospital, home care, hospice, Day Care Center for the Memory Impaired, and assisting persons with intellectual disabilities. Through these experiences, I hopefully made a difference in the lives of others. The time is now for me to make a difference in my life through a different form of expression motivated by the lessons learned from those who experienced my care. Therefore, I find myself embracing the arts for expression. These pastels are my endeavor along with music, writing, photography, nature and reading.
In my early years we lived with my grandmother, who was an artist. She let me play with her paints. I became interested in photography many years later while I was raising my children. Later on I took art classes at the Worcester Art Museum, starting with a drawing class and then got hooked on pastels, which I did for several years. After a brief foray into watercolors I stopped painting and traipsed back and forth to New Hampshire (also for several years) to spend time with my aging parents and work with my siblings to coordinate their care. I’m hoping now to start painting again, which I find both challenging and relaxing.
Anne Hunter Show
August 2024 through December 2024
Anne Hunter had a vision: to create designs that would be easy for even the novice painter, and to share her knowledge through classes developed to build skills and confidence for all who attend them. The realization of that vision has become The Creative Touch a studio where all painters are welcome to pursue their hobby.
The studio is Anne’s place to create new designs, turn them into pieces of art for sale and write instruction books and packets for the person who would like to use her techniques to create their own pieces of art. When not in the studio, Anne enjoys spending time with her family, visiting with friends and cooking.
Anne has authored 16 instructional painting books.
Find more about Anne Hunter at https://thecreativetouch.com