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Americana Autumn – Fiber Art Show
September 2026 through end of December 2026
Visit the MAC Art Gallery from September through December 2026 to experience the “Americana Autumn” – a collective, fiber-art show on the walls of the historic Northborough Meetinghouse.
A collection of quilts, weavings, hooked rugs, embroidery, knitting, and more from local women artists, this exhibition will showcase forms of art that are much more than hobbies and crafts, but carry deep significance will resonate at deeply personal lever as well as encapsulating a universal experience.
When:
Visit us during Northborough AppleFest on Saturday, September 26, 11am to 3pm for official exhibition opening reception.
The exhibition will also be open to during all Meetinghouse Arts Center events. Visit us for our Open Mic nights and Concerts. You can learn more about our event schedule on the Events page.
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.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Over fifty years of quilting started with a quilt I made in memory of my sister Ruth who died at age 34. I took her fabric curtains, made a patchwork quilt and gifted it to our parents. I found it healing to create a quilt with my sister’s cloth. Ruth’s daughter Catherine now has this quilt, plus three more I have made for her family.
In 2005, The Gee’s Bend Quilt Exhibit landed at the Boston Museum of Fiine Arts. After completing a five session Gee’s Bend fabric course, I became inspired to create quilts without always following a pattern. The course helped me realize I didn’t have to be a perfect seamstress to produce beautiful quilts. I just had to be good enough. I love repurposing fabric and playing with color and design.
Gee’s Ben is a small, historically black community located in the lush backcounrty of southwest Alabama. Living below the poverty level, women used what ever cloth they could repurpose to make quilts from feed sacks, old overalls, aprons, dresses, corduroy, etc. Quilts were made in what is now termed the Improvisation manner, starting with one piece of cloth and adding to it as additional cloth became available. Initially, no patterns were sought or followed.
Two pieces inspired by the Gee’s Bens fabric course are displayed here.
I have been weaving for about 60 years. I became interested in learning how to weave after I attended a demonstration. My instructor was Virginia West, a prominent fiber artist, author and instructor. I asked if I could take lessons and she put me on her waiting list. A year later an opening became available.
Over the years I have had many looms from 4 harness to 12 harness. I have exhibited and demonstrated at fairs and galleries. In the beginning I learned to spin on a spinning wheel making my own yarn. I experimented with natural dyes. I did macrame and tapestry techniques.
The weaving patterns followed from simple plain weave, twill weave, four harness overshot weave, counterpanes, double faced twill, and rug making.
The artistic part of weaving is in the choice of patterns, colors and choice of material, primarily cotton, wool, linen or synthetic.
Four harness overshot weave has been a favorite. In overshot weaving the pattern is produced in an arrangement of “skips” or “floats,” usually in a fairly heavy colored material-wool or worsted by preference-over a foundation tabby fabric in material finer than the pattern weft.
Kathryn has been knitting for about 25 years and enjoys creating her own designs, often times based on elements she has seen in other work that she build upon. She enjoys the feeling of wool and its natural, durable, and flexible properties.
Previous Gallery Events
The Art of Hope – Group Art Show
May 2026 through June 2026
The MAC Art Gallery is proud to offer from May through June the group art show “The Art of Hope” – a collective, multi-medium art show on the walls of the historic Northborough Meetinghouse. This is a collection of works from artists young and old, experienced or starting fresh on their artistic journey, but all with a unique point of view and striving to inspire a little bit of hope.
Jenny DelGizzi is a journal and mixed media artist. Together with Robin Mitzcavitch she founded Happy Arts Events, to spread the joy and healing of creative art experiences through a variety of mixed media techniques.
Find out more at https://www.happyartsevents.com/
Heather Finlay-Morreale is an artist, writer, physician, advocate, and patient with a disabling neurological condition. She creates 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.
Contact at: finlaymorreale@gmail.com
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.
Anne Hunter is an artist and painting instructor. Her vision has been 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.
Since 1990 Anne has been teaching in her studio in Massachusetts and has been a guest teacher at the Post Road Art Center, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Craftworks Northborough, and various senior living centers, and conferences throughout the United States.
Anne is an active member of 6 bridges Gallery, Sudbury Art Association and the Yankee Artist Guild.
Find out more at https://thecreativetouch.com/
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
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.
Robin Mitzcavitch is a fiber and mixed media artist.
She and Jenny DelGizzi founded Happy Arts Events, to spread the joy and healing of creative art experiences through a variety of mixed media techniques.
Find out more at https://www.instagram.com/artbyjoycew/
Joyce Welch is a primarily self-taught watercolor artist whose work reflects both independent exploration and formal study through courses at the Worcester Art Museum. Inspired by florals, still life, landscapes, and animals, she is drawn to vibrant color and a loose, expressive style. Her work is currently on display and available for purchase at Sassy, Crassy and Creative (the cute blue building) at 10 Church Street in Northborough. You can also view her latest pieces on Instagram @ArtbyJoyceW.
Joe makes handcrafted pottery in Northborough, MA.
Andrew is a enthusiastic self-taught artist.
Ted Lilley – Material Science Art
April 2025 through August 2025
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
First Parish Artists – Group Art 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