Dehn Gallery Features Work of Women Artists Collective: “Love in the Unexpected”

Manchester Community College will be exhibiting the work of the Women Artists Collective in the Adolf & Virginia Dehn Gallery at MCC on Main — the Manchester Community College Arts and Education Center —  through March 28, 2015.

The Women Artists Collective is a group of visual artists in Connecticut who come together to energize and support each other in the creative process, and to show and sell their work. Their work is abstract, representational, metaphoric, narrative and includes figurative subjects, among many others.

The artists in the show are:

Barbara Alex – She earned a B.F.A. degree from the Hartford Art School. She was influenced by her great uncle who was a portrait painter and landscape artist.

Shannon Gagne – Her artwork addresses the fragility and cyclical nature of life. She is interested in making connections between humanity and the natural world.

Connie Galli – She is a painter who works in oils, acrylics and water color.

Martha Jeffrey Galuszka – Her printmaking work utilizes many different image-making techniques, including traditional etching and woodcut.

Susan Hackett – A 2007 graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, she earned a B.F.A in 3D fine art glass. Since 2005 she has been a juried member of the Granby Artist’s Association.

Luciana Heineman – She is an artist with more than 25 years of teaching experience in both oil and watercolor.

Irene Hilbert – She enjoys working with watercolor, acrylics, pastels, oil sticks and collage.

Karen Israel – This nationally recognized award-winning artist recently earned Master Pastelist status in the Pastel Society of America. Her work can be found in both private and public collections throughout North America.

Linda Lilling – She enjoys painting the effect of light on a landscape or even a still life.

Terese Newman ­– She received a B.F.A. from UConn and an M.F.A. from University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

Holly Pelton – Her work encompasses the worlds of fine art and graphic design.

Sue Tait Porcaro – She creates illustration for both the fashion industry and children’s publishing.

Donna J. Shaw – She is a self-taught artist who has worked in the commercial arts field and the printing industry for more than 25 years.