The Wellington Art Society will feature a presentation by stained glass artist Marcia Greene on Wednesday, Feb. 9.
The meeting and presentation will take place at the Wellington Community Center and will open with a meet-and-greet at 5:30 p.m., followed by the member spotlight and a brief meeting. The event will conclude with a presentation by Greene on stained glass design, achieving different effects with glass. The public is invited. Social distancing will be observed, and masks are required. For more information, contact Laura Jaffe at presidentofwas@gmail.com.
Greene is originally from New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree in fine arts with an emphasis on sculpture and jewelry design from SUNY Albany in 1971. When Greene began working with glass in 1978, she found it to be the ideal medium for her, as it incorporated the three-dimensional aspect of sculpture with the detail and glitter of jewelry making, and she has made it the focus of her art ever since. Besides utilizing thousands of types of glass, Greene enhances many pieces with metal accents and embellishments and other media, such as geodes, crystals, stones and shells.
“Design inspiration is everywhere: nature, real life, photos, [my own] imagination,” she said, noting that her style can run the gamut from Victorian to modern abstract, making each work a different and fascinating experience.
In addition to being an artist, Greene is a registered nurse, board-certified in psychiatry and mental health. She currently works in a local alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility. Greene is part of a therapeutic treatment team that encourages and guides clients with substance abuse and mental health issues to use various artistic mediums to create their own works of art to work through their issues. She believes that art and the act of creating has a healing effect on people. To learn more about Greene and her work, e-mail artynurse@gmail.com.
For more information about the Wellington Art Society, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org.
