Subscribe to MWCC News The East Wing Gallery at Mount Wachusett Community College announces its new exhibition featuring recent works by painters Megan Marden and Amanda Case Millis. The exhibit is open now through December 6th, when it will close with a public reception from noon until 2:00 pm.
Megan Marden is a Connecticut-based painter who works from life, found images, and constructed setups. Her paintings are grounded in careful observation and disrupted by memory and revision. Her work has been featured in Art Spiel, Two Coats of Paint, and other publications. Marden was a Four Pillars Artist-in-Residence at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Pennsylvania. She earned both her BA and MFA degrees in Painting from Western Connecticut State University and pursued additional study in drawing and painting at the New York Studio School.
Amanda Case Millis is a Boston-based oil painter who works largely from life and is deeply inspired by light and place. For well over a decade, her work has been recognized in exhibitions throughout the US, Australia, and Europe, including a solo show in Germany in 2023. Amanda has been awarded numerous residencies in the US and abroad including PLAYA, Hambidge, Monson Arts, VCCA, the Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation, Mount Gretna School of Art, Monhegan Artists Residency, Kloster Bentlage (Germany), Jentel, and Arte Ventura (Spain). In 2024 she was elected as a St. Botolph Fellow in Boston and received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in painting. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, The Provincetown Independent and the Portland Press Herald. Case Millis received her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a post baccalaureate from Brandeis University and a BA from Smith College. She works between her studio in Waltham, MA and seasonally in South Yarmouth, MA.
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