South Coast Artists (SCA), a non-profit collective of creatives based in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is one such organization. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, DeSalvo is an active exhibitor and is now a Core Member of SoWA’s Fountain Street Gallery.Ĭommunity-based art organizations serve a number of important roles and among them naturally is their capacity to give artists space to celebrate their town or region. Lines and surfaces appear to buck and sway, throwing the viewer off course and challenging them to recalibrate.

One standout is her Resting on Water, a collection of ten small mixed media works that juxtapose forms and invite close examination. Into the Ether provides viewers an opportunity to see another selection of DeSalvo’s work thoughtfully presented alongside two fellow artists who also relish in craft, surface, design, and texture. DeSalvo was one of the artists featured in a strong recent installment of the Attleboro Arts Museum’s lauded 8 Visions Exhibition. Much of her work is influenced by her caregiving for her late father, who experienced dementia. Monica DeSalvo is an artist and graphic designer based in Arlington, Massachusetts. Many of the artworks on view are achingly sensitive and entice audiences to experience them with a distinct depth of feeling. Featuring work in a variety of media, from prints and collage to hand-made books and sculpture, Into the Ether is a survey of three artists probing issues around loss, grief, and fragility.

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