The Marblehead Arts Association is preparing for its fall exhibits, featuring photography, painting, and digital art and animation. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 28, 2-4 p.m. The exhibits will run through Nov. 2.
The art of Judy Schmid, of Marblehead, and David Rabkin, of Cambridge will be displayed. Schmid specializes in encaustics; a process of mixing pigments and beeswax, then melting layers of the mixture onto a canvas. Encaustics dates back to the ancient Greeks.
Rabkin’s work is grounded in photography that often incorporates other media. He can’t remember a time in his life that he wasn’t creating. From photography, to jewelry, to furniture making, it has always been in his nature.
He started using “blurring” techniques with his photos as a way of intensifying the emotional impact.
“As I started blurring them at different levels I became aware that something special was going on and when I combined that with the use of a collage, suddenly I had something really powerful on my hands and it was really different for me,” Rabkin told the Current.
“It was something that I was compelled to pursue and develop and I wanted to see it out in the world and I think that was the moment of transition from skilled hobbyist to honest to goodness artist,” he added.
Rabkin will lead an artist talk on Oct. 5, followed by a paired talk with Schmid on Oct. 18. The events are at 2 p.m.
Other exhibits opening Sept. 28 photography by MAA members and by teens; as well as digital art.
To learn more about how to submit work for these and other MAA exhibits, visit marbleheadarts.org.
The MAA is located at 8 Hooper St.
