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EXHIBITS:

FACES in GOVERNMENT is a one-person traveling portrait exhibit featuring U.S. Congressmen and Senators, and State and Local officials. The collection by Marcene is traveling to museums, and being implemented in the Arts in Education departments, and community enrichment. The exhibit has reached over 20 museums and educational centers. click here to learn more about this project.

2009 Two person exhibit: Marcene Glover and photographer Dominic Marcigliano, October 6th - 30th at the Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown School, Providence, RI Portraying the Essence: Facets in Culture, Faces in Government
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Krause Gallery presents two Artists with lofty themes and cultural perspective, international to local genre including selections from the Faces in Government Collection.	Providence Gallery Night Guide

Seton Hill University 2008 solo exhibit featured Marcene Glover's Congressional Portraits and cultural works on paper, plus the artwork of her residency students at Dr. Robert Ketterer Charter School for disruptive youth, at Adelphhi Village.
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Congressional statements with catalog of portraits	exhibit poster	Artist acknowledgements	catalog of Student Residency work	exhibit post card

Facets in Culture, Faces in Government - Marcene Glover solo exhibit Portraying the Essence of People and Place
November 7, 2009 through Jan 7, 2010 at BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center
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The culture of a community is defined by the events in its history and the goals and actions of its leaders. It is also made up of the beliefs, traditions, and memories of each of its citizens. These are some of the many facets to the personality of a society. Within the 40 pieces of art work in this exhibit are glimpses of these facets. .....When looking at different cultures, we see distinct aesthetic qualities. But when we look past these apparent differences, we see common universalities to the human condition. The everyday universalities are portrayed in the drawings of To Market scenes and Mother & Child....

The more extreme conditions of struggles to celebration are portrayed in the scenes of battle and dance. .....History is not stagnant; it builds. Each moment is not self-contained, but affects the next. As people we are influenced by the events that shape our society. We in turn react, and influence our community. This chain is expressed metaphorically in these paintings, as being carried by the wind, or the ripple of water. .....Thus cultural winds ripple across time, revealing life's cadence, from strategies of battle, to rhythms of celebration.

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Color Stream Drawings in Jocovitz Goldhaber Gallery
These pastel drawings celebrate the simplicity of an artful sketch and cut through the genre to find the essence of a people or place. They look to find a familiar connection in what may be an unfamiliar culture.

exhibit catalog cover

Essence-ology Paintings in Katter black box Theater
These mixed media paintings are influenced by Australian Aborigine Dreamtime thinking, that the past is relevant and ever present, communicating, mixing with the dynamic events, personalities and philosophies of today, as if carried by the wind, or these washes of paint.
Statues, buildings, and familiar objects can hold reference to historic events and ideologies. The artist finds parallels between strategies on the chess board, or fencing matches, and strategies in historic battle to be interesting. These paintings are about circular, not linear time, and ancestors staying with us. The saying is "if walls could talk". Well, what if 19th century battle shipheads could talk!

				Faces in Government info

Color Stream, Marcene Glover's 2010 Solo exhibit at Jenner Art Gallery
Jenner Art Gallery is located at Mountain Playhouse, Jennerstown, PA
Color Stream was on exhibit during the production of One Golden Moment.

This featured portrait of a scene from One Golden Moment is one of 16 new paintings and drawings Glover created for this exhibit, to fit the Mountain Playhouse setting.

New Sculptural Works by Dorie Sheridan, featured in the Showcase, BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center, Johnstown PA,
November 7, 2009 - January 7, 2010
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Dorie's silk and clay sculptures, the Spirit Guides and Royal Knobbies, glow in the evening light of the showcase exhibit.

Dedication Portrait for				by Marcene Glover
			Unveiled at August 26^th Grand Opening ceremony Mixed media on wood 40” x 46” x 4” portraying Ralph and Rose Zucco and Clifford and Helen Richey. Designed to fit the industrial theme of the building, and the active working studio environment of the artists. www.artworksinjohnstown.org

March 2006: Dorie Sheridan's work was featured in the solo portion of ROOTS to WINGS, a tribute to Women's History Month at BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center, Johnstown PA.

Marcene Glover's portraits are featured in the 2009 American Art Collector Portrait Artist Directory

B Square Gallery, Philadelphia 2008 Invitational Exhibition featured work by Dorie Sheridan and Marcene Glover .

Marcene Glover's and Dorie Sheridan's art exhibited October 2010, and July 2007 at the Somerset County Artists Association Exhibit at Laurel Arts, Philip Dressler Center for Arts, Somerset, PA. Marcene and Dorie both received awards in this exhibit.

Marcene Glover's work exhibited through August 3, 2007 in the Five County Arts Association, Inc. Western Pennsylvania Open Art Exhibition, at Palace Theater, Greensburg, PA.

Dorie Sheridan is honored as a "Bottle Artist" for BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center.

Congressional portraits by Marcene Glover, of John Lewis and Gregory Meeks, are jurried into the 2008 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Biennial.

May 2006: Solo show - Dorie Sheridan new works, featured First Friday Artist, at Village Gallery, Johnstown PA

2006: "Eileen" by Dorie Sheridan jurried into the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Biennial

2004: "4 Year Old's Thrills" by Marcene Glover jurried into the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Biennial

2004: "A Voice for Change" by Marcene Glover awarded Best in Show by Juror John L. Vanco, Erie Art Museum, at Allied Artists of Johstown Annual Fall Show.

2006: "Althea Gibson" by Marcene Glover awarded at Regional Exhibit, Laurel Highlands Arts Association

2002: Marcene Glover, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Featured Artist solo exhibit of retrospective works at Michael's Cafe, Altoona PA.

PORTRAIT of INOCENCE, a solo exhibit by Marcene Glover at Mt. Aloysious College, Cresson PA

PORTRAIT of LIFE, a two person Exhibit by Dorie Sheridan and Marcene Glover, at Goldhaber-Fend Gallery, Johnstown PA

COLLECTIVE WORKS by Marcene Glover, solo exhibit at Conemaugh Memorial Gallery, Johnstown PA

WORLDS FAIR 1982: Dorie Featured Exhibiting Artist

COLLECTIONS:
Dorie Sheridan's work has been commissioned by
Mrs. Arnold Palmer
former First Lady Nancy Reagan,
and is in the private collections of several U.S. Foreign Ambassadors
Goldhaber-Fend Gallery

Marcene Glover's work is in the permanent collections of:
U. S. Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York,
U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley of Nevada,
U. S. Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania,
U. S. Congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, Congressional Library
U. S. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr of Illinois,
Pennsylvania State Representative Ed Wojnaroski
PA State Republican Party Chair Rob Gleason
Seton Hill University
Mount Aloysious College
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Goldhaber-Fend Gallery
ART WORKS in Johnstown! dedication portrait

GALLERY SHOWINGS:

Dorie's work represented by
Bella Arte, Pittsburgh PA
Cedar Hollow Gallery, Melvern PA
Village Gallery, Johnstown PA

Marcene's work represented by
ART WORKS in Johnstown!
Village Gallery, Johnstown PA
Mountain Top Gallery, Cresson PA

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Fine Arts Studios of Marcene Glover and Dorie Sheridan
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BOTTLE WORKS Ethnic Arts Center
411 Third Avenue Johnstown, PA 15906
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artists are AKA Marcine Glover, and Dorothy Sheridan