South Shore Artist Displays Her Work at the Library

Starting last Saturday, there will now be a new art featured at the “Drawing with Needle & Thread” by Virginia Fresina will be featured in the Hingham Public Library’s Clemens Gallery from July 30 through September 1. The public is invited to her artist reception in the gallery on Saturday, August 6 from 2-4 p.m. The gallery is open during library hours.

Perseverance and patience are the twin drivers of success for East Bridgewater’s Virginia Fresina, whose original artwork has been displayed at museums and galleries in the Greater Boston area. She is a member of the 4^th Floor Artists group in Rockland, MA, graduate of the Art Institute of Boston and a mother of five adult children.

In what she calls “thread art,” Fresina, makes artistic images on muslin and other fabrics.  No two works are alike, and she describes the process as “creative” and “freeing.” Fresina says, “these cloth images have taken on a life of their own. The work flows freely through me and each new thread is instructive to the direction the work takes, as my imagination takes focus”.  Many pieces were made during a time several years when her now late husband was husband was in a period of extended illness.

At her studio in Rockland, Fresina paints and creates a variety of three-dimensional pieces using paper and mixed media. Dabbling in acrylics on canvas as well as “sculpture-style” works with paint and paper, Fresina uses her imagination to create myriad pieces that cross multiple media and styles.

While she has a passion for all her works, Fresina has established a unique reputation with her thread art. Her work has been featured at the South Shore Art Center, Duxbury Art Museum and the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham.

The above release was submitted by Dennis Corcoran of the Hingham Public Library.