Artist Statement:
Maria Termini creates joyful, colorful, and earthy artworks that witness wonder and reflect reverence for the beauty of nature. She works in silkscreen, watercolor, collage, acrylic, colored pencil, fabric appliqué, and mosaics. She delights in the unique qualities of these materials, as she improvises and nurtures into existence images from the deep well of her imagination. She aspires to be open to her inspiration and its process which is often a struggle on an unpredictable path but always an adventure.
Her artist website is http://www.mariatermini.com/
Her music website is https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/leafdancer
Artist biography
Maria Termini received her B.A. and M.F.A. from The Catholic University of America. She has taught at the Munroe Center for the Arts in Lexington, MA, The Eliot School in Boston, Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain, MA, The Children’s Museum, Sucre, Bolivia, The Art Institute of Boston, The Brookline (MA) Center for Adult Education, The Cambridge (MA) Center for Adult Education, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, and the Boston Public Schools. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She has also received numerous awards, including The Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, The Blanche Coleman Award (twice) and was the Artist in Residence for Boston Public Schools and received awards from the Brookline Arts Council, The Boston Arts Council, The Newton Cultural Council, and Archives of The National Museum of Women in the Arts. She was also the First Night, Boston, 2013, winner of the button competition.
