Perpetual Spring Exhibition

Vanessa Michalak is a Maine native and a working artist in Gloucester, MA. She earned a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston with a concentration in painting (2013) and a BSN in nursing from the University of Maine (2004). She was awarded the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting in 2014, and her work was included in the publication New American Paintings No. 110. Her work has been included in the MFA National Competition, juried by Asya Geisberg, First Street Gallery, New York. She has also participated in numerous residencies, most notably Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon and the Manship Artists Residency and Studios. Her work has been exhibited nationally while locally, her work can be found in Gloucester, MA at Jane Deering Gallery, Charles Fine Arts and at her own Studio/Gallery, Michalak Fine Art.

Fotini Christophillis is a painter currently residing in Greenville, SC. She holds an MFA degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University (2016) and a BA in Studio Art and Arts Management from the College of Charleston (2008).

She received two Arts Grants from the City of Charleston Cultural Affairs Office to present group exhibitions, including an exhibition as part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Fotini has exhibited her work internationally and nationally in galleries in cities such as NYC, San Diego, and St. Louis, as well as the Redux Contemporary Art Center and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC, and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her work has been published in Elle Decor Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, and other publications and art and literary journals. Fotini's works are in private collections throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe.

Sasha Parfenova has been an artist for as long as she can remember. Growing up in southern Siberia, she was raised to appreciate the beauty of the natural wilderness. Now living in Massachusetts, she continues to find inspiration in her surroundings especially while visiting Cape Cod.

Mixing bits and pieces from the natural world in her collage compositions she shares the curiosity and discovery of the flora and fauna around us. The finished pieces are digitally reproduced onto fabric for fashion and home décor textiles. The interpretation of nature is the thread running through all her designs.

Sasha received her MFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2015.