Current Projects:

On the Water JAPAN - Solo Exhibit and outreach project.  

Marcene is building a body of work about fluidity and emotional transitions, to exhibit in Japan. She was invited to spend a month commuting on the water from Kyoto to Sapporo, giving hands on creative workshops and collaborating toward an international traveling exhibition.  

To create this series, Marcene is setting up a studio on Rehoboth Bay, DE. The studio is directly on a dock, giving her a close up water view, from which to study movement, transparency, and reflection as they represent elements of transition.  

Echoed Voices; Eco Art 

Marcene is developing paintings that visually represent the sounds made by endangered animals...as a warning demonstration that these sounds that can only be heard (not seen) may soon not ever be heard again.

Navigating Hope

Marcene commutes from NYC to the ArtHouse Gallery in PA, for figurative sittings and studio sessions. At these mini residencies she continues to fortify her long term signature body of work.   

Marcene founded ArtHouse6, purchasing and renovating an historic 6,400 square foot building into galleries, studios, tasting rooms, and lodging for visiting artist residencies and local arts collaboration and  mentorship. The mission was successfully completed, dispite it taking place during complicated pandemic conditions.

     Through ArtHouse6, Marcene and collaborative artists: 

    * Hosted 30 residencies 

     *Supported and elevated 60 artists and 10 arts organizations

     *Brought notariety of Johnstown Mill inspired art to NYC audience  

     *Brought international recognition to global and regional artists

Seven fellow US Artists, along with Marcene, exhibit in France, through the ArtHouse6 Crosswind fine arts mentorship project. The cultural arts project is titled Made In New York. We are thrilled that the host organization, Avelan'Arts was able to make health safety adjustments to still complete this project during the pandemic!

Space as Muse is a Residency project where artists, writers, and musicians spend time immersed in two different spaces, responding to each unique environment. Those spaces are Oasis and Retreat, the suites on floor 3 of ArtHouse6. This  interdisciplinary project considers the influence our surroundings have on our creative expression.   

Cocooning Series: During the carona shutdown period, Marcene painted in 2 isolation residencies, first at the ArtLoft7 studio, and then a second solo residency at the ArtHouse6 studios. "The isolation brought out a layer in my work...sensitivity to the hibernation process, with anticipation of our emergence. This also applies to everyday life as we contemplate upcoming changes."  

Some of that work exhibited and sold in France and in Norway.

Global Tales IV exhibit by 8 artists in 5 countries, is the first exhibit at Off the Rails Gallery in ArtHouse6...the exhibit was postponed in 2020, to open after the pandemic crisis has subsided. In 2021, the show exhibited successfully. Out of this grew the solo show featuring Irene Christensen, one of the Global Tales artists. Irene gave the first ArtTalk at Off the Rails Gallery, for the first official Tuscan Room Salon Fusion gathering, which was very well received.