Artist Showcase – Melinda Lowy

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Artist Showcase: Melinda Lowy

Melinda Lowy is a national award-winning fiber artist. She creates both two- and three-dimensional work, utilizing many different types of fabrics and surface design techniques. These include painting with acrylics and thickened dyes, silk painting, needle felting, stamping, thread painting, embroidery, and dyeing.

She has exhibited widely, including regionally, nationally and internationally. She is actively involved in local art quilt and critique groups. She is a member of Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates, as well as locally of Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Fiber Art Study Group.

She has a BS and MS in zoology, and that interest in the natural world is reflected in much of her recent work. She resides in Silver Spring, MD with her husband and 2 cats. She is retired from a career at a non-profit scientific society, where she managed the higher education programs. She recently retired from a part-time position as the Executive Assistant for another non-profit scientific society.

Check out Melinda’s exhibition in June, and stop by the Artist Reception on June 13, 4:00 – 6:00 pm.