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Acton artist’s exhibit explores ‘Finding Home’

February 7, 2024

Umbrella artist Lois Andersen’s paintings of her ancestral home in southern Norway tell a story about discovering the places left behind when her forbears immigrated to New York in early 20th century. Her exhibit, “Finding Home,” is on display at the Trinity Church gallery, 81 Elm St., through March 4. Andersen explores her own family story, and hopes to encourage others to do the same. Depicted are the beautiful but unforgiving rocky landscape and the homes and churches centuries old. Family imagery from old photos help complete the narrative. With more than 110 million displaced people in the world today,

At the Umbrella, Ukrainian artists respond to war

February 3, 2024

“Please don’t forget what’s happening here,” implored Ukrainian-American artist Hanna Melnyczuk’s cousin, who lives in western Ukraine, as the two spoke by phone last year. The plea prompted Melnyczuk to think about what she could do to “remind people not to close their eyes” to the plight of Ukraine since the 2022 Russian invasion. “The headlines may have moved on,” she said, “but Ukraine is still dealing with the horrors of war.” Melnyczuk, who lives in Groton, decided to create an exhibit by Ukrainian artists who are responding to the war with their work. She reached out to Halyna Andrusenko