The Marion Art Center will start the season of giving with a gala opening of its Annual Holiday Shop on Friday, Nov. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Both Galleries will feature one of a kind and limited edition gifts in ceramics, fiber, photographs, wood, jewelry, paintings, glass, collage, toys, painted furniture and more.

Truman Terrell will entertain on piano in the theater and there will be food and wine to sample while shopping. More than 30 artisans will sell their fine arts and crafts through Dec. 18.

Holiday shop hours are Tuesday to Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Art demonstrations

Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, Timothy Wade, local sand and ice sculptor and painter, will give an ice carving demonstration on the patio outside the Marion Art Center on the Pleasant Street side. Inside local pastel artist Kim Weineck will give a pastel painting demonstration.

Visitors are invited to watch both artisans as they transform ice into sculpture and apply pastels to paper to create portraits and landscapes.

The Marion Art Center is one of the stops on the Sippican Women's Club House Tour and visitors are invited to come in and shop for unique gift items.

‘Holiday Cabaret’

The Marion Art Center will host a Holiday Cabaret performance by the Occasion Singers on Friday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Under the direction of Cassandra Morgan, who will also accompany on keyboard, audiences will be treated to holiday favorites including “White Christmas”, “Christmas Tonight”, “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and more.  

The Marion Art Center holiday shop will be open before, during and after the show.

The theater will be set up cabaret style with general seating as well as eight cabaret tables that are available for reserved parties of four. Reservations are recommended for this one night only show.

Tickets are $15 for the public and $12.50 for members. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Marion Art Center at 508-748-1266 or email at marionartcenter@verizon.net.

The Marion Art Center is located at 80 Pleasant St.