The Marion Art Center announced the upcoming opening of an exhibition entitled “Coastal Visions x 2,” featuring artists Sarah Brown and Heide Hallemeier.  From Friday, June 30 through Saturday, July 29, both of the art center's galleries will be filled with paintings by the South Coast artists.

A reception in their honor will be held on Friday, June 30 at the Marion Art Center, from 6 – 8 p.m.   It is free and open to the public.  At 7 p.m. that evening, the two artists will speak briefly about the creative inspiration and process behind their exhibited work.

Brown, of Marion, has been has been exhibiting at the Marion Art Center since 1968.  She studied art at De Pauw University and then went to art and music school in France at Fontainebleau.

Hallemeier was educated at the Art Academies in Vienna Austria and Germany as a graphic designer.  A resident of South Dartmouth, she is a signature artist member and past board member of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and a past president of the Westport Art Group.