NOIAW was delighted to discover that a recent newsletter issued by New York’s Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) featured two oil paintings, “Walking Distance” (above) and “Venice” (below) by NOIAW’s longstanding member Nancy Macina, the Italian American painter who curated the NOIAW artists’ exhibition, “Rinascimento Femminile,” in July of 2019 at The Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City, New York.

The former work is an artistic response to the pandemic. Nancy not only curated “Rinascimento” but also coproduced the NOIAW 2020 Artists’ Calendar, which was an enormously popular perk for members who joined or renewed their NOIAW membership in 2019.