NORWAY — “The Journey,” a retrospective art show by Nikki Millonzi, will be on exhibit at Norway Savings Bank Operations Center, 356 Main St., through October.

“The Journey” includes a dozen pieces created over a span of 27 years at Millonzi’s studio on Pikes Hill. Her self portrait was her first adult framed piece and it was done in the early 70s under the tutelage of Laos Matolsky, a well known artist and teacher. Millonzi worked with Matolsky for two years and then studied with Jean Randall of Otisfield, another gifted printmaker, artist and mentor.

“Requiem for Clara, a Good Laying Hen” was another early work from this period. Gradually her work became bolder and included collage as a technique. She often created things, then tore them up and collaged them back together to make something new. “Rainbow Warrior,” a collage expressing outrage over the treatment of native Americans at Big Mountain, is included in the show.

For three years Lisa Moore and Millonzi collaborated melding poetry and images in the form of poster calendars.  As part of this series, they collaborated on the Millennial Quilt. Each of the quilt’s squares were made into a month for the 2000 calendar. About this same time, the town of Norway commissioned Millonzi to create the artistic map of the downtown area that is on display at the kiosk across the street from the Service Center.

As a founder of the Commons Art Collective at Fare Share Co-op, Millonzi organized The Art Doll Collaboration. This was a year-long project with a dozen artists each starting an artist doll, then sending it along to another artist who worked on it for a month before sending it along to the next person. This resulted in a wonderful show at the Collective gallery, and Millonzi’s piece “My Hoose” is part of the retrospective.

Most recently Millonzi has been intrigued with the “touch printing” process and making prints generally. “The Gates of Winter” was done this past winter incorporating those prints into a composite piece.

For more information or comments, contact Millonzi at [email protected].