First Fridays at Five: artistic face painting with Melissa Matsuki Lillie

Palace Park will feature free artistic face painting with Melissa Matsuki Lillie.

Melissa Matsuki Lillie is painter whose artwork references natural forms using a personal visual language of vibrant colors and complex layers to reflect on the macroscopic and microscopic world. Her paintings evoke a sense of space that has been flattened and layered, revealing strands and structures of line and color interacting fluidly with hidden landscapes. In addition to painting, she frequently works sculpturally, creating forms that celebrate both line and color.

Born in Maryland, Melissa attended the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She currently lives and works in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

In the case of inclement weather, facepainting with Melissa Matsuki Lillie will be inside the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts at 28 Renee Avenue.