February 2026

Artist Feature and Article Excerpt

Solo Exhibition

Exhibition and Artist Talk with the Circle Gallery in Annapolis, MD

Her interest in ruins and aged surfaces grew during her time in Rome, where ancient structures exist alongside contemporary life. That coexistence, she said, altered her sense of time and permanence.

“Living among ruins makes you aware that life continues next to what has been broken or left behind,” she said. “That relationship with time became central to my work.”

Beneath the formal concerns lies a broader meditation on grief and transformation. Pennypacker describes her practice as an effort to understand how things fracture and reform, and how meaning persists through that process.

“When things are older or damaged, they aren’t finished,” Pennypacker said. “They carry history, and that history can be beautiful.”

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In Vanishing Landscapes, the environment looks back at us.  This new exhibition, hosted by the Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge and curated by Visual Arts Coordinator Lillie Pennypacker, features 29 mostly local artists who work in painting, photography, sculpture, and fiber. 

Pennypacker, who grew up in Cambridge and studied art in New York, Boston, and Rome started at the Dorchester Center for the Arts in January of 2025. 

“I inherited the title and theme of the exhibition, and the Executive Director encouraged me to develop it from my perspective,” she told The Spy.  “The throughline for the exhibition is our emotional, physical, and cultural connection to the environment.  It’s not just documenting what’s been lost but exploring how we feel about it in our psyche and our bodies.” 

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