Artist Profile

The Hat Maker
8" NFS

Los Abuelos
8" NFS

Dia de Los Santo, digital photograph

Ms. Maineri’s art subject matters draw from her international experiences. In 2000, Ms. Maineri de Velasquez received a BA in Studio Arts and Art History from Clark University and a MA in International Development in 2001. She has marketed handicrafts for the Consolata Youth Rehabilitation Program (COYREP) in Kenya. She has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer with the Asociacion Fémenina en el Desarrollo en Sacatepéquez (AFEDES), a micro-credit agency located in Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala.

Dona Tomasa, Oil on Canvas

Ms. Maineri has participated in a number of art shows including: Angels in the Casa Art Show at ArtSpace in Hartford, CT; annual participation in Open Studio Hartford, CT and Art in the Park in Manchester, CT. In 2014, she showed in the NYC RPCV Art Show, How Was It? and in 2015 showed at Rutgers University’s in as show called Lasting Impressions. Terese’s first painting was accepted in the Peace Corps Museum in Washington, DC. The museum featuring Ms. Maineri de Velasquez’s piece, El Sueño Americano is slated to open in January 2020.

Terese will also represent her husband's work (Mateo Velasquez Lopez) at her booth

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