current SHOW
"ADHD Is My Superpower": Works by Nina Lipkowitz May 1-31, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 2:30 to 5:30
Lipkowitz titles her new exhibit with a deep awareness of the energy and abilities she has harnessed as an artist. She has painted in oils, pen and ink, watercolors, acrylics, landscapes, still-lives and meditative abstractions. About 10 years ago, she used photo transfers in a body of work titled “Battle Fatigue” which was inspired by her father’s World War 11 scrapbook. This new exhibit is a continuation of her abstract work in mixed media and photo transfers on canvas.
“After years and years of suffering with distraction and discombobulation, I have finally learned to harness ADHD, (attention deficit hyperactivity), energy which opens me to be hyper-aware and intensely excited about the world around me. I have two senses of time, NOW and NOT NOW. When it is now, I am able to organize my life and be on time for appointments. When it is not now, I am distracted, but often focused and involved, but in something besides the direction I was planning on going. I have learned at this point at almost 80 years old that it is a gift although a fragile and difficult one. It’s hard for me to get started, but, once I do, I’m surprised by what I can accomplish.”
This current exhibit is a combination of older and newer work filled with the energy, exploration and feelings she has created without any preconceived notions. Her use of color, line and texture grew out of her history as a sculptor, potter and painter. Lipkowitz majored in art history but soon began carving stone. With the demands of motherhood she found the hammer and chisel too draining and returned to the Art Student’s League where she spent many years studying life drawing. Three years after her son was born, she took a pottery class with her husband John and fell in love with clay becoming a full-time potter showing at the major ACC craft fairs. Along with this busy schedule, she ran the children’s program at the West Side YMCA and became a full-time tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History. Artistic inspiration returned after moving to the Berkshires 20 years ago when she began studying painting with Kate Knapp with whom, 16 years ago, she became one of the founding members of 510 Warren Street Gallery.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 2:30 to 5:30
Lipkowitz titles her new exhibit with a deep awareness of the energy and abilities she has harnessed as an artist. She has painted in oils, pen and ink, watercolors, acrylics, landscapes, still-lives and meditative abstractions. About 10 years ago, she used photo transfers in a body of work titled “Battle Fatigue” which was inspired by her father’s World War 11 scrapbook. This new exhibit is a continuation of her abstract work in mixed media and photo transfers on canvas.
“After years and years of suffering with distraction and discombobulation, I have finally learned to harness ADHD, (attention deficit hyperactivity), energy which opens me to be hyper-aware and intensely excited about the world around me. I have two senses of time, NOW and NOT NOW. When it is now, I am able to organize my life and be on time for appointments. When it is not now, I am distracted, but often focused and involved, but in something besides the direction I was planning on going. I have learned at this point at almost 80 years old that it is a gift although a fragile and difficult one. It’s hard for me to get started, but, once I do, I’m surprised by what I can accomplish.”
This current exhibit is a combination of older and newer work filled with the energy, exploration and feelings she has created without any preconceived notions. Her use of color, line and texture grew out of her history as a sculptor, potter and painter. Lipkowitz majored in art history but soon began carving stone. With the demands of motherhood she found the hammer and chisel too draining and returned to the Art Student’s League where she spent many years studying life drawing. Three years after her son was born, she took a pottery class with her husband John and fell in love with clay becoming a full-time potter showing at the major ACC craft fairs. Along with this busy schedule, she ran the children’s program at the West Side YMCA and became a full-time tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History. Artistic inspiration returned after moving to the Berkshires 20 years ago when she began studying painting with Kate Knapp with whom, 16 years ago, she became one of the founding members of 510 Warren Street Gallery.