RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.
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Marjorie Grigonis lives and works in Philadelphia. Born in Baltimore, MD, she attended George Washington University and The Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, and received her MFA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1965. Grigonis taught art for 14 years on the faculties of Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), Middlesex College (Edison, NJ) and the College of Charleston (SC). Ms. Grigonis was one of the founders of the Amos Eno Gallery in NYC in 1973, and has been a member of the 3rd Street Gallery in Philadelphia for 15 years. Solo exhibitions include 3rd Street Gallery, the Newark (NJ) Museum, Maine Maritime Academy(Castine, ME), Amos Eno Gallery (NYC) and the inaugural show for the Monsanto Gallery at Lander College (SC). She has shown at the State Museums of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina, Woodmere Art Museum, Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC) in addition to private galleries.
