Palma is an intuitive and versatile photographer of 35+ years working with alternative, traditional and digital methods. Her childhood and adult experiences are rich in music training, theater and art. She received a BS in Art and Education and is certified in Graphic Arts.
In 1983 she was gifted a camera. She joined a camera club and learned basics from professionals, teachers and artists there. She worked events, editorial, photojournalism, commercial, portraits, and exhibits.. In 1994 she received a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts to create an audio-visual presentation of the community in support of the camera club.
In 1995 she opened opened a main street studio, obtained clients and joined The Artists’ Gallery, a cooperative maintained by professional artists since 1991. She was President of the Frederick Camera Clique in 1997.
Palma has curated and juried exhibits, volunteered at art centers and has exhibited at museums, galleries, art spaces and alternative venues in MD, MA, FL, DE, NY.
“I’ve enjoy learning by attending workshops, teaching, giving and receiving critiques and by reading, reading, reading, But always, the most important learning is through experience.
”My work has to answer a question. A situation is never the same twice. Flexibility in seeing and technique is important to being able to work with what you have.
“Photography allows the expression of all art within one medium; rhythm is composition, light is an ever-changing performance and even though words can describe a visual encounter, a photograph is a visual capture in all languages."
See more of her work on Instagram.
Exhibits
2024 The Artists' Gallery, Frederick MD
2023 - present Birds of a Feather Studio and Gallery, Chestertown, NY. Exhibit 9/23 A Thousand Words,Two
2020-current Ti Arts, co-op gallery, Ticonderoga, NY. Exhibits, sales, website maintenance.
2019, 2021, 2022 Westport Heritage House, Westport, NY Group Exhibits.
2022 Ti Arts, Ticonderoga, NY; October, A Thousand Words - Photo Salon; June, It’s About the Light
2020 Ti Arts, Ticonderoga, NY Captured Moments
2004-2018, The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick, MD That Gray Area; NeedsaNude; Jaime’s World; Garden Variety; New Directions; Phases
2017-2023 The Artists' Gallery, Frederick MD Annual Box Shows; Annual Associates Show; TAG Squared; TANGENTS; Annual Salon
2001-2017 The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD Landscapes 5 directions; Regional Juried Art Exhibits; Camera Clique Exhibits
2012 The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD Grayscale
2012 Griffin Art Center, Frederick MD Staff Exhibit
2011 Artomatic, Frederick MD Western Landscapes
2011 Hagerstown Art Gallery, Hagerstown, MD Two Plus Two
2009 Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD National Juried Exhibit Small Wonders
2009 Lafayette Gallery, Frederick, MD Towards the Summer Solstice
2009 Dorchester Arts Center, DE Beyond Dorchester County
2007-2009 Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD Time Zero Collection; Amelia Island
2008 Blue Moon Gallery, Frederick, MD Pop-up, Once in a Blue Moon
2008 Blue Elephant, Frederick, MD Unfiltered
2008 Mary Condon-Hodgson Gallery, MD Transition
2007 Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art , Brooklyn, NY Collaboration/Dobbin: As I see it
2007 Stockbridge Library Association, Stockbridge, MA Alternative Processes
2007 Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore, MD Summer Nudes
2006 Hyattstown Mill Project, Hyattstown, MD Our Sense of Place
2005 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD s’Lottery
1997 – 2005 Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD Regional Juried Salons
2003 Urban Dish, Frederick, MD Spring!
1990 Herman Melville Estate, Pittsfield, MA ARTchitecture