Vase/Vase
SHOWCASE GALLERY
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 31st (5-7pm)
December 31, 2024 - February 26, 2025
Artists: Tyler-James Anderson, Bekah Bliss, Courtney Dodd, Maggie Jaszczak, Stacy Snyder, Mike Stumbras, and Mat Wheeler
In the history of Western art, the vase stands as a cornerstone of ancient craftsmanship and visual culture. The artists featured in this group exhibition celebrate the vase th ...
Bethanne Hill: Mythologies
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 31st (5-7pm)
December 31, 2024 - February 26, 2025
Bethanne Hill’s brightly colored narrative paintings reference both traditional southern folk and Australian Aboriginal art, and transform rural landscapes into fanciful scenes of animals at play, imbuing flora and fauna with spiritual mystery.
Opening Reception: NYE, Tuesday, December ...
Print + Pattern
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 31st (5-7pm)
December 31, 2024 - February 26, 2025
Artists: Lainard Bush, Kimberly English, Luke Haynes, Harvey Meyer, Eric Pardue, and George Peterson
This exhibition presents artists who employ the use of pattern and print. The work ranges from ready-made printed objects; to drawings turned into quilts; to screen-printed underglazes on cla ...
Context: Celebrating 35 Years
MAIN LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 31st (5-7pm)
December 31, 2024 - February 26, 2025
Join us in celebrating a momentous New Year’s Eve as we honor the 35th anniversary of Blue Spiral 1!
We are delighted to commemorate this milestone by highlighting a selection of represented artists that showcase the creativity that has shaped our gallery over the past three decades.&n ...
Vicki Essig: Quietude
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th (5-7pm)
September 6 - December 25, 2024
Vicki Essig’s silk weavings are characterized by a quiet, methodical approach that reflects both her observational practices and her intimate engagement with nature. Based in Penland, North Carolina, Essig’s creative practice involves a collection of natural materials, such as mulberry b ...
Andréa Keys Connell and Duy Huynh
SHOWCASE GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th (5-7pm)
September 6 - December 25, 2024
Ceramist Andrea Keys Connell and painter Duy Huynh both engage with the concept of narrative to explore the ways in which stories and meanings can resonate collectively. Andrea Keys Connell considers the language of monuments and figurines as a formal framework to serve as a means of exploring narra ...
Portraits
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th (5-7pm)
September 6 - December 25, 2024
Portraiture has been a fundamental genre in art history, functioning as a reflective lens through which the values, identities, and emotional landscapes of societies are examined. The artists featured in this group exhibition expand upon this venerable tradition, engaging in a re-evaluation of what ...
Common Thread
MAIN LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th (5-7pm)
September 6 - December 25, 2024
Common Thread celebrates a selection of twenty artists whose practices are united by a singular material: fiber. While many of the artists employ traditional textile techniques such as weaving, quilting, and embroidery, others explore the potential of fiber through basketry and sculpture. The s ...
The Will Henry Stevens Estate: Past, Present, Future with work by Matt Byrd
July 5 - December 25, 2024
Reception: Friday, August 23rd at 5pm, Upper Level Gallery
For the first time in close to four decades, a selection of drawings and paintings from the Will Henry Stevens estate will be exhibited in chronological order. Spanning the years between 1924 and 1949, the show will present abstract and r ...
Vista and Vessel: Luke Allsbrook and Carole Hetzel
SHOWCASE GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5th (5-7pm)
July 5 - August 28, 2024
Naturalistic painter, Luke Allsbrook, and basket maker, Carol Hetzel present new collections of work that draw from nature. Allsbrook explores the landscape through contemporary realism; Lowlands, plowed fields, and sundrenched hillsides are deftly painted to evoke a heightened reality. Hetzel&rsquo ...