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 ...
Andrew Hayes: Natural History
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5th (5-7pm)
July 5 - August 28, 2024
In Andrew Hayes’s sculpture, book pages are paired with steel; the delicate paper contrasts with metal elements to create organic shapes that twist and curl and surprise with their fluidity. There’s no irony or intention in the choice of the books; they range from an old encyclopedia to ...
Hyperrealism
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5th (5-7pm)
July 5 - August 28, 2024
Artists: Ken Baskin, Lisa Belsky, Chris Cosnowski, Michael Fitts, Sharon Harms, Ishmael Leaver, Harvey Meyer, Ward Nichols, Thomas Pfannerstill, and Eric Serritella
This exhibition presents the work of 10 artists who demonstrate a high caliber of ...
The Nod: Pastiche Art
MAIN LEVEL GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5th (5-7pm)
July 5 - August 28, 2024
Artists: Kate Anderson, Michelle Erikson, Luke Haynes, Spencer Herr, Charles Keiger, Lori LaBerge, Jackson Martin, Peter Olson, Michael Poness, Jon Sours, and B.A. Thomas
This group exhibition is a celebration of both historical artists and ...
Rafel Bestard: A Way to Realism
SHOWCASE GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, May 3rd (5-7pm)
May 3 - June 26, 2024
Mallorca-based painter Rafel Bestard makes his debut at Blue Spiral 1 with a series of classically rendered figurative paintings. Bestard's process starts with personal encounters, documented through photographs of studio moments and interactions with close friends. By referencing these images, ...