Patricia Prendergast, River Reflection
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current exhibits
Ron Peetz:
Work in Progress
February 11 – April 2, 2025
Reception: February 14, 6-9 PM
Artist Talk with Ronald Peetz: March 15, 1-2:30 PM (FREE)
Artist Ron Peetz has been a stalwart part of the regional art scene since the late 1960s. As an object maker and sculptor, he delights in incorporating puns, word play, and irreverent humor into his work. Starting with his concept, he chooses any one of the many media he employs, to best make his idea come to life. In so doing, his sculpture and mixed media pieces lean heavily towards social critique and parody, blended with a lighter touch of humor and surrealism. Equally present is his interest in the history of art, particularly his own 20th century inspirations, from René Magritte and Marcel Duchamp, to William T. Wiley, one of his friends and mentors.
Sponsored by Helen Richardson.
Ronald Peetz, R. Mutt Homage to Marcel Duchamp
Bussie Parker Kehoe:
A Curious Garden
January 10 – February 28, 2025
Reception: January 10, 6-9 PM
Conversation with the Artist: February 22, 2-3:30 PM (FREE)
Bussie Parker Kehoe’s mixed media work walks the line between painting and sculpture. The artist painstakingly pours discarded household paint into stacks of colorful circles, celebrating found materials in unusual ways. Laying the dried circles in support next to one another, her work resembles leaves in an explosion of growth. Other times, Kehoe cuts the dried paint peels into smaller shapes, placed next to each other in an irregular colorful patchwork. Kehoe views her work as reminiscent of the patterned Korean textiles from her youth, creating a lively ‘quilt’ full of texture and movement that seems to escape from its base.
Sponsored by Rosa Marquez & Yatish Mishra as part of the Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Award
Seconds Sale
February 7-28, 2025
Reception: February 14, 6-9 PM
What do you do with an artistic experiment, works of art with small flaws, too many of one item, or overstock that your studio shelves are insisting you take care of? You have a ‘seconds sale’! Find unique works of art—such as ceramics, paintings, textiles, and more. Participating artists include John Berger, Jackie Boutin, Judy Catambay, Julie Cross, Sayako Dairiki, Ruth Fankushen, Cliff Gravem, Dwight Head, Eileen Hendren, Robin Kozloff, Marlene Lee, Tanya Lieberman, John Marchello, Jenna Matsubara, Trish Mayer, Liz McGuire, Jennifer Nachmanoff, Judy Asplund Neal, Natalie Nelson, Terry Ostovar, Sue Phelan, Cassandra Reeves, Darrci Robertson,Barbara Smithson, Teresa Steinbach-Garcia and Wen Wang.
Kathy Canfield Shepard:
Quilled Paper Art (Stairway Display)
January 10 – February 28, 2025
Reception: January 10, 6-9 PM
Kathy Canfield Shepard has been an artist for most of her life, working in a variety of mediums, most recently, paper quilling, which she first discovered when she was seven years old. Over the next few years, she created simple designs and ornaments for family and friends. In recent years, she’s rediscovered the art form and has stretched the boundaries of traditional techniques to create intricate three-dimensional works of art. Also trained in surface pattern design, she uses her own designed papers in her work, incorporates her skills as a graphic designer and watercolor artist, and uses seed beads and other found objects to highlight her designs.