Opening Reception: Friday, May 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Gallery One – JinMan Jo: “I encourage the observers of my works to relate their own experience to the ideas I examine as I convey the conflicts that we as humans experience in our lives as well as the boldness and the dignity of the human spirit. I want viewers to experience for themselves the dichotomy inherent in our human condition.”

Gallery Two – Identity – Sam Johnson, John Martelle, Joe Singewald, Zac Spates, Liz Vercruysse: “We have our own studios, kilns and firing styles. While we may differ in our processes, we connect and identify with each other through the firing of our work. We each fire out vessels with wood. This ancient process brings people together, and it creates small families around each kiln. Identity is the celebration of the communal aspect. We choose to use this archaic method, and as a result we let go of the ego that comes with the creation of artwork. Our finished pieces have been made by us initially, but to get the end result desired, we rely on our small communities created around each kiln.”

Gallery Three – Morgan Pease: “I started working on this series over three years ago no… The intention was to create a body of work that was two-faced. A bright, messy, chaotic grouping of paintings to represent the id and an organized, minimalist, simple body of work to embody the ego.”

Overlook Gallery – Erin Babcock White: “I hope my paintings evoke a dream or a memory… Maybe of a place you came across while exploring as a child or somewhere you go while sleeping and when awake try to recall.”

Riverview Gallery – Joseph D.R. OLeary: “Throughout my life, I have had an insatiable dascination with men the personas they create and project to the world around them. It seems society has a similar facination with difining masculinity as the line between male and female continues to blur. I see men pushing their own limits to define who they are as individuals and to create personas in reaction to male stereotypes and expectations.”

Atrium Gallery – Kristina Fjellman: “The influence, inspiration and ideas behind my current work are influenced by my fascination and love of the night sky, specifically images seen through the Hubble Telescope. Images of the Milky Way and star clusters give an impression of movement through time, especially in the way their light arcs across the night sky and fades into morning.”