Details of artwork by (L-R) Susan Iverson, R. Andrew Hoff, Hernan Murno.

Opening Reception for July/August 2022 Exhibitions

Artspace presents three exhibitions which focus on landscape, mood and atmosphere. The opening, scheduled for Friday, July 22, 2022, 6-9pm, will showcase a group exhibition by Hernan Murno, Amy Sabrin, Michelle Simoneau and Rosa Vera, a joint exhibition of photography by Karen Commings and Andrew Hoff, and a solo exhibition of tapestries by Susan Iverson.

Worlds Apart is a group show by Hernan Murno, Amy Sabrin, Michelle Simoneau and Rosa Vera. These four artists create diverse abstract and semi-representational work springing from the same impulse: the landscape, whether the natural or built environment. Each takes a dramatically different approach to extracting and abstracting the essence of a landscape, but all hope to provoke an emotional response in the viewer.

Karen Commings’ and R. Andrew Hoff’s joint exhibition, Carnival Nights, is a photographic montage featuring edgy, moody, somber or surreal images of county fairs and community festivals in four states taken over the course of three years. Hoff and Commings state, “The facial expressions, postures and attitudes show the tedium of carnival life as the evening lingers on. There are multiple stories in these images left to the imagination.”

In Observation - Light, Susan Iverson’s tapestries attempt to capture the strong emotions connected to fleeting moments of ocular pleasure. She is attracted to the transitory nature of atmospheric color, especially at dawn and dusk, when magical moments of intense color are experienced and remembered, but seldom in their fullness.

During the July-August show, an exhibit of fine art produced by members of the gallery will also be on display, illustrating the range and diversity of Artspace's artist membership.

Also on view in the Flynn-Chapman Gallery, Theme & Variations - Our First Brightpoint Show, featuring work from Brightpoint (formerly JTCC ) Spring 2022 Semester Advanced Watercolor Classes. Artists include: Mary Early, Lucius Green, Elaine Harris, Hannah Jones, Roni Kingsley, Susan Moncure, Sallie Lupton Rugg, Janet Scagnelli, and Clare Van Laenen.

Exhibition Dates: July 22 - August 20, 2022
Opening Reception: Friday, July 22, 6-9pm
Artist Talks: Saturday, July 23, 2pm