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Meraki

Rashelle Weissenbach

February 22 - April 23, 2018

Main Gallery

The exhibition, Meraki, features new paintings by Rashelle Weissenbach.  Meraki is a Greek word meaning “To do something with love or soul, or equivalently to put something of yourself into your work.”  Weissenbach uses the canvas as one would use a journal creating an abstract visual narrative and, through the use of her poetic titles, leads the viewer towards emotional interpretation.

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Conscious Detachment

Christel Highland

March 2 - April 28, 2018

Back Gallery

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The collection of works for Conscious Detachment was borne out of necessity during the 2016 election. After the election, wrapped up in the fervor of the messy and emotional cultural landscape, I had to look within. I felt it all negatively affecting every aspect of my life, and had to take control. My first step after the election was over, was to restrict my news intake to one hour per day to manage the effect of the information on my conscious, and subconscious lives.

Then the changes came like a waterfall, without thought, and really without conscious action. Through my experiment with conscious detachment, the positivity extended to every area of my life. Ideas and opportunities seemed to flow more freely toward me. Negativity, regret, and attachment to outcomes also flowed more freely away from me. Of course, this experiment extended to my studio practice most prevalently and out of this detachment came an acceptance of the beauty of this work as well as enjoyment throughout the process, without the stress of preconceived outcomes. Conscious Detachment has awakened a new phase of the material conversation through the immaterial.

Known, Knowing and Unknown

Caroline Colby-Gonzalez

March 2 - April 28, 2018

Front Gallery

The title of the show Known, Knowing and Unknown is a play on the Hebrew word יָדַע , “to know,” used in Genesis 4:1 as a double entendre for sexual intercourse. Working with this concept of “knowing” as a heightened metaphor for sexual and emotional intimacy within a marriage, my work explores how an intimate relationship - built on mutual trust, respect, love and compassion- can quickly become compromised or negated by the reality of the people who make it, who are also often in a state of flux, both in relation to themselves and each other.

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Accumulation

Sarah Hearn

March 2 - May 26, 2018​

Opie Gallery

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I am an interdisciplinary visual artist researching how humans can collaborate with, understand and learn from nature. My creative practice is strongly rooted in photography, drawing, site-specific installation and participatory culture. As a citizen researcher I incorporate components of the scientific method into my process. Through earnest investigations of biological life and natural phenomena, I make work that reveals shifting boundaries between science, pseudoscience and science fiction.

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Viewfinder

Chris Miller, Ben Johnson and Cesar Lopez

March 2 - ​31, 2018

KCAI | Undergrads Underground Gallery

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Viewfinder is a group exhibition consisting of Chris Miller, Ben Johnson, and Cesar Lopez. The exhibition will present works that explore the power of process as a metaphor for history and storytelling. History is fundamentally narrative, and these artists find fragility in memory, inclusivity in abstraction, or catharsis in the fantastical.

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