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January
CORE 2024 ARTISTS
Group Exhibition
Celebrate with us during the month of January as we showcase our CORE 2024 gallery artists in our annual group exhibition! Enjoy the creative spirit as we present another year of colors, textures, stories, and ideas within which to find inspiration. It's going to be another great year!
March
EVERY DAY THERE IS
Teresa Getty
Meet the artist Teresa Getty at CORE on March 20th and 22nd for a casual meet and greet during gallery hours.
Through painting, Getty transforms the struggles of caregiving for a medically fragile child into sensitive almost tranquil experiences of wonder.
From every person I know, whether they are a friend, colleague, or a stranger, one thing holds true. Everyday there is a task to do, something to think about, some decision to be made or just a habit that defines them. Sometimes it is a tangle of obstacles, sometimes it is a desire to break free, sometimes it’s just an itch of yearning. However it may appear in their lives, or our lives, it is one thing that unites us all. We all have something going on that challenges us, that whirls our psyches’. My abstract paintings embrace that challenge of our lives hopefully playfully, but always with the curiosity.
While I work on each piece, I confront my own “every day there is” directly and then I open it up to play with the memories that arise, often I laugh and push and play with them, often that moment becomes buried as the paintings continue until their open end.
March
Character Development
Kate Harkins
These are portraits from life or invented people. Once created, the characters seek to speak for themselves and participate in the conversation we are having now, about the life and world we navigate and work to reinvent.
My mode of painting is to paint myself into a corner, creating imbalance, making and breaking images to find where the true flux begins. I grab any and all materials to create paintings that convey my passion about the subject. The more I play with a wide range of materials, like fabric, drawing, nail polish, and spray paint, the more the characters have room to enter and express themselves.
February
Special Event:
February 18th, 2-4pm
Meet the artist Lynne Conrad Marvet for an artist's talk and reception, followed by a question & answer session!
GOBSMACKED!
Lynne Conrad Marvet
Gobsmacked -- a feeling of being stopped in my tracks by the perceptual vividness of a fleeting moment.
There is much to be said for sensory experience as a way to feel our personal interconnectedness in a vivid and unmediated way. – Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society
When photographing, I am drawn to images that are impermanent, momentary, due to changing shadows, light and circumstances of the atmosphere and environment.
With my abstract mixed media art, I allow my chosen materials (paper, photo fragments, string, recycled materials of all sorts, found objects) to inspire my compositions. I work intuitively, often over several days or weeks while I continue to “listen” to what the images are conveying to me.
In Buddhist philosophy, there are no permanent, independently arisen objects. Everything we experience, especially our bodies, emotions, thoughts, and minds, are not real, lasting, or independent. All things are dependently arisen and interconnected. Ephemeral images attract me because they remind me that everything is transitory.
As our senses open, our heart is moved. This direct experience evokes affection and closeness, and that leads naturally to wanting to nurture and protect our planet. -- Ogyen Trinley Dorje
I hope my art moves you.
February
HOMESICK
Paige Pettibon
HOMESICK stands as a bittersweet visual expression, capturing the poignant essence of missing one’s homeland, echoing the sentiments ingrained in Indigenous American experiences.
Through the canvas of storytelling, I weave threads of cultural heritage and identity, drawing upon the rich tapestry of traditions and wisdom passed down through generations. It is a delicate exploration of holding the memory of the land within, intertwining nostalgia and a bridge that connects the heartache of displacement with the resilience of ancestral roots, inviting viewers to share in the tender dance of memory, culture, and the eternal quest for belonging.
