Discoveries
Overlooked Beauty
Jo Levine
“Discoveries” began with a sweetgum tree ball and a dried magnolia fruit cone that I found on my path during a walk last fall. Struck by their photographic possibilities, I put them in my purse and took them home. After that, every walk had me scanning the ground, collecting fallen leaves, seeds, nuts, and other vegetation that most people would rake from their lawns and sidewalks without a second thought. When spring arrived, I added fresh leaves and flower buds to my collection. I took their “portraits” against a simple black background in my studio, discovering how my subjects’ textured surfaces, bends, and curves made them look dramatically different depending on how I positioned them to capture the light.
This show is a continuation of one of my goals as a photographer: to inspire people to look more closely at the world around them, to find the beauty hiding in plain sight.
In the Lower Gallery
Re-Emerge
William Bowser | Bob Burgess | Kimberley Bursic | Jennifer Duncan | Pam Frederick | Jeremy Limerick | Al Lipton
Re-emerge features the art of Pam Frederick, Bob Burgess, Jeremy Limerick, Kimberly Bursic, William Bowser, Al Lipton, and Jennifer Duncan. Through the use of rich, bold colors and symbolic imagery, the participating artists explore nature, the urban landscape, and fleeting moments in time. The show embodies the artists’ joy at the gradual return to normalcy as they emerge from the forced isolation and uncertainty of the past year.
