The Stone Tower Gallery presents When Our Edges Grow Soft, an exhibition of ink portraits by local artist Irene Pantelis. Meticulously crafted by balancing the natural movement of ink and water with her rhythmic mark making, the drawings and video on view speak of the often fluid and murky nature of memory and identity, while reimagining historical archetypes. 

Pantelis explains her work this way: “‘Our bodies had limits, perimeters, Edges marking the end of us and the beginning of not us…,’ writes José Antonio Rodríguez in his poem In the Presence of Sunlight. Thinking about these ‘edges’ of ours, I set out to draw portraits, initially of myself, and then of others whose photographs caught my attention on the internet. I began each drawing by placing on the paper a puddle of the most basic of elements, which comprises most of our bodies, and which we share with the rest of nature—water. Mindful of the water puddles’ physical edges—their borders and surface tension—I drew mostly with inks. As the water’s expressive power transformed my rhythmic mark making, I felt as if I was watching a story unfold on the paper, a narrative about the fluid and murky nature of identity and memory, freshly extracting from my present-day subjects older, maybe even ancient, archetypes of sorts, echoing back to me the last line in Rodríguez’ poem—‘I’ve written about this so many times.’”

The Stone Tower Gallery presents When Our Edges Grow Soft, an exhibition of ink portraits by local artist Irene Pantelis. Meticulously crafted by balancing the natural movement of ink and water with her rhythmic mark making, the drawings and video on view speak of the often fluid and murky nature of memory and identity, while reimagining historical archetypes. 

Pantelis explains her work this way: “‘Our bodies had limits, perimeters, Edges marking the end of us and the beginning of not us…,’ writes José Antonio Rodríguez in his poem In the Presence of Sunlight. Thinking about these ‘edges’ of ours, I set out to draw portraits, initially of myself, and then of others whose photographs caught my attention on the internet. I began each drawing by placing on the paper a puddle of the most basic of elements, which comprises most of our bodies, and which we share with the rest of nature—water. Mindful of the water puddles’ physical edges—their borders and surface tension—I drew mostly with inks. As the water’s expressive power transformed my rhythmic mark making, I felt as if I was watching a story unfold on the paper, a narrative about the fluid and murky nature of identity and memory, freshly extracting from my present-day subjects older, maybe even ancient, archetypes of sorts, echoing back to me the last line in Rodríguez’ poem—‘I’ve written about this so many times.’”

The Stone Tower Gallery presents When Our Edges Grow Soft, an exhibition of ink portraits by local artist Irene Pantelis. Meticulously crafted by balancing the natural movement of ink and water with her rhythmic mark making, the drawings and video on view speak of the often fluid and murky nature of memory and identity, while reimagining historical archetypes. 

Pantelis explains her work this way: “‘Our bodies had limits, perimeters, Edges marking the end of us and the beginning of not us…,’ writes José Antonio Rodríguez in his poem In the Presence of Sunlight. Thinking about these ‘edges’ of ours, I set out to draw portraits, initially of myself, and then of others whose photographs caught my attention on the internet. I began each drawing by placing on the paper a puddle of the most basic of elements, which comprises most of our bodies, and which we share with the rest of nature—water. Mindful of the water puddles’ physical edges—their borders and surface tension—I drew mostly with inks. As the water’s expressive power transformed my rhythmic mark making, I felt as if I was watching a story unfold on the paper, a narrative about the fluid and murky nature of identity and memory, freshly extracting from my present-day subjects older, maybe even ancient, archetypes of sorts, echoing back to me the last line in Rodríguez’ poem—‘I’ve written about this so many times.’”

Join us for the opening reception of Animal Magic: Stephen Kohashi. 

The Stone Tower Gallery features the exhibition Animal Magic, which introduces the phenomenal sculptural range of expression found in the works of Stephen Kohashi in a variety of materials including ceramics, paper-mache, and cast metal. As a whole the exhibition presents a menagerie of animal sculptures that engage and entertain the viewer through provocative gestural expressions, eliciting degrees of emotional empathy in the viewer, bringing to mind our relationships with our own domestic pets as sentient beings.

The various materials and methods utilized in the making of these works also requires an understanding and mastery of empathy of material expression to effectively animate the various mediums to reach their lively presence and communication through body language and creating reciprocal empathy in the viewer. We invite you to experience this immersive fantastical exhibition and to feel the magic. — Robert Devers, Curator

Join us for the opening reception of Surviving with Clay by Glen Echo Pottery.

Centering a ball of clay on the potter's wheel is one of the most basic and important skills we learn in ceramic craft. For this past year in particular, the act of "centering" has become a larger metaphor, first, for pursuing our craft as a way of staying sane in the face of the pandemic and, second, for creating an alignment and rhythm in our pottery community that enables both collaboration and inspiration, even as we work together under restricted conditions. What we have observed over the year is that, while the pandemic has forced constraints on our quotidian lives, it has also provoked a surprising and welcome degree of innovation and invention in the making of our pots. From exquisite glaze layering effects, to "pushing the envelope" component structures, to elegant stretched vessels, to impossibly delicate bowl and teapot designs, to bold surface treatments. We proudly demonstrate that we are not only "surviving", but in fact thriving with our clay.

Visit the Yellow Barn Gallery for this weekend's exhibition – Bob Biedrzyski: Crossing the Line

Visit the Yellow Barn Gallery for this weekend's exhibition – Bob Biedrzyski: Crossing the Line

Visit the Yellow Barn Gallery for this weekend's exhibition – Harlene Bernstein: The Art of Brokenness

Visit the Yellow Barn Gallery for this weekend's exhibition – Harlene Bernstein: The Art of Brokenness

Join the Yellow Barn Gallery this weekend for their first in-person exhibition of the year, as they celebrate the work of artist Bill Johnson.