Looking at Local in a New Light
Overture Center’s four galleries create a forum for diverse artistic expression that fosters the growth of local artists, curators and arts organizations. Three galleries radiate off Rotunda Lobby and the Playhouse Gallery serves as lobby for The Playhouse Theater. Overture Galleries are free and open to the public.
Artists’ Information Upcoming Exhibitions Previous Exhibitions
TUE, JUN 12 – SUN, SEP 2
Gallery I – Random | Access | Memory – Amy Bethel & Lorraine Reynolds
Bethel & Reynolds repurpose, rebuild, and reimagine materials to create 3-dimensional works that blend nature, history and technology. Bethel’s sculptures and installations explore the occasionally absurd metaphors that shape our experience of time. Through assemblage, Reynolds ponders the power of seemingly disparate objects to speak to memory and loss.
Amy Bethel Website Lorraine Reynolds Website
Gallery I sponsored by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.
Gallery II – Captured in Time – Sharon Beckman & Sunil Gopalan
Beckman culls historical ephemera to create delicate collages that evoke memory and mystery, with women and birds recurring in her narratives. Gopalan highlights the beauty and elusive behaviors of birds around the world in his striking photographs.
Sharon Beckman Website Sunil Gopalan Website
Gallery II sponsored by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.
Gallery III – Beauty – A Social Construct – #ReclaimBeauty & Comfort Wasikhongo
This exhibition investigates beauty as a cultural construct through imagery of the body. Hauer uses photography to capture unfiltered images and challenge contemporary perceptions. Wasikhongo reveals the anatomy and strength of the human body through paintings of professional bodybuilders.
Kinda Kreative Website Comfort Wasikhongo Website
Gallery III sponsored by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.
Playhouse Gallery – Yearnings
SAT, JUN 30 – SUN, SEP 2, 2018
Join us for a Playhouse Gallery Reception SUN, JUL 8 from 3 PM – 6 PM!
Four artists reflect on their personal laments, celebrations and yearnings through their artmaking. Along the way, they invite others into the process. How do we find peace in a world of violence? Forgiveness in a world of offense? Unity in a world of division and protest?
This is not an exhibition of answers or strategies, but one of journey. There are more questions along it’s paths, the clues come more in whispers and sighs rather than shouts and epithets.
Artists: Bobbette Rose, Cynthia Reynolds, Eugenia Sherman Brown, Janine Bessenecker
Overture Playhouse Gallery is sponsored by Norman Berven & Barbara Mittelstaedt Berven, The Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.
Gallery hours
Monday – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday, 9 AM – 9 PM
Saturday, 10:30 AM – 9 PM
Sunday, 12 PM – 5 PM
For more information about these exhibits, please contact our Community and Education Program Manager, Beth Racette at bracette@overture.org / 608.258.4169
