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Upcoming Exhibitions

Winter 2019/20 Exhibition Cycle

In Galleries I, II, III seven artists explore themes of identity, social context, and creative process. This winter we are pleased to collaborate with Children’s Theater of Madison, expanding their production of Mockingbird to include an exhibition in our Playhouse Gallery featuring professional artists from ArtWorking.

TUE, DEC 10 – SUN, MAR 1, 2020

Reception: FRI, JAN 10, 6-8 PM | Promenade Lounge

GALLERY I – The Space Between – Rachel Durfee & Denise Presnell

Rachel Durfee and Denise Presnell use a wide range of materials and tools to produce colorful work that is both dazzling and thought-provoking. Durfee explores how we can thrive in the gap between life as it is and life as it ought to be. Presnell’s layered canvasses display a map of vigorous creativity.

Rachel Durfee Website Denise Presnell Website

GALLERY II – Human Identity Portrait Stories – Natalie Ergas, Yongchul Kwon & Jerry Jordan

Natalie Ergas, Yongchul Kwon and Jerry Jordan explore different facets of human identity. Ergas uses collage to capture the essence of individuals, focusing on female strength and stories. Kwon is a sculptor who interrogates the role of anonymity within society. Jordan’s paintings celebrate wokeness in defiance of ancient beliefs fueled by fear, hate and cruelty.

Natalie Ergas Website Jerry Jordan Website Yongchul Kwon Website

GALLERY III – Sleepwalk – Kassandra Palmer & Justin Parks

Kassandra Palmer and Justin Parks use repeated visual imagery that is both abstract and recognizable to communicate elusive aspects of the human condition. Palmer combines wood, clay, paint, paper, and graphite in her humorous compositions. Parks embodies personal experiences in collage-like images of acrylic and graphite.

Kassandra Palmer Website Justin Parks Instagram

PLAYHOUSE GALLERY – Creative Life on the Spectrum – ArtWorking Artists

ArtWorking artists celebrate Children’s Theater of Madison’s production of Mockingbird. In Mockingbird, Caitlin, who is on the autism spectrum, uses art to process her world. This exhibition showcases visions of the world through the eyes of professional artists with disabilities from ArtWorking as well as youth from CI Pediatric Therapy Centers and Achieving Collaborative Treatment.

ArtWorking Website Children’s Theater of Madison’s Website

Gallery I sponsored by Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation, the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts. Galleries II,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 is sponsored by Norman & Barbara Berven.