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August 2020
Doug Baulos: The Contemplation of Suchness
Artist Statement: Although I work with the feelings of loss, mortality, and the power and delicate nature of memory, my work is a reflection of my attempt to live my life in fragile exultation. The process of piecing together an image is a meditative exercise for me. I begin with fragmented images, ideas and materials, and layer seemingly dissimilar elements that trigger associations in complex combinations. Most of my recent work reflects a multitude of interests including grief and mortality,…
Find out more »Melissa Yes: 45 Portraits
45 Portraits, an exhibition by Birmingham-based artist Melissa Yes, is on view at the Gadsden Museum of Art until November 13, 2020. In this series of oil portraits pressed between panes of plexiglass, Yes takes a close look at the 45 Presidents of the United States of America. Their likenesses are flattened, distorted — a tender violence done to all things captured as an image or written into history. All 45 portraits are available for purchase via this auction, which…
Find out more »LeMarques Manuel McClide: Limitless
Atlanta native artist LeMarques Manuel McClide (born 1987) presents a collection of work that ranges from abstract to portraits. When Manuel first started painting this collection, the focus was to depict images that have influenced his culture, the world, and the community in which he came from and grew up in. Manuel’s art is based on this idea of infinite creativity, endless possibilities, and opportunities. Vision meets passion with purpose. “Art evokes emotions from depictions of realities and dreams based…
Find out more »Ryan Foster: Hither and Yon, Elsewhere and Otherwise
Ryan Foster (b. 1984) is an American oil painter based in Birmingham, AL. He received an MFA from The University of South Florida in 2011. Working in oils, he uses landscapes, and the horizon lines they create, as a tabletop to stage various scenes similar to a still life painting while allowing room for both portraiture and abstraction thus blending all the traditional genres together. There is allowance for a wide range of subject matter which is intentionally cobbled together…
Find out more »October 2020
Gadsden Photo Club: Local Photos, Local Folks
Please direct all questions to the Gadsden Photo Club at gaphotogs@yahoo.com ELIGIBILITY “Local Photos” is open to all photographers residing in Etowah, Calhoun, St. Clair, Blount, Marshall, De Kalb, and Cherokee counties working in traditional or digital photography. Each photographer may submit up to three works for consideration. The content of each work should also be limited to those aforementioned counties. REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS The maximum print size will be 11” x 14” and the minimum size will be 8”…
Find out more »December 2020
Elementary Student Show
This show will be for local elementary artists to showcase their work in the museum. Prizes will be awarded for 5K - 5th grade students. All work must be submitted by each school's art teacher or liason.
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