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August 2020
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 »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
Lauren Woods: Mythic Nature
Artist Statement: Mythic Nature is a visual contemplation of the consciousness of nature and my place within it. Imagined scenes are embodied in paint, suspended in a perpetual present, existing between the ethereal and corporeal. These envisioned environments become a metaphor for untamed imagination and are settings for personal transformation through the mystery of feminine principles of darkness, destruction, and regeneration. Through the practice of painting, I can utilize the medium's potential for ambiguity to create images that are at once…
Find out more »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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March 2021
Mary Ann Sampson
Masters in Book Arts from the Univ of Alabama Active member of the Guild of Book Workers Founder of the One-Eye Opera Company - which publishes limited edition letterpress books, custom bookbinding and unique editions
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April 2021
Tracie Noles-Ross: Tales from the Brambly Thicket
reception to be held April 2 from 5-7 pm Artist Statement The challenges and contradictions of this modern age are always in the back of my mind as I work. Cultural pressures, political drama, algorithms, automation —and now a pandemic are changing our relationship to the planet and each other. The process of making feels like a hopeful, restorative act in these complicated times. The driving force behind my creative process is the idea that the past cannot be…
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