Infestation/Deterioration, November 1 - December 13, 2008

Recent works by Tara Ivins and Lisa Murch

Flying ants eat concrete and bore their way into buildings quietly destroying the structure days before you even see the tiny creatures in your home. It starts with one buzzing around harmlessly, then, hours later there seem to be hundreds making their way about your home.
Standing on the sidewalk staring at what must have been the most beautiful building around. Decorative cornices, large windows, and that something that words just can’t describe. Now, bricks are now crumbling, windows are boarded, and its history is left to your imagination. Near the basement windows, the wood and concrete have cracked broken and neglected.

(This was a curatorial proposal project)

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On Loss and Memory, August 23 - September 27, 2008

Curated by Aurora Deshauteurs

The remembering of a time, place or person has distinct characteristics for the individual doing the recalling. A trigger can be the scent of something in the air or the time of day. How we retain valuable memories is very individual but in sharing these memories we then set off other people’s remembrances. We also, in recalling, learn more about the importance of memories.

Aurora Deshauteurs, Hannah Dumes, P. Timothy Gierschick II, Kay Healy, Geoffrey Hindle, Michelle Provenzano, and Angela Washko will interpret this theme and, hopefully, many people will participate in the “On Loss and Memory” project. 

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The Floating World, May 3 - June 7, 2008

Curated by Carol Taylor-Kearney

In Buddhism “The Floating World” is sometimes also referred to as ”the fleeting world”.  It expresses the ephemeral nature of our existence.  As each moment gives way to the next, there is a certain impermanence—a transitory and illusionary aspect to our sensory experience.  This is not to say that our experience is untrue, but it is perhaps more than we contemplate--deeper and richer than what we acknowledge at any given moment.  Two painters, Paul Hamanaka and Darla Beckemeyer Cassidy, provide a visual record to this connection of the known with the unacknowledged unknown.   

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Standardized Units, Mar. 22 - Apr. 26, 2008

Curated by Pam Chapman

Standardized units was a show of the recent works of three artists; Arianne Dar, Stefan Abrams and Pam Chapman. It focuses attention on stock forms and repeated patterns that are so ubiquitous that they tend to go unnoticed yet are vital to our way of life.

(This was a curatorial proposal project)