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American Color Print Society Members Spring Exhibition

On View March 17 – April 21, 2025

Opening Reception | Saturday, March 15 | 2:00p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

American Color Print Society Members Spring Exhibition

In the year 1939, the founding members of the American Color Print Society decided to create an organization for the exhibition of color prints. This was a time when only black and white prints were considered worthy of display in museums and galleries. The three founding members were Florence V. Cannon, Mary Mullineaux and Waunita Smith.

The American Color Print Exhibition of 1940, which included the work of the 85 original members, heralded the arrival of the color print as an American print medium. The use of color in printmaking encouraged artists to experiment with the traditional methods of printmaking such as lithography, block printing, etching, intaglio and monotype. This led to other printmaking techniques including the use of collage, found materials and digital printmaking. 

There have been many distinguished members during the eighty-plus year history of the organization. Among them have been Benton Spruance, Jerome Kaplan, Stella Drabkin, Jacob Landau, Dorothy Hutton, June Wayne, Eugene Feldman, Ethel Ashton, Bernard Kohn, Jeanette Kohn, Mildred Dillon, Abraham Hankins, John Taylor Arms, Richard Hood, Francoise Gilot, Samuel Maitin, Elizabeth MacDOnald, Jack Gerber, Thelma Grobes, Idaherma Williams, and Merle Spandorfer.

Today, the American Color Print Society is a national non-profit corporation with the following purpose:

“To promote and foster original graphic art: to encourage and promote exhibitions of original color prints and to educate art students and the public about the varied techniques of original color printmaking.”

Venues of recent exhibitions have included Villanova University (Connelly Center), the Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Abington Art Center, The Plastic Club, the Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philagrafika International Print Festival, and the Mark Arts Center (Wichita, KS).

For more than 80 plus years, the ACPS membership has not only been inventive with their technical skills, but has grown geographically as well. In addition to Pennsylvania, members represented in our exhibitions are from New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, California, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Michigan, and New Mexico.

Juror

Lisa Kelley is a teaching artist
at Kensington Storefront and Prevention Point, organizations that serve people struggling with addiction and homelessness in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. She earned her BFA from Moore College of Art and Design and is a trauma-certified artist and advocate, committed to building community through art-making.

Award Winners

Best in Show

How Many Years Since My Birth

Bates Mandel, Screenprint (20 layers), Archival Digital Print, $400.

 

Second Prize

A Past Forgotten

Herbert Appelson, Hand-threaded Embossment, $2,000.

 

Third Prize

Planets of the Universe

Robert Reinhardt, Monoprint Collage, $300.

 

Honorable Mentions

Bonnie Goldstein, Gliding, Woodblock Print, $2000.
Valerie Dillon, Woven Ladder, Collagraph, Linocut, and Embroidery, $250.
Margo Tassi, Snow, Beaver River, Etching $600.

Exhibiting Artists

Bobbie Adams
Marlene Adler
Nancy Alter
Herbert Appelson
Rhonda Babb
Janet Badger
Jessica Barber
Alyse C. Bernstein
Doug Billings
Art Brener
Bill Brookover
Elaine Buono
Maryann Cannon
Kathleen Chapman
Ron Chereskin
Valerie Dillon

Donna Douglass
Susan Dubrunfaut
John Formicola
Bonnie Goldstein
Susan Hoffmann
Robert Hunter
Georgina Johnson
Theresa Kehrer
Julie Kring
Neila Kun
Michael Lasuchin
Steve Kennedy
Hee Sook Kim
Alan Klawans
Victor Lasuchin
Patricia Shaw Lima

Michael Long
Bates Mandel
Martha Martin
Carole Meyers
Miki Nagano
J.A. Panetta
Robert Reinhardt
Virginia Rosa
Darrell Smith
Patty Smith
Charles Spitzack
Elizabeth Stricker
Margo Tassi
Ani Vassileva

Select Works

Artist Talk | Eric Anthony Berdis & Kate Strachan

“Mis Obey” and “Dis Obey”, Kate Strachan, Ceramic, felt, encaustic wax & wood

The following event was cancelled due to the SPS Technologies Fire Emergency.
Please enjoy the following video interviews with both artists!

Abington Art Center is proud to host an artist talk, featuring 2025 Winter Solo Series artists Eric Anthony Berdis and Kate Strachan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qquOjl26yY8&t=1s

Free programming like this is made possible by your generous donations. Please consider making a donation to the center today.

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Eric Anthony Berdis

Eric Anthony Berdis’ work simultaneously celebrates the contributions of queer artists and reflects on the violence and oppression that has lingered and continues to linger throughout queer history. This juxtaposition of celebration and reflection is evident in their childlike play of materials and connections to queer art history. Happiness and play are vital to survival, and Berdis, being a queer artist themself, is no stranger to this. They note “joy is an act of resilience—a critical method of subverting hegemonic narratives of suffering.”

Kate Strachan

Using a blend of materials—wax, wood, ceramic, and felt—Kate Strachan draws upon her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage to create work that comprises relics and manuscripts that convey and preserve the rituals of action, sexuality, and silence. Her artwork reflects the ancestral manuscripts that detail life, death, spiritual poetry, and house blessings, typical of Pennsylvania Dutch Frakturs. With an emphasis on materiality, Strachan notes, “I weave together ceramic for its fragility and coolness, felt for its capacity to evoke silence, wax for its encaustic technique symbolizing preservation, and wood for its primal origins…Through these materials, I tell my own story, layering meaning and texture to explore the depths of human experience.”

For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882 or contact acook@abingtonartcenter.org.

This event is produced as part of our 2025 Winter Solo Series, on view from January 16 – February 24, 2025.
Our artist talks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.

Free exhibition programming is made possible through your generous donations. Please consider making a donation to Abington Art Center today. Thank you for supporting the arts!

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Artist Talk | Alicia Finger & Jenna Hannum

Silver Spring, Alicia Finger, Acrylic on cut paper, collage

Saturday, February 1 2024 | 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.

FREE | In-Person Event

Abington Art Center is proud to host an artist talk, featuring 2025 Winter Solo Series artists Alicia Finger and Jenna Hannum.

Please join both artists for a morning of fruitful discussion, as they dive deep into their artistic practices and bodies of work. Our talk will be held in our Kellner gallery.
Our artist talks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum. Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

Free programming like this is made possible by your generous donations. Please consider making a donation to the center today.

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Alicia Finger

Alicia Finger encapsulates her memories and visits through a combination of painting and collage. Using water-based paints, Finger begins by developing a series of paintings on paper, inspired by places she has been to. She then begins the meticulous process of cutting, rearranging, and layering the material to create dimensional paintings that break beyond the bounds of the paper plane. This evolution parallels memory, noting “as my memories of these places and experiences evolve, so do these works.”

Flora Wilds

Jenna Hannum combines scientific illustration with unconventional portraiture to catalog childhood memories, family medical histories, and the biological journeys of loved ones. Following the tragic passing of both her mother and sister, her work stems from her desire to have spent more time as a caretaker. “Creating ink from the ashes of medical records and repurposing the tangible items left behind by [her] mother and sister”, Hannum’s careful renditions allow her to retroactively be a caregiver, even posthumously.

For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882 or contact acook@abingtonartcenter.org.

This event is produced as part of our 2025 Winter Solo Series, on view from January 16 – February 24, 2025.
Our artist talks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum. Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

Free exhibition programming is made possible through your generous donations. Please consider making a donation to Abington Art Center today. Thank you for supporting the arts!

DONATE

Solo Series Winter 2025

Fraktur “Trust”, 2024 | Kate Strachan | Ceramic, felt, wax & wood, $1,000

On View January 16 – February 24, 2025

Opening Reception | Thursday, January 16 | 6:00p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Artist Talk | Saturday, February 1 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Artist Talk | Wednesday, February 12 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00p.m.

DIGITAL CATALOG

ARTISTS

Eric Anthony Berdis, Fiber and Installation

Scarecrow-Gold Eyes, 2025 | Textiles, embellishments, handmade paper on wooden armature, $3,000
Scarecrow-Puppy, 2025 | Textiles, embellishments, handmade paper on wooden armature, $3,000

“Using personal secrets, queer history, and gay boy glamour, my work builds a world for my audience to enter.”

– Eric Anthony Berdis

Eric Anthony Berdis’ work simultaneously celebrates the contributions of queer artists and reflects on the violence and oppression that has lingered and continues to linger throughout queer history. This juxtaposition of celebration and reflection is evident in their childlike play of materials and connections to queer art history. Happiness and play are vital to survival, and Berdis, being a queer artist themself, is no stranger to this. They note “joy is an act of resilience—a critical method of subverting hegemonic narratives of suffering.”

Eric Anthony Berdis’ Paper Bullies and Friends of Dorothy’s is being exhibited in our Community Arts gallery.

Alicia Finger, Painting

Another Place, Another Time, 2024
| Acrylic on cut paper, collage, $1,025
Beginning to Understand the Terrain, 2022
| Acrylic on cut paper, collage, $625

“Each piece has gone through a range of stages and appearances, reemerging as different works each stage.”

– Alicia Finger

Alicia Finger encapsulates her memories and visits through a combination of painting and collage. Using water-based paints, Finger begins by developing a series of paintings on paper, inspired by places she has been to. She then begins the meticulous process of cutting, rearranging, and layering the material to create dimensional paintings that break beyond the bounds of the paper plane. This evolution parallels memory, noting “as my memories of these places and experiences evolve, so do these works.”

Alicia Finger’s Reconstructed Places is on view in our Tile gallery.

Jenna Hannum, Mixed Media

The dying of the light, 2022 | Oil, graphite, and embroidery on linen, $2,400
It wasn’t deadly (III), 2022 | Oil, graphite, and rabbit skin glue on paper, $1,800

“These new portraits on paper and linen, combinations of fine art and craft, are an elegy to the women I’ve lost and a way to retroactively be a caregiver through drawing and embroidery.”

– Jenna Hannum

Jenna Hannum combines scientific illustration with unconventional portraiture to catalog childhood memories, family medical histories, and the biological journeys of loved ones. Following the tragic passing of both her mother and sister, her work stems from her desire to have spent more time as a caretaker. “Creating ink from the ashes of medical records and repurposing the tangible items left behind by [her] mother and sister”, Hannum’s careful renditions allow her to retroactively be a caregiver, even posthumously.

Jenna Hannum’s Elegy is on view in our Kellner gallery.

Kate Strachan, Mixed Media

Fraktur “Dis Obey” and “Mis Obey” (diptych), 2024 | Ceramic, felt, wax & wood, $900 (each)
Fraktur “Trust”, 2024 | Ceramic, felt, wax & wood, $1,000

“Our artwork serves as a curiosity cabinet, a repository where we place ourselves within the collected fragments of our existence. Much like the rooms we inhabit, our creations become filled with impressions of our identities and experiences.”

– Kate Strachan

Using a blend of materials—wax, wood, ceramic, and felt—Kate Strachan draws upon her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage to create work that comprises relics and manuscripts that convey and preserve the rituals of action, sexuality, and silence. Her artwork reflects the ancestral manuscripts that detail life, death, spiritual poetry, and house blessings, typical of Pennsylvania Dutch Frakturs. With an emphasis on materiality, Strachan notes, “I weave together ceramic for its fragility and coolness, felt for its capacity to evoke silence, wax for its encaustic technique symbolizing preservation, and wood for its primal origins…Through these materials, I tell my own story, layering meaning and texture to explore the depths of human experience.” 

Kate Strachan’s I n v i s i b l e  Sight is on display in our Book Room gallery.

For inquiries about work in our exhibition, please contact acook@abingtonartcenter.org.

Artist Talk | Bren Ahearn & Flora Wilds

School Shootings in the USA, Bren Ahearn

Wednesday, December 11 2024 | 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.

FREE | In-Person Event

Abington Art Center is proud to host an artist talk, featuring High in Fiber artists Bren Ahearn and Flora Wilds.

Please join both artists for an evening of fruitful discussion, as they dive deep into their artistic practices and bodies of work. Our talk will be held in our Kellner gallery. Hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and light fare will be provided.

Bren Ahearn

Bren Ahearn is a Philadelphia-based fiber artist who uses textile crafts to explore masculinity’s conflicting messages and to document personal experiences.

His most recent series, School Shootings in the USA, on display in our Kellner gallery, combines his experience as an educator being trained for active shooter situations, and the ongoing issue of gun violence in America. Each pennant within his installation represents a school at which there has been an active shooting and is created in the school colors of each affected school.

Flora Wilds

Flora Wilds is a New York-based fiber artist who creates work from found materials and objects that are traditionally tied to femininity.

Wilds’ Bikini Quilt Column, on view in our Book Room gallery, is part of an ongoing series that reflects on the gendered histories and cultural associations of objects. Her artistic practice lends itself well to the reflection on American culture, the learned societal gender roles, and the material synchronicities that stretch through time.

For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882 or contact acook@abingtonartcenter.org.

This event is produced as part of our Fall Juried Show, High in Fiber, on view from November 8, 2024 – January 6, 2025. Learn more about this exhibition and the jurying process here!

Free exhibition programming is made possible through your generous donations. Please consider making a donation to Abington Art Center today. Thank you for supporting the arts!

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High in Fiber: A Fiber Arts Exclusive Exhibition

On View November 8, 2024 – January 6, 2025

Opening Reception | Friday, November 8 | 6:00p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

High in Fiber: A Fiber Arts Exclusive Exhibition

High in Fiber is a fiber arts exclusive exhibition showcasing the versatility and complexity of the fiber medium, from its rich history to its unique characteristics as a material. 

Fiber arts, also known as textile arts, is considered to be both a new and old form of art. Historically, fiber arts is one of the oldest art forms. Dating back tens of thousands of years, this form of art was born out of necessity and served a practical purpose over an aesthetic one. Coupled with the understanding that fibers and textiles were historically the domain of women, fiber arts has been strongly associated with domesticism and was deemed as “lesser art”. The efforts of feminist artists during the 1970s feminist movement pushed fiber arts into the realm of high art and helped the medium become what it is today: a form of fine art.

High in Fiber is on display in our Kellner, Book Room, and Tile galleries from November 8, 2024 – January 6, 2025.

High in Fiber Juror:

THECOLORG
Philadelphia-based Fiber Artist

THECOLORG is an interdisciplinary artist and professional arts administrator based in Philadelphia, PA. They received their MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and their BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. 

Through soft sculpture, installation, and painting, THECOLORG’s work reflects the bridge between childhood memories and adult experiences, using objects and materials that evoke a sense of familiarity and introspection.

Visit THECOLORG’s Website

Juror’s Statement

“As the juror for High in Fiber, I was inspired by the diversity of fiber-based artworks submitted
for consideration. The exhibition showcases a broad range of materials and techniques,
including wood fiber, recycled fibers, paper, trash, yarn, plastic, found objects and even animal
hide. Each artist’s unique approach to the medium demonstrates how fiber can be reimagined in
contemporary art practice, from traditional quilting and crochet to sculptural and conceptual
works.
While I aimed to curate an exhibition that highlights this expansive use of fiber, I was struck by a
recurring theme that emerged organically: the bodily experience. Many of the works in this show
reflect a connection to the human body, whether through materials, form, or narrative. This
connection feels deeply rooted in the history of fiber itself. Fiber is arguably one of the oldest, if
not the oldest, art forms known to humanity. It was first used to clothe and protect us from the
elements, offering both warmth and shelter. Over time, it evolved into a medium through which
we express identity, culture, and shared human experience.
This inherent link between fiber and the body remains palpable in the works exhibited. Whether
they address themes of protection, vulnerability, or identity, the artworks remind us of the
material’s primal function while pushing the boundaries of its application in contemporary art.
The variety and creativity of the submissions have made this exhibition an inspiring testament to
fiber’s enduring relevance and adaptability. I hope visitors will appreciate the complex ways
these artists have harnessed fiber to tell new stories and engage with the body in fresh,
thought-provoking ways.”

Exhibiting Artists

Nini Adelsberger
Bren Ahearn
Jen Ahearn
Margery Amdur
Tithi Arekar
Lucy Beizer
Kristina Bickford
Gail Biederman
Lynda Grace Black
Brooke Cassady
Genevra Daley

Kabita Das
Valerie Dillon
Hyunsuk Erickson
Korissa Frooman
Elena Gans-Pfister
Valerie Goodman
Heidi Jensen
Lena Kolb
Kelly Lawler
Jeanine LeBlanc

Krystle Merchant
Amanda Milz
Liz Quay
Maddie Rodriguez
Teresa Shields
Jacquelyn Strycker
Rachel Blythe Udell
Kathryn Jenson White
Flora Wilds
Julie Woodard

High in Fiber Select Works

 
 
 
 

2024 Faculty Show: Small Works

On View November 8, 2024 – January 6, 2025

Opening Reception | Friday, November 8 | 6:00p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

2024 Faculty Show: Small Works

This year’s Faculty Show, Small Works, features smaller-scale works by AAC teachers in our Community Arts gallery. Selected works are no larger than 12 x 12” in size and work to showcase the beauty within the small. 

Small Works will run concurrently with our Fall Juried Show High in Fiber November 8, 2024 – January 6, 2025. A dual opening reception will be held November 8 from 6-8pm.

Exhibiting Faculty

Deejay Bosca
Mat Citrenbaum
Amy Cook
Nick D’Angelo
Megan Giampietro

Angie Humes
Jason Patrick Jenkins
Linda Johnson
Patricia Lima
Martha Kent Martin

Amy Newman
Shoshi Rosenstein
Bill Ryan
Wendy Tonsits
Jo Watko

Select Works


Megan Giampietro, A Kiss, Photograph $50.

Bill Ryan, DeCline, Collage, mixed media, $300.

Jason Patrick Jenkins, Duotone Portrait Demo II, Oil on canvaspanel, $400.
Patricia Lima, Messenger, Drypoint $250.

Amy Newman, William, Watercolor and collage on paper, $150.
On view November 8, 2024 - January 6, 2025

Wendy Tonsits, Floral Earrings, Sterling Silver, Cubic Zirconia, Tourmaline, Ruby, NFS.

Coffee Break: Artist Talks | Mick Ricereto

Cumberland, Mick Ricereto

COFFEE BREAK: Artist Talks | Mick Ricereto

Saturday, October 19 2024 | 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.

FREE | In-Person Event

Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

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Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring one of our 2024 Fall Solo Series artists, Mick Ricereto.

Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.

This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on October 19.

Mick Ricereto

From dilapidated brick storefronts, to rusted fences and street signs, Mick Ricereto encapsulates the decay of the urban landscape in his intricate watercolor works. Ricereto uses watercolor to build each landscape layer by layer, a lengthy and intensive process that acts as a metaphor to the civil environment he captures: each layer is built upon the last. The fragility of the watercolor medium, he notes, doubles as “a nod to society’s delicate balance of survival.” This “tensionless state of constant entropy”, as described by Ricereto, is expressed through his paintings in both observed realism and idealized moments of repose. 

For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882

This event is produced as part of our 2024 Fall Solo Series, on view from September 13 – October 21.

Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

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Coffee Break: Artist Talks | Bobbie Diamond Adams

From the Alchemy Series, Bobbie Diamond Adams

COFFEE BREAK: Artist Talks | Bobbie Diamond Adams

Saturday, September 28 2024 | 10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.

FREE | In-Person Event

Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

DONATE

Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring one of our 2024 Fall Solo Series artists, Bobbie Diamond Adams.

Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.

This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on September 28.

Bobbie Diamond Adams

Bobbie Diamond Adams’ printmaking and papermaking works are abstract in concept.  

From the hints of green that emerge from a sea of black textures in one piece, to the stillness and quiet of the lone green ellipse in another, her artistic eye is evident in the connections she makes amongst seemingly disparate or unrelated elements. The process of printmaking and papermaking are both labor-intensive and meditative to Diamond Adams, often layering over and reworking pieces for extensive periods of time. Following an intuitive approach, she notes “I use many different plates, and interweave many layers of transparent ink, assembling and embellishing, as well as overprinting.”

For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882

This event is produced as part of our 2024 Fall Solo Series, on view from September 13 – October 21.

Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Bagels are generously provided by Fill-A-Bagel in Jenkintown.

DONATE

Solo Series Fall 2024

Scission, 2022 | Benjamin Long | Oil, alkyd, and graphite on Dibond

On View September 13 – October 21, 2024

Opening Reception | Friday, September 13 | 6:00p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Coffee Break: Artist Talks | Saturday, September 28 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coffee Break: Artist Talks | Saturday, October 19 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00p.m.

DIGITAL CATALOG

ARTISTS

Bobbie Diamond Adams, Printmaking and Papermaking

From the Alchemy Series | Mixed media, $600
From the Meditations Series | Collagraph Monoprint, $800

“I like to provide hints of subject matter in my titles, but leave specific narrative to the imagination of the viewer.”

– Bobbie Diamond Adams

Bobbie Diamond Adams’ printmaking and papermaking works are abstract in concept.  
From the hints of green that emerge from a sea of black textures in one piece, to the stillness and quiet of the lone green ellipse in another, her artistic eye is evident in the connections she makes amongst seemingly disparate or unrelated elements. The process of printmaking and papermaking are both labor-intensive and meditative to Diamond Adams, often layering over and reworking pieces for extensive periods of time. Following an intuitive approach, she notes “I use many different plates, and interweave many layers of transparent ink, assembling and embellishing, as well as overprinting.”

Bobbie Diamond Adams’ work is on display in our Tile gallery.

Anna Bockrath, Interdisciplinary Art

days go, 2024 | Screen printed photograph, handwoven cotton, NFS
held, 2024 | Screen printed photograph on cotton twill tape, $400

“Though weaving, screen printing, trimming, and folding, I utilize techniques that lend themselves to transformation through accumulations of repeated gestures.”

– Anna Bockrath

Inspired by poetry, mythology, and her own personal history, Anna Bockrath explores the complicated concepts of loss, care, and time through her interdisciplinary work. Bockrath’s creations have an airy and ephemeral quality about them, achieved by using both materials and processes that allow for light and air to permeate. Driven by a fascination with process and materiality, her works are created through acts of iteration, layering, and repetition. This act of repetition in her creative practice parallels the repetitive cycles she experiences in her own life, citing “I relate this use of repetition to my own experience of dealing with loss and the repetitive cycles that are entangled with grief.”

Anna Bockrath’s a certain slant of light is on view in our Community Arts gallery.

Benjamin Long, Painting

K.O.O.K., 2021 | Oil and alkyd on wood, $1,500
Dot Dash, 2023 | Oil and alkyd on panel, $1,100

“Please just look and let your eyes have the experience…words can take a break this time.”

– Benjamin Long

Benjamin Long’s oil paintings are colorful, punchy, and both visually and conceptually intriguing.
Each piece comes with its own complex, almost dream-like composition, which leaves the viewer yearning for context. Recurring motifs of snowman-like figures, beehives, and lit cigarettes and pipes give the work an illustrative quality, reminiscent of the work of the late artist Philip Guston. Long acknowledges the ambiguity of his narratives, noting “maybe someday I will figure out a way to translate a personal visual language into a written one” and invites the viewer to derive their own meaning from the clues provided instead.

Benjamin Long’s paintings are featured in our Kelner gallery.

Mick Ricereto, Painting

Cumberland, 2024 | Watercolor on paper, $650
Stillman, 2023 | Watercolor on paper, $650

“I work in response to our disordered, beautiful and sometimes crumbling civilization.”

– Mick Ricereto

From dilapidated brick storefronts, to rusted fences and street signs, Mick Ricereto encapsulates the decay of the urban landscape in his intricate watercolor works. Ricereto uses watercolor to build each landscape layer by layer, a lengthy and intensive process that acts as a metaphor to the civil environment he captures: each layer is built upon the last. The fragility of the watercolor medium, he notes, doubles as “a nod to society’s delicate balance of survival.” This “tensionless state of constant entropy”, as described by Ricereto, is expressed through his paintings in both observed realism and idealized moments of repose. 

Mick Ricereto’s Corner’s Report is being exhibited in our Book Room gallery.