Tue 9/22 @ 11AM-4PM
Thu 9/24 @ 2-7PM
Tue 9/29 @ 11AM-4PM
Thu 10/1 @ 3-8PM
Way back in a different era — like last February, the show Women in Conversation opened at the Stocker Arts Center Gallery at Lorain County Community College. It featured the work of three northeast Ohio artists — Gail Crum, Jill Milenski and Gayle Pritchard — who work in a studio together, assembling their work from a shared collection of finds, gathered from flea markets, junk shops, friends’ discards and other random places. They build their pieces by accumulation and juxtaposition, creating intriguing visual narratives in their mixed-media collages — sometimes sly, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes powerful.
“The idea for Women in Conversation is the natural outgrowth of long-time artist friends who share a love of process and materials,” they say in their artist statement. “The unbroken threads of our decades-long conversations about our lives, politics, women’s issues, art and techniques are woven into the work we present here. The pieces we make are inspired by our daily lives, the result of the way we skillfully and passionately navigate the multi-faceted roles we play: we are sisters, wives, mothers, aunts, daughters, grandmothers, soulmates, girlfriends, caregivers, teachers, advocates, activists, artists.”
The show was scheduled to run through April. But the gallery closed, with their work inside. It’s still there but the gallery has reopened, with limited hours for socially distanced viewing including a closing reception on Thursday October 1. Masks are required and only nine will be allowed into the gallery at one tine, only six at the closing event. Choose your time slot here.
Elyria, OH 44035