Fri 2/20 @ 5-9PM
It’s always a little slower at 78th Street Studios’ Third Friday this time of year, but that’s a good reason to go. You’ll have more space to browse the galleries, shops and artist studios, and more time to chat with the artists and learn more about their work.
There’s a new show to check out at HEDGE Gallery this month. Natural Phenomena features work by three area artists: two painters and a ceramicist. Christopher Kier, who came to this area from Toronto, is inspired by ruins, relics, and totemic objects, while Susan Squires, whose work recently appeared in a show at Context Gallery, upstairs from HEDGE, has been working in encaustic for the last couple of decades, creating mixed-media geometric abstractions. And Lauren Herzak- Bauman creates layered ceramic and porcelain works, that absorb other materials including fabric, inspired by such natural phenomena as moving water, rock striations, and star clusters.
It’s the last chance to catch the show Power Exchange Rate at Understory, an installation and sculpture-heavy show that explores what queer and feminist love and desire look like under capitalism. On the way there (it’s at the fair back of the RAMP level), stop at Garrett Weider’s studio and check out the new mushroom paintings he’s been doing or his popular Van Gogh ears. There’ll also be vendors from North Coast Promotions on the RAMP level as well as the first floor ArtSpace.
Also closing this month is Sean Wheeler’s show in the second floor Suite 215 gallery. And the Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery, also on the second floor, has extended the show by The Birds by Australian artist Aubrey Rhodes for another month. There’s always plenty to do and see on Third Friday. It’s free and open at all including well-behaved children and pets!