Friday September 3rd, from 6-9pm at School 33
Free valet parking will be available for this event
Take advantage of the Charm City Circulator Purple Line which stops two blocks away!
Melissa Webb: “As a fiber artist, I love the process of making… of obsessively crafting an object, a costume, or an installation… then combining the fruits of these efforts to create entirely new realities through the use of performance and audience participation. I tend to construct detail-oriented, otherworldly scenarios that can be viewed and interacted with in a casual manner, and where the performers are encouraged to react and improvise. The work becomes fully realized through this continuous interaction between the performer, the viewer, and the surrounding environment. I am interested in removing the separation between the viewer and the work of art, as well as between the audience member and the performer. I want to enable others to become directly involved with the work, and to give them a role in determining the ultimate outcome of each piece. This concept is evident in The Temporary Nature of Ideas, a series of large-scale, “living” installations that I began in 2009. Viewer / participants, using provided materials, are invited to delve into the process of making with me, and to be a part of the growth taking place over time within the space.” Free Opening Reception Friday September 3rd, 6-9pm
Kelly Walker: Counterbalance Kelly Walker attacks her canvases with zeal and confidence. One of the Best in Show winners from 2010’s Lotta Art, she is presenting a series of diptychs and triptychs in the Member’s Gallery. The works are layered and her surfaces defy explanation. Drawing from her years of experience as a decorative painter, she uses a wide range of atypical materials in her work and the results reference landscape, wallpaper, graffiti and color fields.
