Hybrid Exhibition: Virtual and In-Gallery!
Show Duration:
October 8th-31st
Gallery is open Fridays-Sundays, 2pm-4pm.
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UW-Whitewater Show Presented by WAA
For the month of October, the Whitewater Arts Alliance will be hosting a hybrid gallery and virtual exhibition on the WAA website, whitewaterarts.org, of work created by staff, faculty, students, and alumni of the Department of Art and Design. This hybrid exhibition will be on display virtually October 8th-31st, and in-gallery Friday through Sunday, 2-4pm, with the exception of Sunday, October 31st. At this time, the City of Whitewater asks that all individuals wear a mask in the Cultural Arts Center regardless of vaccination status.
This exhibition helps to connect artists in Whitewater and display the talents from a variety of ages and skill levels. This show displays work from 8 artists with a total of 21 pieces, with a range in two dimensional mediums including graphite, charcoal, ink, and printed digital art, and three dimensional pieces including ceramic and metal. The show features an award winning piece by UW-Whitewater alumni Skylar J Gabel.
Some pieces in this show are haunting in nature to complement Whitewater’s first Storytelling festival on October 16th. Some audiences may find the content of some work disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
skylar j gabel
nicole holder
Taylor mcdarison
alexis peesel
K8
isaac l stern
Artist Statement:
I describe the weight one must carry as they begin to feel unsupported in their identity. The obscured rocks symbolizing the weight of family expectation, the beige binder fabric symbolizing suffocation and trans identity, the navy blue string symbolizing the veins of connection, the red acrylic yarn symbolizing the reality of judgment, the brass plate and it's words “waste it on me” symbolizing a memory plaque--begging for time to be wasted. All of these, together creating an abstracted-flesh-form of the struggles surrounded with rejection while coming out and living as transgender.
Will timlin
Xiaohong Zhang
Thank you for seeing our show!