The Eastern Shore Art Center houses five galleries with exhibits that change monthly as well a gallery featuring member artists' work for sale. Exhibit contents vary and feature oils, watercolors, graphics, mixed media, photography, sculpture and ceramics.
AUGUST 2008 EXHIBITS
Opening receptions will be held on First Friday Artwalk, August 1st from 6-8 pm. Wine, beer, and hor d'oeuvres will be served along with live music. Admission is free for members and $2 for non-members
The Soul Origami exhibit features 40 works that have all been created within the past 14 months and are on exhibit for the first time.
His work often features three-dimensional constructions that evoke the spirit of origami – folding geometric forms – “that give the work voice, velocity and urgency” according to the artist.
Many of the works are triptychs – three-paneled paintings – as well; as diptychs, paintings, drawings, and three-dimensional prayer temples.
In recognition of the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Creativity After the Storm celebrates rising above the devastation and creating works of beauty, compassion, criticism and hope. “In the aftermath of destruction there is an urge to create. Artists who, along with thousands of others along the Gulf Coast, had lost everything including their livelihood, struggled to rise above the rubble – and sometimes used the rubble to represent and interpret the scenes and events following the devastation,” says local artist Bancroft Brabner. Works in the exhibition include paintings, sculpture and pottery from many notable regional artists.
An Anthology of Poems & Art - Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project
This collection of poems and art reminds the viewer how writing and art can beautifully express creativity, anxiety, fears, memories and forgiveness. It is cathartic and therapeutic. It is a connection to the world outside their prison walls. Both APAEP and Writing Our Stories began as projects of the Alabama Writers Forum.
