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Beginning June 24th at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, is a show featuring 3 artists with very different processes and styles. The thing they do have in common is color – hence the show title, “So Much Color”. Kaidy Lewis has refined a process of abstract expressionism that brings to the canvas a feeling, a... Read More →
Artists Nell Chandler, Ellie Reinhold, and Evelyn Ward chose the title, Elemental Form, for their show, connecting the lines, shapes, and textures in Ward’s pottery, the designs etched into the metals of Chandler’s jewelry, and the visual inspiration from nature for Reinhold’s paintings. Nell Chandler began as a painter and printmaker. With the gift of... Read More →
Poet Jeffery Beam is a frequent collaborator with both visual and musical artists. The author of more than 25 award-winning books, Mr. Beam will read from his poetry on February 23 at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts. The reading caps the gallery’s annual show It’s All About The Story, this year featuring work by the... Read More →
In 2013, the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts began an annual show highlighting the work of a local writer by responding visually to his or her work. In the past, this show has been inspired by the work of writers with local ties: Michael Malone, Lee Smith, Allan Gurganus, Jill McCorkle, Nancy Peacock, John Bemis, Elizabeth... Read More →
Abstracted botanical paintings by Ellie Snow, figurative sculpture by Lynn Wartski. In the gallery July 23rd through August 25th. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, July 26th, 6-9pm with music provided by Lars Barbary and the Close Shaves. For painter Ellie Snow, painting is an escape, a window into a fairy tale world... Read More →
Mixed metal jewelry by Nell Chandler, abstracted landscape paintings by Ellie Reinhold, hand-made functional pottery by Evelyn Ward. In the gallery June 25th through July 21st. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, June 28th, 6-9pm. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, photomontage,... Read More →
Photographic montage and mixed media by Catharine Carter, artistic fine furniture by Pete Rodrigues, impressionist landscape paintings by Jude Lobe. In the gallery April 23rd through May 26th. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, April 26th, 6-9pm. “To ‘strike a chord’ is defined as evoking an emotional response,” according to artist Catharine Carter.... Read More →
Terra cotta pottery vessels by Garry Childs, fused glass art by Mark Kinsella, watermedia collage paintings by Nancy Smith. In the gallery March 26th through April 21st. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, March 29th, 6-9pm. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, glass, jewelry,... Read More →
Past to Present: Celebrating Former Members Beginning on January 7th, the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts will present an invitational show of new work by 12 former members of the gallery. Some of these artists were recent members, while others were with us in the more distant past. All have continued to explore their art in... Read More →
Colorfully researched collages by Pat Merriman, abstracted landscape paintings by Ellie Reinhold, mixed media figurative sculpture by Lynn Wartski. In the gallery September 26th through October 22nd. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, September 29th, 6-9pm. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, glass, jewelry,... Read More →
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