This exhibition considers an overarching desire to examine the norm. As each artist
investigates ideas of limitation and liberation, creative responses are all at once
meditative yet exuberant, reductive yet abrasive. For some artists, this concept is
achieved through the actual process, and for others it is clear and planned beforehand.
Mary Kensey Lum confronts her practice with the ambition of presenting how beauty
can emerge "in spite of - or because of - tragedy." At the same time, Beatrice Young
attempts to explore the idea of beauty through process. The creative work displayed
will range from installation to drawing, to textiles and sculpture, as artists explore
issues that address identity, story, and the passing of time.
Artists include Sarah Gilchrist, Yena Kim, Mary Kensey Lum, Ashley Ekstrum, Sharon
Carl, Sarah Jane Souther, Alexandra Springer, Beatrice Young, KayKay Blaisdell, Jacob
Yeroshek, Leanna Schroeder and Susie Scribner Cervantes.
