Future Exhibitions

• In the Cohen Gallery
• In the Schmidt Gallery
• In the VIST Financial Gallery
• On the Green Wall

In the Cohen Gallery

Clark DeCapite

May 6 - June 14, 2010

Opening Reception: First Thursday | May 6
5:30 - 7:30pm

Through the use of replicated forms taken from dated, often antiquated objects, Clark DeCapite attempts to represent the relationship between the existing and the existed. Much like snapshots taken out of the context of time, each object represents a moment within its previous reality. Primarily working in glass, he attempts to relate the individual objects to an ethereal realm with the aid of the material´s transparent yet structural qualities. Through the representational compiling of moments in time, he creates a new structure, dictated by each individual unit placement in the whole.

Design, Drink & Be Merry

June 26 - July 21, 2010

Event: June 26, 2010 | 6 to 9pm

This is the only exhibition in the country devoted exclusively to art created by America´s craft breweries. Design, Drink & Be Merry seeks to honor all of the talent, energy and hard work that goes into creating a beer or brewery´s visual identity. By taking the art from a bottle label, case or Website and hanging it on a gallery wall, this exhibit attempts to open people´s eyes to the truly remarkable design created in world of the craft beer industry.

Berks Art Alliance

August 1 - September 8, 2010

Each year, the Berks Art Alliance extends an invitation to artists in Berks County to submit work to this juried exhibition and, each year, the artwork continues to transform and captivate the viewer. The Berks Art Alliance is a fellowship of artists, both professional and amateur, interested in creating and fostering an atmosphere of stimulation and encouragement to support the visual arts within the Alliance and extending out into the community at large.

Philadelphia Watercolor Society

September 26 - November 14, 2010

Opening Reception: First Thursday | October 7
5:30 - 7:30pm

The Philadelphia Water Color Club was founded in 1900 by a small group of dedicated painters. After years of working diligently to dignify the art of watercolor to the world, the growing organization was chartered in 1922, giving watercolor validity and the respect it deserved as an art form in the Philadelphia area and beyond. To reflect its nature and international scope, in 2000 the Club changed to “Society.”

GoggleWorks 6th Annual Artist Exhibition

November 21, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Opening Reception: First Thursday | December 2
5:30 - 7:30pm

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is proud to be the home of more than 30 juried studio artists. The GoggleWorks cultivates artists with an environment that facilitates more than the production and sale of art; being surrounded by other artists and arts organizations also provides an environment for artistic growth and experimentations. The GoggleWorks features an annual special exhibition of these artists´ new works.

In the Schmidt Gallery

April 2010 | New Visions 4: Banks, Bleicher, Haims, Odiorne
May 2010 | Main Line Artist Group
June 2010 | GoggleWorks 5th Floor Artists & Staff
July 2010 | GoggleWorks Student Art Exhibit
August 2010 | Dan Mergner
September 2010 | Nathaniel Walker Dubbs
October 2010 | Tamara Melcher
November 2010 | GoggleWorks Member Exhibit
December 2010 | Teach Art/Make Art: Art Educators´ Exhibit

In the VIST Financial Gallery

This new permanent exhibit showcases the 130-year history of Willson Goggles. Historical artifacts and interactive learning activities depict the groundbreaking innovations of a company that led the world in the development of safety products. Explore the industrial history of Reading
along with the personal histories of Willson Goggles factory workers.

On the Green Wall

April 2010| Rachel Boscov

May 2010| Sarah Gersbach

Life Patterns
etchings, collagraphs, watercolors

Artists Statement
My work explores naturally occurring patterns and the abstract elements within them. Microcosms and macrocosms are a recurring subject in my prints. Closely cropped images of microcosmic worlds create abstract compositions, exploiting the abstract patterns. Etchings and Collagraphs allow me to explore imagary in an abstract and painterly way. The images are simplified, but they still keep a close link to the real world. Negative space is as important as positive space because it adds to and supports the structure that is being represented. I am influenced by the simplicity of Japanese block prints, and the sculptures of Harry Bertoia, who also referenced natural structures and patterns in his work.
Branches against a sky, the bend of a twig, the complex geometry of a pinecone, or the random linear patterns seen in arial satellite images inspire me. The subjects I choose emit an internal structure that can be focused on by simplifying the extranious detail and documenting the abstract pattern. The individual unit is lost, as it becomes a part of the whole. The final print creates its own environment for the natural pattern to live in. This new abstracted environment is the ultimate goal of my work.
Recently, I have been juxtaposing patterns of human cellular structure, with satellite views of familiar neighborhoods. The way that humans sculpt and mold the earth, forever changing the earth´s surface to suit their lives interests me. By juxtaposing these "neighborhood" and "home" views with cellular cross sections, I am commenting on the traits of human nature. Progress and order is in our very cellular makeup.