Blessed Unrest (Juried Show), Metamorphosis: Bernie Schimbke

Exhibition Dates:
* January 22 – February 26

Center and Annex Galleries: Blessed Unrest

The juried exhibition theme is based upon the words of Martha Graham, preeminent dancer of the 20th century.

She describes the sense of unrest that stems from the insistent need to delve ever deeper into creative work, while also understanding that any final satisfaction with the artwork itself will remain endlessly elusive.

In conversation with biographer Agnes de Mille, Graham refers to “…a vitality, a life force, an energy…” that is the foundational source for creative endeavors.

Participating Artists include: Michael Acker, Nicole Irene Anderson, Pat Augsburger, Monica Bryant, Marna Clarke, Ellen Coffey, Helen Cohen, Ann Dodge, Brittany Eaton, Laurence Elias, Julia Feldman, Douglas Gilmour, Wendy Goldberg, Annette Goodfriend, Timothy Graveson, Jenny-Lynn Hall, Katinka Hartmetz, Steven Hurwitz, Stephanie Lister, Linda MacDonald, Teddy Milder, Ann Phelan, Miranda Putman, Cooper Salmon, Francesca Saveri, Igor Sazevich, Adam Shemper, Will Thoms, Stephanie Thwaites, Paulette Traverso, Patti Trimble and Shane Weare.

The exhibition was juried by Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery in San Fransisco.

Project Space: Metamorphosis

This exhibit by Gallery Route One Member Artist and watercolorist Bernie Schimbke, is a retrospective of the last five years. The visual explorations range from the pictorial to engaging abstractions of the physical world. During COVID isolation, Schimbke’s themes focus on the realm of the less observed.

He writes, “The isolation has given me a way to intensify the application of pigment. The paper seems to give up its brilliant transparency to allow the color to speak directly to the viewer as an interplay of color.”