We kicked off the summer in June with our Ground Works Exhibition showcasing many of the talented artists that are involved with the CAC.
In July, we mixed it up a little with another group exhibition: Hello Science featuring artists that demonstrate their "conversations" with science in their work. We had a remarkable gallery talk surrounding that show with all of the artists present and a full house. It was great to see that kind of active participation from the community!
Speaking of community being engaged, we had record turn-out for visitors in the month of August with A History of Everything and Nothing by Columbus artist Susan Li O'Connor! The cascading paper curtain and organic tunnel structure sparked the curiosity of people by the dozens! It was fabulous to see the responses the site specific installation of nearly 4 thousand paper mailers (donated by Columbus College of Art & Design) transforming our gallery space! The conversations that took place in the midst of this exhibition were inspiring!
See Below for some photos from this exhibition:
We've had so many questions about how this work was created and just as many about how it was removed! So to satisfy your curiosity, we're attaching some photos of the de-install process as well!!
Special Thanks to Susan, who not only shared her creative ingenuity with the CAC and our community, but worked so hard to get this show installed in a small window of time(in the intense heat!)!!! Thanks to all of the volunteers that helped her out as well!
During the month of August, we began collecting material for our September show: Drawing Interest. This was a wide open look at Drawings, Doodles, and Sketches from a diverse range of individuals from the area. It was so exciting to see the different drawings coming in to the art center to be shared for this exciting show. We received drawings and doodles of all kinds, from artists' renderings to kids' drawings and doodles on the edges of notes, not to mention many submissions from Ohio Wesleyan University students. There are all sorts of creative experiments and expressions, this is a true community display of talent and participation. Drawing Interest is open through this weekend, so today and tomorrow are your final chances to see this exhibition! (Gallery Hours: Fri. 4-7pm & Sat. 2-7pm) (Photos to come soon)
Thanks to the volunteers from OWU this month who helped out with the gallery!!! We hope that you will continue to be involved with the CAC this year!!!!
And the biggest thanks goes out to our community, much of whom are continuously reminding us of what we mean to them! The City Art Center is operated by 100% Volunteers and it is our greatest reward to hear feedback and your supportive comments about what we are doing in the lovely City of Delaware! We hope to keep serving the Delaware area with interesting art exhibitions, platforms for conversations, art studio spaces, creative demonstrations, classes and workshops!
We want you to be involved and share your ideas! How can the CAC function in new creative ways for the community? Email those ideas to: cityartcenter22@gmail.com (include in the subject line: IDEAS for CAC) remember we want your ideas, but we also want you to help us see them through!!!
Before we close this segment, I would like to give a very warm welcome to our newest board members:
Tammy Wallace (Ross Art Museum) & Scott Culbert (Delaware Attorney)
So glad to have you guys on board!!!
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