Good stuff in the Community Gallery

We’re currently showing what I think is our best Community Gallery yet: Sketchers and Carvers. The variety of work and the number of pieces - woodburning, woodcarving, pen drawings, pencil grids, black ink on taconite-dyed paper, colored ink and more – make it an interesting show. Even if you just breeze through the space you get a sense of shapes, dimensions and texture. For a small area, it has a lot going on: 60+ submissions with more than 75 pieces from nine regional artists.

But somehow it’s not overwhelming. I feel fortunate to have been able to meet most of the artists who contributed to this exhibit. They were all wonderful to work with and I only hope they’re happy with how we’ve displayed their work. Mai did a great job displaying the carved sculpture pieces and we are extremely lucky to have an MCAD grad on staff. We all got a little creative in the layout, but it feels like it works. Many of the pieces are for sale, and there are more than a couple I would like to buy. The thing I love about our Community Gallery is it gives people with all levels of gallery experience a chance to share their work. The great response to the call for entries tells me there are plenty of talented people on the Range who want opportunities to show what they do. We’re happy to accommodate! See the show through March, and you’ll see what I mean. For artists' names and more info, click here. -BP