Opening Reception sponsored by King's Grant
Best in Show sponsored by Virginia Mirror Company

Featuring the work of Kristy Deetz, Reni Gower, Jane Nodine, and Daniella Woolf.

Enticed by touch, these artists explore a wide range of materials and processes linked through craft and meaning. With a shared focus on encaustic (pigmented hot wax) FLASHPOINTS beautifully underscores where material and intent converse and fuse.

Whether a painting, a tapestry, an installation or artist book,
the works in this exhibition resonate with a profound tactility echoed through substance, image and idea. The viewer is invited to explore an immersive sensory-filled experience that is defined by more than just wax.

FLASHPOINTS is curated by artist and retired Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Reni Gower.

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Opening Reception
Friday, August 2, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Ed Dolinger
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Life, Love, Art: Works from the Collection of Judy and John Matthews
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, October 3, 2019 • 5 – 7 pm

RENI GOWER, ENC:ST1:FOUR, 22½" X 22½”, 2019, ENCAUSTIC ON PAPER MOUNTED ON CANVAS COVERED PANEL

In his work, Dolinger seeks solutions to unsolvable problems: Purging logic from useful and practical images that originally relayed information as rational solutions or instructions. His "poetic puzzles" are a reaction to contemporary life that seems unnecessarily complicated, that thrives on complexity for the sake of complexity.

Dolinger has been an active member of the Virginia art community for years. He is a former recipient of a painting fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and has been shown, collected and involved in public arts projects throughout the country.

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Opening Reception
Friday, August 2, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

FLASHPOINTS : Material : Intent : Fused
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Life, Love, Art: Works from the Collection of Judy and John Matthews
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, October 3, 2019 • 5 – 7 pm

ED DOLINGER, QUANTUM CARGO, 2013, ACRYLIC AND MM ON BOARD, 24”X24”

In memory of Judy and John Matthews, longtime supporters and friends of Lynwood Artists and Piedmont Arts, the museum will feature works from the Matthews family's collection of contemporary art.

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Opening Reception
Friday, August 2, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

FLASHPOINTS : Material : Intent : Fused
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Ed Dolinger
On display August 3 – October 5, 2019

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, October 3, 2019 • 5 – 7 pm

KRYSTEEN WASZAK

Barbara Kobylinska approaches her art with both a studied sense of design and an unapologetic intuition. Her large indoor/outdoor sculptures are adventurous and inventive. With humor and a sophisticated, playful intelligence, she invites the viewer to share her delight in the unexpected. Kobylinska's work has been exhibited in show's across the country and is part of many private collections. She is a member of International Sculpture Center, Washington Sculptors Group, Potter’s Council and Ceramic Designers Association.

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Opening Reception
Friday, October 18, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Jill Jensen
On display October 19, 2019 – January 4, 2020

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, December 19, 2019 • 5 – 7 pm

BARBARA KOBYLINSKA, SPRING, 25" X 60" X 13", CERAMIC WITH RECYCLED METAL PARTS, FINISHED WITH OIL STAINS

Woodblock prints, found objects, bits of nature and other fragments and images are combined with color and texture in Jill Jensen's bold and powerful quilts. Living in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Jensen uses the region's beautiful vistas, striking sunsets and ever changing flora as inspiration for her work.

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Opening Reception
Friday, October 18, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Barbara Kobylinska
On display October 19, 2019 – January 4, 2020

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, December 19, 2019 • 5 – 7 pm

JILL JENSEN, BLACK BIRD, 12" X 12" X 2", MIXED MEDIA

In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains there is an enclave of craftsmen who have solidified deep friendships as well as a network of creative, technical and professional support over the past 25 years. Drawn to the area by its beauty and tranquility, with much determination, they established working studios, vital careers and a way of life.

From the beginning they shared many common goals and apprehensions, offering each other feedback, assistance and courage. In the fall of 1998 this commonality blossomed into a formalized association called 16 Hands.

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Opening Reception
Friday, March 27, 2020 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Davis Choun
On display March 28 – May 2, 2020

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, May 7, 2020 • 5 – 7 pm

SILVIE GRANATELLI, POTTERY

Davis Choun is a process-oriented artist/designer whose work is born out of an attraction to benign or discarded materials and a process of manipulations. His work relies on improvisation and continuity. As the work changes over time, the statements at the beginning of this paragraph may fall away from the truth.

Choun is a graduate of the NC State College of Design. He works out of Artspace in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Opening Reception
Friday, March 27, 2020 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm

16 Hands
On display March 28 – May 2, 2020

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, May 7, 2020 • 5 – 7 pm

DAVIS CHOUN, PINS 12, 2017, CLOTHESPINS, DYE, WOOD

Offering an eclectic mix of styles and media, Expressions is an open-entry judged art exhibit featuring work by more than 140 regional artists.

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Opening Reception
Friday, May 22, 2020 • 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Art at Happy Hour
Thursday, July 17, 2020