 On Saturday, October 5th, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, True Grit Art Gallery will host an opening reception for 'Imperfections' —a solo exhibit of fine art assemblages by Middleboro artist L. E. (Lori) Ashley. The gallery invites the public to come meet with and support a talented hometown artist. Attendees will view many original works, enjoy complimentary adult refreshments, and socialize with other local art enthusiasts. This event is free and open to the public. L.E.Ashley (Lori) is a Middleboro,MA artist who combines oil painting with assemblage art, housing her paintings in carefully chosen architectural elements made from reclaimed antique wood and rusty hardware. “I’m the type who at a yardsale or antique fair will bypass the furniture and collectibles and head straight for the dirty old cardboard box in the back, the one filled with rusty nails and mismatched wood bits from Grandpa's garage”, she says. “I find the imperfect infinitely more interesting than the perfect. My work reflects this. So does my life", she laughs. ”I’ve chosen to embrace this instead of berating myself for faulty measurements and lack of perfection. If I ding a piece of wood while hammering in a nail, the imperfection stays and becomes a part of the character of the piece. If something has a crack or a chip, all the better. I'm looking for that homemade appearance, That look from a time past when people used what they had and elements didn't always match. Our ancestors always seemed to find a way to create what they needed, and often quite beautifully.” “As a way of life, my position is always to move away from materialism and waste, the buying of new and perfect, the casting a way of the old and imperfect. The recycling aspect appeals to me. I love to deconstruct something that's broken and reuse it to make something new. Also greatly satisfying,is the dual meditative, whole- body focus in painting my images, then choosing and constructing the assemblage elements where everything falls together like puzzle pieces in the end.” ‘Imperfections’ is on view from its opening night through October 26th.True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St in Middleboro, MA. Regular gallery hours are Tues 11-4, Wed thru Fri 10-5, and Sat 10-3. 'Imperfections' posts online beginning Tues, Oct 8 !
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 Join us Saturday, September 14th, from 6-8pm as we host an opening reception for ‘Poetic Visions’— an exhibition of visual art inspired by local poetry. Enjoy complementary adult refreshments while socializing with other local art and poetry enthusiasts. The event is free and open to the public.
Throughout the month of July 2024, True Grit Art Gallery put out a Call For Poetry to local poets from southern New England. They were asked to submit up to 3 poems with vibrant imagery and strong metaphors for an upcoming planned art exhibition. The idea was the gallery would select five poems from this pool of poetry submissions that visual artists could respond to by producing one artwork each. The catch was that the gallery would assign each participating artist a poem to work with by a purely random, lottery process. This was done to ensure an equitable artworks to poem distribution for the planned exhibit. Over 40 local poets submitted and over 40 local artists accepted the challenge. The completed artworks will be exhibited at the gallery along with the enlarged, printed poems when ‘Poetic Visions’ premieres on its opening night. The poets whose work was chosen have been invited to perform live readings of their poems as well. ‘Poetic Visions’ will run from its opening night through September 28th.True Grit Art Gallery is located at 38 Center St in Middleboro, MA. Regular gallery hours are Tues 11-4, Wed thru Fri 10-5, and Sat 10-3 |
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