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‘Light and Dark II’

NH Art Association member exhibit with a nod to Halloween

PORTSMOUTH – “Light and Dark,” a dichotomy as old as time. This is the theme of the New Hampshire Art Association’s members exhibit for October at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery.

As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, what is illuminated and what is hidden in the shadows? Artists are showing black and white, grayscale, high contrast, macabre, and spooky work in all mediums. They will also provide descriptions of how their work fits within this theme that will be displayed along with their pieces in the exhibition.

With a nod to Halloween, the show will have some fun additions to its opening reception as the NHAA partners with businesses in the community.

This is NHAA’s second annual Black and White gala in the main gallery for the opening of Dark and Light II on Oct. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m.

 

Portsmouth Brewery will be catering including some of their dark and light beers. There will also be a raffle with prizes from local businesses.

 

“We are encouraging dressing up in fun-filled, creative black and white (think vintage),” said NHAA Executive Director Amanda Kidd-Kestler. “There will be a best dressed contest with awards by Cotillion Bureau and Hello Again, local vintage boutiques.”

 

Music will be provided by Planet Parlor (VT & NH) and Sam Nordlinger (NYC). Links to their music are: https://planetparlor.bandcamp.com/album/planet-parlor    https://samnordlinger.bandcamp.com/

 

For the second year, the front window to the Levy Gallery will be decorated for the entirety of the show.

 

NHAA artist Elizabeth Pieroni Schulte’s design concept, “Reemergence,” was chosen for this year’s display. She is the owner of the Mosaic Art Collective in Manchester, a cooperative art studio and gallery.

 

“’Reemergence’ is a metaphor for the healing journey,” Schulte said.

 

The hanging lighted sculpture will take on a familiar but abstracted cocoon form on a human scale.

 

“Just as the caterpillar sheds its skin and makes its descent into the cocoon, its cells begin to self-destruct and turn to soup, to be rearranged into a completely new creature which emerges as a moth or butterfly,” Schulte said. “Life as we know it has changed – we all carry the weight of the collective trauma for the world but in order for the world to complete its transformation we all must surrender in order to become something new.”

 

 

Go & Do

“Light and Dark II”: NH Art Association Member Exhibition

Where: Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery,136 State Street, Portsmouth NH, and online at www.nhartassociation.org

When: Oct. 5 through Oct. 30. Opening reception at the Levy Gallery, Friday, Oct. 7, 5 to 8 p.m. Artists and guests are invited to come to the opening dressed up creative black and white.

Gallery hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m.

SHOWN: “House in Shadows” by printmaker Mary Collins-Lyman.

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