January 2025
FIRST FRIDAY OPENING: January 3, 5 - 8 pm
EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW: Saturday, January 4 - Friday, January 31
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 4 pm
To purchase art from our current exhibitions, please visit our online shop
CLOSING RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALKS: Friday, January 31 at 6 pm
Join us for a closing reception and short artist talks with January artists Christopher Judd and j.Reto. Refreshments are provided and all are welcome!
CENTER GALLERY
Old and New: Soft, Sweet, Feathered and Furred | Christopher Judd
Christopher Judd, Lion and Lady, graphite on Moleskine paper, 8 x 11.5 inches
This show is about animals.
Mostly bears, but mainly animals.
This body of work exemplifies who I’ve become as an artist, both in technique and subject matter. I love whimsy, I love characters, and I love storytelling. All of these drawings have pieces and parts of all three loves, but more than anything they’re a simple exploration of inspiration and imagery recorded the best way I know how.
Instagram @dao_ofdraw
NORTH GALLERY
Sketchbooks | Carol Lambert
Presented in the North gallery for January, a collection of sketchbooks and drawings from Carol Lambert, curated by Joe and Sally Carr.
Carol was a longtime friend and supporter of the gallery as well as a regular exhibiting artist in our community.
As an accomplished painter and printmaker, Carol fundamentally took an analytic approach to her practice and method of creation. This involved countless hours of drawing and development of concept and ideas.
This exhibition provides insight into a truly unique creative mind, and a wonderful human being.
SOUTH GALLERY
UNTITLED : Portal Series | j.Reto
j.Reto, UNTITLED : Portal Series (RYB), 20 × 20 inches
This ongoing series explores non-figurative portraiture using rock-like elements to represent individuals suspended in a black and white void. Colors, shapes, textures and placement of the rocks help simulate individuals and narratives akin to traditional portraits and figurative compositions.
j.Reto is a founding member of the Anchorage based art group, CIRCLE5.
Instagram @retojreto
IGCA Annex
Staged
Staged is an immersive still life environment that we have created in the IGCA annex for our community to work in over the next few months.
In addition to being a space for artists to work and respond to this winter, there will also be an exhibition opportunity in February in the IGCA North Gallery where artists can submit works created from the still life arrangements in Staged. We see this exhibition as a prompt. All media welcome: writing, sculpture, drawing, video, painting, etc. This is an exhibition on process and we hope for it to generate conversation within the community. All we ask is that the work you create is a response to the space.
Staged is installed in the annex from December 9 - February 28, 2025. Open studio hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-6 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10-7 pm. We will close for the holidays between December 23 - January 7, and then will resume studio hours. If you are unable to visit during these hours and would like to make work, please contact Sally at sallycarrk@gmail.com and we can accommodate to the best of our ability!
Some drawing supplies are available, including pencils, pens, colored pencils, and limited paper, as well as easels, drawing boards, and chairs, but you are very welcome and encouraged to bring your own supplies. The space is set up to handle almost every material.
There is no cost to drop in and all are welcome to draw, paint, collage, and otherwise create!