MAY 2021
CENTER GALLERY
Perseverance | Carol Lambert
Perseverance is about getting through life, especially the hard parts. In 19 etchings, mostly in color, we see characters responding to situations with strength, patience, energy, imagination, and sometimes resignation. In other words, they are very much like us.
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Carol Lambert studied art at the American College (now the American University) in Paris, and in 1969 earned her BA in Art and Art History at Brown University. She completed an MA in Counseling Psychology though Goddard College in 1973, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate Institute in 1999. From 2000 to 2015 she continued her training in painting, drawing, and printmaking at several schools, including Grand Central Academy and the Art Students League in New York. In 2016 she began attending workshops at Crown Point Press in San Francisco and has concentrated on intaglio printmaking since then. She has lived in Alaska since 1979.
Natalie Baxter, House of Bread, 2021, Fabric, found quilt, graphic t-shirt, laundry bag, dish towels, fabric, cotton batting, 44 x 66 inches
MAY 2021
NORTH GALLERY
Homefront | Natalie Baxter
In the past year, our homes have simultaneously become bunkers and battlefields. An oversized housecoat, plush assault rifles, quilts, and show ribbons make up the work in Homefront, an exhibition by Natalie Baxter that explores the complexities unveiled by the pandemic.
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Natalie Baxter (b. 1985, Lexington, Kentucky) explores concepts of place-identity, nostalgic americana, and gender stereotypes through sculptures that playfully push controversial issues. Natalie received her MFA from the University of Kentucky in 2012 and a BA in Fine Art from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN in 2007. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally with recent shows at Intersect SOFA Chicago with Elijah Wheat Showroom (Newburgh, NY), Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, AL), Spring/Break Art Show with Gloria’s (New York, NY), Material Art Fair with Beverly’s (Mexico City, MX), Institute 193 (Lexington, KY), Yale University (New Haven, CT), and Brandeis University (Waltham, MA). She has been an artist in residency at the Wassaic Project, a fellowship recipient at the Vermont Studio Center, and twice awarded the Queens Art Fund Grant. Press for Baxter’s work includes, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Hyperallergic, The Guardian, and Bomb Magazine. She is currently a resident at The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY.
Sharon Trager, Coffeehouse Sketch #1, Graphite on paper, 8 x 10 inches
MAY 2021
SOUTH GALLERY
A Daily Practice – Coffeehouse Sketches | Sharon Trager
Anonymous, trying not to disturb my subject’s space, I am looking at light, shadow, form, gesture, movement. I draw, making a distinct effort to be sensitive to myself while keeping a concentrated observational focus on what I see. It is a practice, therefore results vary but I am most satisfied when I achieve a sensitivity of character and spirit in the drawing.
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Sharon is an Anchorage based artist. She received a BFA from Eastern Michigan University and had a long career as an art educator.
Her mixed media collage work and painting have been exhibited in several of the All Alaska Biennial exhibits and various juried exhibitions.
The past several years have been devoted to advancing her proficiency in figurative work with a concentration in classical painting and drawing.
She is active in several live model drawing and painting groups here in town and continues to work with master artists in the field.
