Drawing beyond the Plane

March 7 - April 12

The first exhibition planned in the interim location features recent drawings by many regionally and nationally recognized artists.

The act of drawing is perhaps the most intimate artistic form because it often illustrates the artist’s thought process and is imbued with a special sense of immediacy and a tangible presence. The practice of drawing has greatly expanded in the hands of contemporary artists, many of whom don’t necessarily confine themselves to the limited scale or two-dimensionality of paper.  The drawings in this exhibition will take surprising new forms as well as illustrate drawing’s continued links to representation, to preparatory studies, to mapping and to documentation.

Sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America and coinciding with the organization’s biennial conference in Tampa in late June, Small Expressions is an annual international, juried exhibition that features high quality, contemporary small-scale fiber art.   Completed within the last two years, the artworks showcase various fiber techniques such as interlacing, felting, paper, beading, and embellishing while not exceeding 15 inches in any direction, including the mounting or display devices!