New Exhibitions @ BDAC Get Vulnerable
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BDAC’s inaugural 2019 exhibitions reveal what makes us human. Artists go to their most vulnerable places to explore empathy, shame, humor, the subconscious, and how we feel safe. Join us for the opening reception January 11, 6-8 PM.
Exhibitions:
Erin Coleman: Lacrimae Rerum
Chauncey Secrist: Retrospect in Me-Flat Minor
Lara McAllister: Temporary Shelter
Sarah May: Fragments
Our Beautiful Mess: Works by Autistic Youth
Erin Coleman: Lacrimae Rerum
www.erincolemanart.com
@erincolemanart
Tears are the physical evidence of our emotional experience. This body of work is designed around the visual language of the teardrop in typographic design and collagraph prints. By using printing plates crafted from rigid scraps of clothing to produce large teardrop prints it is as though we are looking through a giant microscope to see the trappings of our human, emotional experience. “Sunt Lacrimae Rerum”: “There are tears in things.”
Chauncey Secrist: Retrospect in Me-Flat Minor
@chaunceysecrist
Retrospect in Me-Flat Minor is an exploration of universal emotional states and experiences, through the use of self-portraiture. Secrist opens himself to the viewer in raw imagery that feels disarmingly intimate and familiar.
SARAH MAY: FRAGMENTS
@sarahmayslc
www.sarahlizmay.comWhen we dream, we only remember bits and pieces of the places our mind takes us to while we sleep. We slip to other worlds between dimensions and time, through blurry boundaries between reality, fantasy, and memory. This project explores the narrative of dreaming: the fragments that linger with us in our waking hours, revealing destiny and hidden paths, or the simple stories that entertain us throughout the night.
Our Beautiful Mess
Over the past 14 weeks, artist Roger Whiting of Community Arts of Utah has been conducting a weekly artist residency with Matt's Place, a day center for autistic youth. The result of the residency is an exhibition of colorful encaustic (melted wax) artworks. Roger and the young neurodivergent artists share how they see their worlds. Whiting, who is also autistic, states, “Our struggles, mistakes, and triumphs result in sometimes messy, but ultimately beautiful and unique lives.” Project sponsored by an Integrated Arts Grant from Art Access / VSA Utah.
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Location: Bountiful Davis Art Center, 90 N Main St. Bountiful, UT 84010
Reception: January 11 6 -8 PM
Exhibitions on view: January 11 – February 15, 2018
Gallery Hours: Tu - Fri: 10 AM - 6 PM Sat: noon - 5 PM
Contact:
Cara Krebs, BDAC Director of Marketing and Exhibitions
1.801.295.3618