What: Message in a Bottle art display
When: Through March 25, 2011
Where: Schuster Gallery, Nash Library, Gannon University
Cost: Free
The Schuster Gallery has done it again with a thought provoking and well done display of art from Center City Arts. This is a program of Stairways Behavioral Health. I was immediately intrigued when I learned CCA is located in the former carriage house at the former Rose Koehler Curtze mansion on East 26th Street. I once very vividly dreamed of this house and it stays with me still. The show, Message in a Bottle, was high on my list of places to blog.
I found the art work to be varied and impressive. It includes mixed media; glass, wire, and photo transfer; gourds; acrylic; pastel and watercolor; and print.
What immediately caught my eye was the display of glass, wire, and photo transfer. I have never seen anything like it, and I am guessing as to how it was done. Perhaps the photos were transferred to glass jars, and then the glass was heated until it flattened but was still recognizable. The peices are suspended by a wire. Remarkable and very creative.
The remaining pieces are a diverse mix of media and technique, color and imagery. Two in particular stood out for me.
First, artist Stephanie Gwitt works with abstract expression. Up close, her works are a collage of color and detail that seem overpowering, but from a distance take on depth and nuance. I never looked at abstract art in that way before. Her Queen of Roses made an impression on me.
Phyllis Weaver's Autumn Leaves was striking. From a distance, the work looked like artistically placed swirls of color, but on closer inspection the individual leaves, stems and veins were recognisable. It was like looking at leaves collected at the bottom of a pool.
This was my first experience with Center City Art. You can bet I will be back. This display will be open to the public until March 25.
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