With their upcoming exhibition, Artworks Trenton amplifies the voices of creatives Amy Louise Lee and the members of the Women’s Caucus for Art.
These two exhibitions represent the mission of the organization, which is to promote artistic diversity by fostering creativity, learning, and appreciation of the arts. From March 14 through April 15, the Women’s Caucus for Art will be presented in the Main Gallery alongside Amy Louise Lee’s show, “Metal Lucidity,” in the Community Gallery, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. March 18.
The Women’s Caucus for Art will present members’ works that represent significant ways of seeing art and our world. These artists will share their voices visually through broad-based themes about gender, identity, race, the environment, the political and personal. The exhibit will foster and expand a conversation beyond the gallery through community, to create a dialogue with participants to encourage the creative process and reflect upon who we are, where we come from and where we are going.
In addition, the exhibition participants will offer a workshop for young women at Artworks from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday April 8, featuring a guided tour of the exhibition from curator Colleen Gahrmann and hands-on art activities.
“Metal Lucidity” by artist Amy Louise Lee will allow each individual to visually explore her “luminous artwork” using their imagination without any limitations. Although the free-flowing, bright, minimalist metal artwork is abstract, taking a moment to look closely at her work, one will start to see familiar and recognizable shapes, similar to the innocence of a child looking up at the clouds.
Throughout the exhibition there will be a whimsical element of surprise by introducing AR, Augmented Reality, to numerous pieces for an interactive technological experience. Playing off the overall theme of the show, this allows the artist to showcase her playful side.
For information, go to artworkstrenton.org.
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