New Work and New Year's Celebration

Mauricio Ramirez (L), Jill Christian (C), Marilyn Dillard (R)

On First Friday, January 1, 2016, Matrix Fine Art hosted an exhibition opening for New - New Works by Matrix Artists, which featured an array of new pieces by existing artists, and also welcome Mauricio Ramirez to the Matrix space.

L-R: Jessica Kennedy, Matthew Lutz, Mauricio Ramirez, Jill Christian and Marilyn Dillard

Sarah Hartshorne, Laura Robbins, Laura Wacha

Carol Mell, Sarah Hartshorne

Featured artists included Carol Mell, Sarah Hartshorne, Matthew Lutz, Alexander Eulert, Laura Robbins, Laura Wacha (Local Treasure), Jill Christian, Jessica Kennedy, Mauricio Ramirez, Marilyn Dillard, Julia Lambright, Pat Berrett and Lisa Chernoff. 

Viewers enjoying new works by Laura Wacha, Julia Lambright and Pat Berrett

Matthew Lutz

Alexander Eulert, Lisa Chernoff, Jessica Kennedy, Matthew Lutz

Other shots from the opening:

To ring in the new year, we also added many new pieces to the smaller gallery!

Viewers enjoying work by Marilyn Dillard, Jacob Matteson and Susan Evans

Matthew Lutz poses with one of his pieces

Laura Wacha's New Show, "Likely Stories"

At New Grounds and Matrix Fine Art we celebrated the openings of both Adabel Allen and Laura Wacha's new Solo shows Transitations and Likely Stories.

Director Regina Held stands next to gallery assitant Tanya Landin in front of paintings by Laura Wacha in Matrix.

Artist Adabel Allen greets guests as they arrive at the gallery to view her show.

Laura Wacha not only paints but makes amusing mixed media sculptures.

Laura Wacha stands in Matrix speaking with guests.

Later that evening Adabel Allen did a demonstration of the photogravure process and talked about her work and inspirations.

 To see video of Adabel's demo click the links below.

 

Part 1 

Part 2 

Part 3 

Part 4 

Adabel greets a close friend at her show.

 

 Be sure to join us for First Fridays and new openings! 

Photos, video, and blog by Kaitlin Reese, New Grounds intern.