With Devotion will kick off the series on Friday, Jan. 17.
Artists Heather Jones of Dayton, Jennifer Omaitz of Kent and Alison Jardine and Paige Williams of Cincinnati work with a range of diverse materials and surfaces, including fabric, cast concrete, polypropylene, traditional oil and acrylic, casein and marble dust. The artists all share a common love for surface, edge and touch.
A free gallery talk followed by an opening reception for With Devotion will be held Friday, Jan. 17, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Co will also host an art-making workshop with With Devotion exhibiting Artist Alison Jardine, Jan. 25, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at The Co., 118 N. Jefferson St.
For more information and registration, go to thecontemporarydayton.org.
Mychaelyn Michalec: Domestic, on view from May 7 – July 3, is also part of the series.
It will feature the premiere of new, large-scale paintings and hooked-rug wall-hangings, some 7 feet tall. Using family life as a reference, Michalec covertly uses her phone’s camera to capture relationships with each other and daily life, in moments of both simultaneous disconnect and connection.
Women Working in Time, on view Sept. 3-Nov. 6, 2021, is curated by Tess Cortés of Dayton.
The exhibition will feature three artists, Kristin Reeves of Kentucky, Heidi Kumao of Michigan and Claudia Esslinger of Ohio, whose time-based, sculptural and installation works are defined by physical and temporal dimensions and limitations.
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