The December/January Gallery Exhibitions at The Phipps Center for the Arts will feature six distinct shows for in person and virtual walk-throughs. All virtual walk-throughs will be available online at thephipps.org on December 18.

Gallery One: Robert Patrick

“When painting I delineate topographies of space-time by conflating visible forms in nature and the invisible energies described by theoretical physics.  I paint fantasy environments as metaphors for landscapes of the mind, the imagery a product of combining senses shaped not only by light, but by sounds, smells, touch and taste.  These perceptions are synthesized and translated through a personal language of bimorphic symbols.”

Gallery Two: Project 30.1: A Community Mural

Artists: Ta-coumba T. Aiken, Ron Brown, Stephanie Howell, Lissa Karpeh, Liz Malanaphy, David Markson, Geno Okok, Sebastian Rivera, Thomasina Topbear and Moira Villiard

This group exhibit will feature work by the ten artists involved in the community mural Project 30.1.  Through their artwork, statements and bios in the exhibit, become familiar with the seven local and regional artists who were chosen to create the panels for the mural; the two artists who served as advisors on the project, T-coumba T. Aiken and Moira Villiard; and the lead artist on the project, Hudson resident Liz Malanaphy.

Gallery Three: Michaela Mahady

“I make all sorts of things: public art, fiber art, art glass architecture, and sculpture.  This collection of hand-knit tapestries blurs the line between art and garment.  I call them “vestments”.  They can be hung as 2-dimensional pieces or wrapped and fastened around the body as garments.  They are inspired by the natural world and the phases of the sun.”

Riverview Gallery: Naomi Tiry Salgado

“My current painting series, Urban Life in the Bold North, started in the fall of 2019 with a plan to capture typical street scenes of Minneapolis and St. Paul over a year’s time.  Then 2020 hit.  First by receiving the full impact of a global pandemic, and then shaken to the very core by the death of George Floyd, urban life in the Twin Cities has become anything but typical.  Now my series has become a soul-searching endeavor that aims to capture a year of change, loss and hope.”

Overlook Gallery: Michael Weatherly

“I am constantly inspired by everyday events and my work tends to focus on things that reminds us of the natural world, things we see, people we have met, and places we have been.  Art can speak to all of us, it can lift spirits, provoke memories, create emotions and connect the past to the present.”

Atrium, Gallery and Lobby: Heart Listening: Many Voices, One Planet

Featuring members of the What We Need is Here artist group: Gloria Adrian, Barb Bend, Vicki Ehlers, Stephen J. Gates, Deanna Grigus, Theresa Harsma, Jan Hayman, Paula Kelty, Cheryl Maplethorpe, Nan Riegel, Sue Rowe, River Maria Urke, LeslieAnne VanHouter, Jill Waterhouse and Linda Webster

Heart Listening features new work by artists who participated in a monthly seminar series from July 2019 to March 2020.  This marks the 11th year The Phipps has organized these gatherings under the name What We Need is Here, which was taken from the title of a poem by writer and environmental activist Wendell Berry.