River/Sea Installation at Vernon Community Arts Center

The Vernon Community Arts Center is hosting River/Sea, a solo exhibition on the theme of water by Connecticut artist Barbara Hocker through September 27, 2014. Note, VCAC will be closed July 4 and 5.

River/Sea is an exhibition of works on and of paper that explore the artist's thoughts about water as both subject matter and metaphor. Traces of a flood, memories of a childhood by the sea, and the trauma of oil spills are the artist's inspiration for a series of handmade books, two room-sized installations, and other works. Hocker begins with digital images of water from Connecticut waterways and combines them with various other water-based media, encaustic, and video to produce ethereal yet intimate works of art. Through the Static and the Distance is a room-sized installation of hanging rice paper panels with digital photos and infused with encaustic. Video projections provide the lighting. Viewers can travel into the center of the sculpture and back out again.

Gallery hours are Thursdays-Sundays, 1-5 PM. Join us for a Closing Reception Sunday, September 21, 1-4 PM, with a gallery talk at 2 PM. This exhibition is made possible through a Creation of New Work Initiative Grant from the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation. 

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artisans and crafters - open during gallery hours.