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‘Sense and Sensibility: Poetry in Painting’ exhibit now open at South Shore Arts

Information provided by South Shore Arts

MUNSTER, Ind. (January 22, 2023) – South Shore Arts, located at 1040 Ridge Road in Munster, is pleased to present “Sense and Sensibility: Poetry in Painting.” Curated by Dorman + Torluemke, the exhibit will run now through March 24, 2023, with an opening reception on Thursday, January 26, from 5 – 8 p.m.

William Staples, Cow, 2022

“Sense and Sensibility: Poetry in Painting” is a group exhibition featuring artists Bradley Biancardi, Ellen Greene, Tyrue “Slang” Jones, Nina Rizzo, William Staples, Ann Toebbe, Pedro Veléz, and Gabriel Villa, eight artists whose work expresses the notion that painting is simply drawing, color, and design that enlivens the mind, spirit, and soul and illuminates life’s majestic and mournful beauty. The exhibition encourages more thought and consideration of painting as a unique visual language to touch on life’s unexplainable and layered meanings.

Exhibit curator Tom Torluemke said, “The one-of-a-kind personality of an artist paints the feelings of a life lived and living. It’s as though the artist’s eyeballs are orbital mirrors reflecting what is outside and inside simultaneously. It is there, so those feelings don’t disappear but survive as proof, a painting filled with haunting power and unexplainably magnetic.”

Tyrue “Slang” Jones, Untitled

An artist panel discussion will be held on Saturday, January 28, at 2 p.m., and a community Poetry and Painting night will be held on Thursday, February 23, at 7 p.m.. All these events are free and open to the public. The exhibit curators will lead a gallery walk/talk for Art in Focus art appreciation group on Monday, January 23, at 10 a.m.

South Shore Arts is located at 1040 Ridge Road in Munster.

South Shore Arts
South Shore Arts
South Shore Arts, housed in Munster, Indiana's, Center for Visual and Performing Arts, serves the south shore of Lake Michigan with classes for all ages, youth outreach, galleries, and gift shops. Their mission is to transform the South Shore through the arts, and their vision is a progressive region that employs the arts to transform lives and strengthen communities.