STAFF ART SHOW
& JON COOPER
July – September, 2023
Night Market: Maker Faire & Art Show
Thurs, July 20, 2023
5-8 p.m.
Free public meet and greet Art Market with light refreshments, including popcorn, Italian sodas, and live music!
Stop into the Java Gallery and check out an assorted collection of work created by our own talented staff! Mediums include painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital art, mixed media and woodburning.
We hope to see you on Thursday the 20th from 5-8 p.m. for our FIRST EVER Night Market: Staff Maker Faire & Art Show, held on the Brick Walk and in the Java Gallery. Art forms will include jewelry, stickers, and pins for sale, as well as digital art, mini tarot readings, and live musical performances by The Castros, Jamie Magruder, and the Phantazmix!
All are welcome and invited to attend!!
ARTIST STATEMENTS:
Here exists Art that’s made of all the things that make me, Me.
Things I do, appreciate, are passionate about, am made of…
If you look and identify with some things or many things on here, then maybe you and I aren’t as far apart as we think.
It’s about finding and appreciating the commonality in us rather than focusing on the differences.
We’re all misfits
& I think that’s beautiful.
~Jay Magruder
The World around us is filled with beauty. There are so many layers to our individual lives and they intersect at every turn, creating new textures, depth, and obscurity in our existence.
Taking nature’s elements, the ordinary things that surround our every day existence, and interlacing them together, we are given a new perspective – a new lens for viewing the complexities around us.
~Heidi Lange-Herzog (aka: Adela Silver)
Work by JON COOPER of Toronto, Ohio – talented painter and father of JC partner Megan Piper – is also on view in the Main Hallway. Jon’s subjects range from overgrown machinery and bright floral close-ups to playful scenes of cartoon-like characters happily spending time together. A common theme in his work, aside from his bright, sun-kissed color palette, seems to be an overwhelming appreciation for the beauty and variety of life.
Jon also handcrafts all of his frames and stretches his work himself. He was a middle school Art Teacher for 35 years at Liverpool Schools, and when asked by his daughter about his more recent cartoonish subjects, he responded “Working. With. Kids.”
We are thrilled to be able to host the first-ever exhibition of Jon’s work. See for yourself next time you’re in, and let us know what you think!
