Two new exhibits will be celebrated on Sunday, September 15th from 2-5pm!
“Leaf Love Stories” celebrates the newest work of fiber artist, Rebecca Yeomans. In this show, each creation has a story – from finding inspiration in the Barbie movie, to picking tobacco, to using ink derived from guns. The pieces in this show represent over a year of gathering leaves and materials and making art on almost a daily basis. Rebecca has used this show to explore new things while learning a great deal, and delighting in all the swirling ideas this process stirs up.
“The Light Within” celebrates the newest photogram work of photographer, Melissa Wilgis. This is a series of silver gelatin photograms with gold leaf highlights. With a few exceptions, the subjects she is using are handmade, antique textiles, including collars, gowns, doilies and remnants. When she is working in the darkroom, the ideas in Melissa’s head and heart are always so clear. She embraces the challenge of translating those ideas into images with her photograms. The tricky part comes when she tries to articulate those thoughts as words. While working on this series, Melissa stumbled upon a quote by Maya Angelou that says precisely what’s been in her head while creating this body of work. She said, “Let nothing dim the light that shines from within”.
Along with Melissa’s work will be the artistic debut of Frances Jane Wilgis. Frances Jane has been working alongside her mother to produce her own special photograms. Her inspiration for her cat photograms is a stray cat at camp Kirkwood summer camp. The inspiration for her other pictures is dreams and the night sky.
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, September 15th, from 2-5pm. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by violinist, Shirley Lebo! On view along with this exhibit will be a new exhibit “The Light Within: Photograms by Melissa Wilgis. In addition, we feature continuously rotating art featuring 30+ of Art in Bloom Gallery’s Artists!
Gallery events are always free and open to the public. On view along with these exhibits, Art in Bloom Gallery showcases a plethora of fine art by over 30 local artists. The gallery is open Monday–Saturday 10am–7pm and Sunday 12-6pm and is now located in Mayfaire Town Center at 6866 Main Street in Wilmington, NC.
If you prefer to shop from home the Art in Bloom Gallery Website (www.aibgallery.com) is always open! Purchase art online and pick up at the door or take advantage of our free local delivery. Plus we can also ship anywhere within the U.S. Art in Bloom also offers complementary gift wrapping and gift cards available.