This new exhibit “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 “Leaf Love Stories: New Work by Rebecca Yeomans. In addition, we feature continuously rotating art featuring 30+ of Art in Bloom Gallery’s Artists!