By making the ordinary extraordinary, I seek to make the overlooked emerge instead as a resplendent focal point. In embracing the power of textiles as a fine art form, this installation seeks to bridge the divide between traditionally gendered crafts and elevate the status of soft sculpture within the realm of contemporary art.

Sloane-Duncan’s paintings explore the tensions between public and private, and question whether we can ever fully be known by another person. She investigates the strategies we as humans use to veil or mask our truest selves and the reasons why we hold back and keep parts of ourselves private, even from those closest to us. The self-portraits raise questions essential to Sloane-Duncan’s practice: How and why do we use personal embellishment to shape others’ views of ourselves? Are self-adornment and interior decor forms of expression or manipulation? 

Hollie Brown presents her first solo exhibition since becoming an artist-member of the Center for Contemporary Arts with a site-specific installation in Gallery 4.

Hollie Brown currently lives in Abilene, Texas. She teaches at ACU and McMurry University. She received her M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of California, Riverside in 2017. Brown also runs Little Shop of Hollies, a small business she started in 2020.

The jackrabbit is the primary subject of Stricklin’s current work and will be on view at the Center for Contemporary Arts in mid-May. Her solo exhibition, Jackrabbit Journey features more than two dozen sculptures and a dozen or so two-dimensional works that center around the jackrabbit, or the hare as the subject.

Ruhala’s exhibition will be a site-specific installation comprised of thirteen (4’x7’) panels of drywall which will visually envelop the space of Gallery 4. The subject of the site-specific installation is primarily Eli and his former partner’s dog companions standing in for them. Documenting them is evidence of the artist’s family, and through the action of drawing and painting a meditation on love is taking place. This narrative, cued by Ruhala’s complex visuals and intertwined figures will provide insight into queer domesticity.

This selection of work creates unique comparisons to the present through exploration of different visual themes and composition in each piece. They share a distinct textural quality inherited from the magazine printing process, as well as a uniform use of stark color choices throughout.

This exhibit will feature contemporary landscapes of all 2D media. All works should have the ability to be hung on a wall. This show will be all landscapes, installed end-to-end with horizons aligned to create a continuous landscape that encircles the gallery. Viewers will see one giant never-ending horizon.