{"id":16396,"date":"2025-09-24T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/review-flc-invitational-exhibit-showcases-seven-local-artists\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:36:52","slug":"review-flc-invitational-exhibit-showcases-seven-local-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/review-flc-invitational-exhibit-showcases-seven-local-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: FLC invitational exhibit showcases seven local artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The
The Fort Lewis College Art Gallery features, foreground: \u201cBlue on white,\u201d ceramic by Chyako Hashimoto 2025; background left: \u201cSempervirens,\u201d acrylic on canvas by Holly Hagan, 2019; and right: \u201cOur Desert Sky Dazzler No. 2,\u201d acrylic on canvas by Gilmore Scott, 2025. (J. Reynolds)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The intriguing invitational art exhibit now on view at Fort Lewis College is well worth a trip to the ivory mesa. Featuring works by seven area artists who are in their prime, this quiet show is a distinct pleasure. That the exhibit carries a cumbersome title and even more convoluted description should not deter anyone from a long look.<\/p>\n

\n

If you go<\/h4>\n

WHAT: <\/strong>\u201cSpaces, Locations and Imagined Places,\u201d art by seven area artists.<\/p>\n

WHERE: <\/strong>Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 1000 Rim Drive.<\/p>\n

WHEN: <\/strong>Now through Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, or by special arrangement.<\/p>\n

MORE INFORMATION: <\/strong>Visit www.fortlewis.edu\/art-gallery, email jklema@fortlewis.edu<\/a> or call (757) 810-4890.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cSpaces, Locations and Imagined Places\u201d is the exhibit\u2019s official title that offers no portal into the beautiful works on display. Ignore the name and drink in the mature, fully-realized works by artists who have found their medium, method and imagery.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cPushing
\u201cPushing Through or: how I learned to stop sharpening the pencil and embrace the erase,\u201d vector illustration, 2021 by Tim Kapustka, 2025. (Courtesy of Tim Kapustka)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Works by Annie Brooks, Holly Hagan, Chyako Hashimoto, Tim Kapustka, Lorna Meaden, Ted Moore and Gilmore Scott are on display through Oct. 14 in the white cube known as the FLC Art Gallery. Each artist has evolved over time and seems motivated by a strong, individual vision and purpose. Modes of expression vary from realism to fantasy, formal beauty to utilitarian purpose. Exploration, wonder, a sense of curiosity and even playfulness drive much of the work.<\/p>\n

The heavy, awkward title misleads viewers to expect an exhibit of realistic and\/or imaginary landscape art. It\u2019s so much more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to admit, we didn\u2019t have a clear curatorial vision of the show from the outset,\u201d said Julia Klema, gallery manager. \u201cThe show is diverse, engaging, and the work is a testament to the skill of these artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\u201cTeapot
\u201cTeapot and Juicer,\u201d soda-fired porcelain, by Lorna Meaden, 2025. (J. Reynolds)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Recently, a panel discussion made it abundantly clear that each exhibitor is fully in the middle of a mature career and each has pursued a very different expressive path. The artists rose above simplistic questions like: \u201cHow do you know when a work is finished?\u201d to address what compels them to create the first place. Despite the limited questions, the artists managed to articulate the complicated business of vision, beauty, wonder, process, persistence and the vagaries of pursuing a career in the wider world after art school.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cPando\u2019s
\u201cPando\u2019s Box,\u201d walnut, maple, lacewood, gold leaf, leaves, by Ted Moore. (J. Reynolds)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Exhibition highlights include:<\/p>\n

Tim Kapustka\u2019s 10 digital prints are deceptively simple and elegantly executed. He chooses mundane objects, places them in mysterious settings, adds evocative titles and invites viewers to the world of imagination. Holly Hagan\u2019s semi-abstract acrylic paintings and pencil drawings radiate intense encounters with the beauty of nature. Complex and yet clear, her imagery is fractured and yet whole, astonishing in its singularity.Chyako Hashimoto\u2019s ceramics are serene, whole and all about the beauty of form. You will see mysterious vessels, cloud plaques, an idea of a Zen Garden and two usual bowls with bold, blue-glaze gestures.Tom Moore\u2019s passion for wood, ancient and new, shimmers in his ink drawings of gnarled joints or limbs as well as a splendid cabinet, \u201cPando\u2019s Box.\u201dGilmore Scott\u2019s three relatively small acrylic paintings combine the boldness of Din\u00e9 weavings with imaginative symbols that defy scale.Lorna Meaden\u2019s functional porcelain objects pack whimsy into sophisticated shapes and surface design that are a universe unto themselves.Annie Brooks\u2019 skill as a miniaturist and storyteller play out in elaborately detailed pages, vignettes and a book: \u201cAnkaret Ilhaam,\u201d which you can leaf through page by page.<\/div>\n

\"\u201cAnkaret
\u201cAnkaret Ilhaam,\u201d book by Annie Brooks, 2022. (J. Reynolds)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Let\u2019s hope more invitational exhibitions by serious area artists in mid-career will continue at FLC.<\/p>\n

Judith Reynolds is an arts journalist and member of the American Theatre Critics Association.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Spaces, Locations and Imagined Places\u2019 features pieces by creators in their prime <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1060,132,28,1472],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-16396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-fort-lewis-college","tag-headlines","tag-painting"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20178,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16396\/revisions\/20178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16396"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=16396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}