Hera Gallery

With Dave Prescott of Save the Bay's South Coast Center in Westerly. Dave will be providing a 45 minute presentation with opportunities to discuss local water issues in South County. Fresh and salt water bodies will be discussed. David Prescott is the South County Coastkeeper, a role that provides a visible on-the-water presence and works in the community to protect, restore, and promote stewardship of the unique and magnificent waterways of Little Narragansett Bay, the Pawcatuck River, and the South Coast.  Dave conducts water quality monitoring, mobilizes community action on stormwater and wastewater pollution, investigates and responds to pollution incidents, and advocates for public access to the shore. He is a proponent for new strategies for communities that are dealing with climate change impacts. Join us in meeting with our South County Coastkeeper! Light refreshments provided!

Joe Cory: "Enlightened Witness" (15"x20") - Joe Cory Joseph Cory is an artist and associate professor in the department of Visual Art at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. He received a BA from Central College (IA), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from the University of Chicago. He exhibits his work nationally, and is the recipient of a number of grants, awards, and workshops including: "The Whale and Star Summer Workshop in affiliation with the Anderson Ranch" in Miami with the artist Enrique Martinez Celaya (2011), and the "Project R5: A Visual Arts Workshop and Studio in South Africa" (2013).  Check out his work at Hera! WATER ends May 9th.

Sabrina McLaughlin: "Of The Despair" (16"x28") - Sabrina McLaughlin Sabrina McLaughlin is a Painting Major at Kendall College of Art and Design. Most recently her work has been displayed at th e West Michigan Regional Art Competition at Lowell Art Center and Art.Downtown 2014. Sabrina was born in Canton Ohio and currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her awards include: Krylon's Clear Choice Scholarship, Beyond Mythologies Scholarship, Akron Society of Artists Scholarship, Canton Artists League Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design's Portfolio Scholarship, and Kendall College of Art and Design's Academic Scholarship. Check out her work at Hera! WATER ends May 9th . 

Ben Anderson Just a reminder that the Birdhouse fundraiser is tomorrow! Join us at The Farmer's Daughter at 716 Mooresfield Rd.  More information about Farmer's Daughter can be found on their website  here .  Here are some examples of what we've received so far! James Brown Kristin Lamb

Kerry Kolenut: "Swimming Pool 3" (24"x16") - Kerry Kolenut Her Statement: " Most individuals participate in the collection of images, sometimes represented as an album, a scrapbook, a frame, or a filled shoebox.  Images of families and friends become a personal history; it gives both a family and an individual an identity.   We get a sense of who we are and where we come from, whether or not there is someone there to tell us who or what is in the image.  We get a sense of what has come before us.  Snapshot photographs are often connected to ideas of identity, memory, and relationships. Often how we remember and what we think we remember is fragmented.  Without a reference to a specific person or place what happens to the photograph? Does it still tell us something about our family history or ourselves? I have gathered images from family albums, enlarged them, and covered a portion of the image information with graphite. All that is left are parts of...

Barbara Simcoe: "Montserrat" (15"x20") - Barbara Simcoe Her Statement:  " The world is largely pre-occupied with itself on a level that excludes spirituality. In the culture's violence, its unrelenting dedication to the exterior to the exclusion of the interior and its fascination with spectacle, is there a place for contemplation.  The figurative imagery I use in my work is exclusively of women and it is in the area of feminine archetypes that I am most interested in woman as vessel of creativity, as intercessor, as of the earth, as mother, as primal aspect of the feminine/masculine dichotomy, as the complement of masculine divinity. These are the subtexts of my work. In designing my pieces I direct my actions to subconsciously access archetypes to create works that function as metaphor. They are not meant to be overtly narrative, though there is an undercurrent of a non-linear kind. In this regard the works are associative and referential. My...