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Friends and Family at Carroll House

Cairo by Craig Stockwell
Cairo by Craig Stockwell

The brand-new Carroll House Art Gallery opens its second exhibition, Friends and Family, on Thursday, February 24. The exhibit showcases the work of 10 regional artists with affiliations past and present to the KSC Art Department. The campus community and the public are invited to share in the opening reception from 4-6:30 p.m. that Thursday.

The works represent the colorful range of contemporary abstraction and thoughtful visual intentions being executed in the Keene area today. KSC Art Department alumni Molly Fletcher ‘07, Brian Jenkins ‘90, Jim Murphy ‘80, and Mike Reilly ‘90 will show their work alongside current and past adjunct Art faculty Craig Stockwell, Stephanie Nichols, and Bruce Blanchette. Artists Carmela Azzaro, Deborah Lloyd Kauffman, and Robert Askey, who have exhibited their works at the College or have taken art courses as non-traditional students, will also have pieces in the show.

Molly Fletcher’s work comments on regional landscape painting, and Craig Stockwell will display his recent Cairo paintings. For the last four years, artist Brian Jenkins has been diligently producing a painting a week in his studio - he will be presenting a year’s worth of those canvases, chronicling his interests and obsessions. The works of Bruce Blanchette and Stephanie Nichols investigate the potential of color and the weight of 3-D materials in relief painting and sculpture. Part of the Gallery’s mission is to partner students with professionals and to provide a forum for contemporary art, artists, students, and the community. The Gallery offers art students the opportunity to work alongside the 10 artists as they curate, hang, and professionally light their works.

The exhibit continues through Saturday, March 19. Gallery hours are Wednesday- Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

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