2022
Flat File Invitational Program Launch
December 3rd through December 20th
A position in nature, a position in power
Works by Vahid Valikhani and Kathy Varadi
October 15th through November 28th
Local Solo:
Kimberly Bossons
A Myriad of Art
July 9th through August 4th
Farewell to Adulthood
Paul Shortt
Saturday, May 14th through Saturday, July 2nd
Blood Orange (Suspended Breath)
Work by Brittany M. Watkins
March 19th through May 7th
2021
Thank you for coming
December 2021
A celebration of local artists who have been crucial to Good News Arts in our first year.
~Featuring~
Allie Pishock, Chyna Rosemarea, Jerry Clum, Jessica Caldas, Kimberly Bossons, Ray Carson, Symma Finn, Taylor Mars
Local Solo: Taylor Mars
November 13th through December 11th
SHADE
Work by Marina Sachs
October 27th through November 13
Something to Say
A Local Solo exhibition of work by Chyna Rosemarea:
“I once asked an art instructor what it would take to become a professional artist. He replied, “First, you have to have something to say.” I’ve always had a lot to say and have, more often than not, found it much easier to say it through my art. Through a combination of paintings on canvas, drawings on bristol paper, as well as cut out mixed lettering, I am able to evoke differing magnitudes of urgency and weight within my illustrations. There should always be a degree of weight, in my opinion, to an artist’s work, make me wonder what happened just before I entered the room and or what will happen next, make me remember something I’ve felt or somewhere I’ve been even if I can’t place my metaphorical finger on it. It’s through my original characters that I have been able to do this as well as make more sense of myself and of the life I’ve lived. There’s often a bit of snark to the things I say because it’s been necessary at times to overcome the occasional weight of being and I believe that that trait is an underlying context to much of my work, not only seen here, but throughout my portfolio.
I want my characters to feel real, a sort of tangible weight to their fictional presence. In Something To Say I hope that viewers will find something to relate to, whether fellow creators recognizing Saoirse’s quirks as their own; Maciej’s feelings when unexpectedly meeting Genny again, a woman he once loved unrequitedly; Genny’s uncertainty of what to say to the lost friend whose feelings she pretended not to know; Likha’s need to burn bridges before the other person “inevitably” lets her down; and, although presented humorously here, the need for food when the cupboards are bare.
I have Something To Say. I hope you’ll listen.”
In Pieces
Work by Alexis Childress and Melissa Huang
"In Pieces" features the work of Alexis Childress and Melissa Huang. Through fragmented figures, both artists explore the duplicity of identity and the gaps between perception, experience, and self. Childress utilizes meticulously crafted collages of photography, digital marks, and found imagery to speak to the power dynamics of the Black (female) body in American Culture, finding power in the visual aesthetics of her own body. Huang’s vibrant paintings uses digital constructs to break down her own image, reproducing them in rich oil paintings that examine the challenging space of representation versus idealization. Together, these two artists consider how we present ourselves to the world and question how much control we have over that presentation.
Men without Patriarchy - a Local Solo Exhibition by Jerry Clum
In these portrait based paintings, Clum explores the representation of men in roles, positions, and settings generally considered at odds with traditional ideals of masculinity and in particular combatting the aspects of toxic masculinity that pervade our culture. Ranging from intimate portraits of men in reclined poses to men as parental figures, these new works are a result of research and Clum’s lived experience and remind us to challenge the norms that so often place us in strict boxes.
Looking at, looking through - Work by Alice Stone Collins, Codi Maddox, In Kyoung Chun, and Twiggy Boyer
Looking at, looking through features the works of artists Alice Stone Collins, Codi Maddox, In Kyoung Chun, and Twiggy Boyer. Each of these artists convey intimate spaces and their inhabitants through a variety of media, layered and collaged together. From delicately painted pieces encased protectively behind glass or defiantly carving out their own space to intricately cut fragments that overlap, these works tell us about the sometimes complicated and sometimes peaceful nature of existence in certain kinds of spaces and the history that is built there.
Embodied - Work by Tatiana Kitchen, Angela Bortone, and Linda Costa
On view: July 14th through August 7th
Closing Reception, Saturday, August 14th, 5-8p
On view: May 19th through June 5th
Reception: June 5th, 5-7pm
“Retrospective: A Blessing (Barakah)”
Local Solo: Elizabeth Barakah Hodges
On view April 24th through May 15th
On View March 31st through April 17th
Work by Haylee Anne
On view March 6th through 27th
Work by Makeda Lewis Shawna Moulton, and Z Shubert
Local Solo: Symma
February 3rd and 4th
Ashley Ortiz-Diaz
January 13th-January 30th
Closing Reception: Saturday, Jan. 30th, 4-7pm
2020
I Know The Position of Each of My Limbs,
A solo exhibition by Jillian Marie Browning
Nov. 21st-Dec. 19th
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 21st, 4-8pm
I’m looking forward to tomorrow
Sat. Sept 26th through Sat. Nov 14th
Artists:
Aineki Traverso+ Alexis Childress + Alice Stone-Collins + Allison Baker + Angela Bortone + Angela Davis Johnson + Ashley Ortiz-Diaz + Brittany M. Watkins + Cheryl McCain + Codi Maddox + Eliza Aviña + Eugenia Alexander + Haylee Anne + Hilary White + In Kyoung Chun + Jack Michael + Jessica Blinkhorn + Jillian Marie Browning + Kate Laster + Kate Donnelly + Las Hermanas Iglesias + Leia Genis + Linda Costa + Makeda Jean Lewis + Mär Martinez + Melissa Huang + Molly Hassler + Parker Thornton + Sara Santamaria + Shane Dedman + Shawna Moulton + Sofía Ortiz + Soude Dadras + Tatiana K. + Tokie Rome-Taylor + Vivian Liddell