Main Gallery :9th Annual Warehouse Show

Back Gallery : New Beginnings: Jim Murray, David Paul Schmit, Jake Sumner

Flanders Contemporary Art is pleased to announce our new exhibit opening Friday, January 21, with a reception from 6 - 9 pm. In the main gallery we'll feature our 9th Annual Warehouse Show. Itís one of the yearís biggest shows, with hundreds of works on display by the many artists represented by Flanders Contemporary Art. Visitors will find a broad range of local, national and internationally recognized names in a variety of media and genre - from Picasso and Miro to Frankenthaler and Boxer and on to dozens of very fine regional artists. It's our once-a- year opportunity to show off many of the artworks acquired over the year and the impressive resources Flanders has to offer.

The back gallery will offer New Beginnings, an introduction for three regional artists all working with collage, and all exhibiting for the first time with Flanders. Jim Murray, who works his paper collages for years before they are finished, combines texture, color and shape, to render delicate and intricate composistions.

David Paul Schmit will show his intimate, emotional small scale pieces constructed from found media. Incorporating text and different application methods, Schmit deals with personal and societal issues, and chooses to use his art as a powerful release.

Jake Sumner will be showing works from his Mystics of Objects series. Selecting key figures and objects, Sumner combines this and other elements to create interactive and whimsical sculptural boxes. The Friday, January 21 opening runs from 6 - 9 pm in conjunction the opening of Icons and Phantoms, new paintings by James Disney at The Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery (third floor).