AUGUST EXHIBITION AT GALLERY A3
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“In these divisive times, art can ask questions and suggest answers—and give artists an opportunity to speak through their artwork, whether it be overt commentary, thought-provoking, healing, contemplative, timeless, or contemporary,” says exhibit coordinator Paula Hite. The juror, Billy Myers, is the Artistic Director and Curator of the Art for the Soul Gallery. An Opening Reception will be on Thursday, August 7, 5–8:00 pm, and an online Art Forum, open to the public, is scheduled for Thursday, August 21, at 7:30 pm.

Gallery A3’s Annual Juried Show offers artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in a downtown Amherst gallery. In turn, it gives the community a chance to see work by established artists who may be well-known in the area along with the opportunity to discover emerging artists and others who may be exhibiting their work for the first time in western Massachusetts.

The exhibit showcases 45 works by 37 artists from New England and New York, and the media include drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, mixed media, and fiber works. “Gallery A3 began more than two decades ago, as artists in the community responded to the tragedy of the attacks of 9/11,” Hite states. “Now, with our 10th Annual Juried Show coming at another momentous time in our country’s history, it is exciting to see how the responses to the theme of UNITED WE STAND range from personal to political, abstract to conceptual, and humorous to iconic imagery.”