CURRENT EXHIBITION:

Currently on exhibit at Monterey Library/Knox Gallery, Laura Chester’s Shovels &

Chandeliers: a Collage of Prose and Poetry opened on Friday, October 30. The

artist hosted a reception on the opening evening, and also offered a reading of her

forthcoming book Spooning with Mojo, a joint venture between Chester, writer,

and Phil Knoll, artist.

Chester grew up in Wisconsin, and after living in various locations from New

Mexico to Paris, settled in the Berkshires with her two sons. A resident of Alford,

the artist has shown in several Berkshire venues. Writer, poet, and editor, she has

recently begun to pursue collage art, and utilizes both vintage images and objects.

The current exhibit features an assortment of her vintage collages, and will be

on view through December 5.

PREVIOUS EXHIBITION:

Work on Paper is Kent Mikalsen’s work, which will open on September 18, with a reception that evening from 5:30 – 7 pm.

Mikalsen, a resident of Williamstown, grew up in New York City and earned

degrees from the University of Florida, focusing primarily on sculpture. His

extensive work has been included in prestigious regional and national shows and

major museum collections, and he received commissions for large outdoor

sculptures. His work also includes experience as a designer and concept artist in

architecture, as well as visual effects for feature firm, animation, and

entertainment park design.

At the height of his career Mikalsen recognized that his life had a certain lacking

and unfulfillment. He moved into an ashram and for ten years studied yoga,

meditation, and other transformational processes. He states that this experience

had a profound effect on his art, that his work “became a meditation on the

nature of non-physical reality.”

The current exhibit features, as the title states, works on paper. The drawings

deal with the same concepts as his sculptures do: the dialogue of the ethereal and

large, heavy materials.

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