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june 10 - july 19 EXHIBITION DOWNTOWN an artist showcase featuring the people & places of downtown wilmington
Highlighting an assortment of local talent, Kinga Baransky, Elizabeth Bender, Ben Billingsley, Shannon Bourne, Marcela Dvorzsak, Bonnie England, Alessandro Giambra, Steven Gibbs, Liz Hosier, Ben Keys, Joseph Miller, Darren Mulvenna, Justin Plakas, Zach Rudisin, Gail Sue and Rocco Taldin, Exhibition Downtown* features a variety of media including oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography, film and mixed media.*
From abstract streetscapes to traditional photography, Exhibition Downtown is an artistically inspired celebration of historic downtown Wilmington.
Explore downtown from fifteen of Wilmington’s talented cache’ of artists. Each artist’s unique perspective of our beloved riverfront is individually expressed with selective candor and distinction.
The viewer is invited to embrace oddments of jewels unearthed from the landscapes, river-scapes and people-scapes represented in this stimulating exhibit.
Through the lens’ of Miller, Plakas, Taldin and Rudison we are persuaded to discover the brute beauty and mystical majesty of familiar frontages captured in the split-second of a moment or the quelling movement of avant-garde film.
In addition, print-maker Bourne, intimately and effectively captures hidden railways, alleyways and cemeteries often overlooked by passing tourists and residents. While the painters, on the other hand, mix colors with mood to introduce impressions of daydreaming by the Cape Fear River, a Sunday afternoon eating lunch at Water Street Restaurant, and many more charming characteristics exclusive to downtown Wilmington.
ARTIST RECEPTION: June 27th... 7pm FOURTH FRIDAY!!!