Rehoboth Art League reception to open new exhibits Sept. 6

The Rehoboth Art League will hold an opening reception for for five new exhibitions from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6, on its historic Henlopen Acres campus.

In the Corkran Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from Nature, works by Mary Page Evans, is an exhibition that draws from nature and showcases painted landscapes meant to capture their locale, the time of day and quality of light. In her work, Evans strives for a visual back-and-forth resulting from forms and colors reacting to each other like music. She exhibits in Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Evans has artwork in numerous public and private collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Delaware Art Museum and the State Museum of Pennsylvania.

Also opening that evening is Recent Work by the Journey Clay Collective. This diverse group of ceramists coming from Canada, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, New York and New Jersey has been meeting since 2013. The creative and experimental ceramic work in this exhibition is the culmination of each artist’s creative journey over the past five years. They each have a distinctive artistic vision, ranging from functional to sculptural, narrative to abstract, lyrical to playful.

Going Deeper: Finding the Inspiration from Within, works by Karen Burns, will be on display in the Ventures Gallery. In her work, Burns experiments with intention, prayer and music as a springboard for creating digital work that inspires individuals to grow and explore all that they can be. She is a local mixed-media artist specializing in digital art who uses photographs, personal paintings, scanned images, and bits of ephemera to create layered digital images that she prints onto canvas or paper. Her work has been published in online magazines and displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions and galleries in Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina.

In the Tubbs Gallery will be a two-person exhibition, A Slice of Space: A Stroke in Time, works by Dr. Martie Geiger-Ho and Kong Ho. It will showcase Martie Geiger-Ho’s Terraformation Series of vessels in conjunction with Kong Ho’s Luminosity Series of floral-spiral paintings. Though they use different media and styles, the artist couple connects through the content of their artwork, finding inspiration in the natural beauty of their living environment, which is close to the South China Sea.

Ho will give a gallery talk at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, on the art league’s campus. Attendees will hear about his practice and creative process, and how he utilizes his bicultural background as a teaching artist professionally trained in both Chinese and Western visual art.

Featured in the Peter Marsh Homestead is Mindful Focus, works by Andy Gordon. His photographs are abstract, and each piece shares an intense focus, minimization and search for unique elements. Gordon specializes in abstract and minimalist images ranging from tiny objects to landscapes. He uses advanced imaging techniques to capture high levels of detail and depth, emphasizing the shape, form and texture of his subjects. He received formal training at the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in photojournalism and a master of science in printing technology.

All events are free and open to the public. The Rehoboth Art League is at 12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres. For more information, go to www.rehobothartleague.org or call 302-227-8408.