Upcoming Exhibitions
Drawing from Within: Sketchbooks by Frank Novel
On view May 21st, 2025
Opening Reception June 27th, during Gallery Night
Frank Novel has drawn almost daily in sketchbooks since the 1970’s. Retired PennWest art professor and photographer Fred Scruton, describes his “enigmatic visual diaries of daily life” as the product of “a stream of consciousness filled with figures ensnared in complex webs, pieces of the urban landscape, abstraction, poems, comic book characters, and references to pop-culture and current events.” The exhibit will include originals and large scale prints of his spontaneous drawings and, at times, the artist himself working in the gallery and interacting with visitors throughout the run of the exhibition.
from the sketchbooks of Frank Novel, photographed by Fred Scruton
The Golden Record: Rachel Libeskind
On View June 27th, during Gallery Night
Libeskind’s exhibition considers the work of Carl Sagan, the long arc of archiving human history, and the physical Golden Record, which was mounted by NASA on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977 and now glides through the cosmos beyond the dwarf planet Pluto. Nearly 50 years ago, scientists compiled images and audio recordings on this 12-inch gold-plated copper disc to share Earth’s hopeful message with other life forms. Inspired by her artist residency in Erie in 2021, Libeskind’s sculptures are similar archives and time capsules of human life, knowledge, and activity.
Triptych [Sanctuary] | Rachel Libeskind | Pine, digital collage on PVC, stretcher bars, digital collage on latex, digital collage on projection film, acrylic paint, hat box, silkscreened stainless steel, oak stand, found milk can, found cane, extension cord, lightbulbs