A story told in still frames. Photo albums that depict her family's history have become a well in which McCammon has been drawing from. Using fabrics and stitches as she would use paint, she crafts her pieces. Using the original photograph as inspiration, she disassembles and rearranges their elements as she incorporates them into her works. The ability to recall our own history, and of our families is a powerful form of communication. People would gather around each other and…

Artist Angie Hohenadel and her vibrant gouache paintings bring the newly released children's book “SOAR” to life. Full of whimsy and playful imagination, her illustrations help tell the tale of a little hummingbird who builds the courage needed to face their fear, go out on a limb, and take flight. Creating illustrations for children's books requires a great deal of planning and forethought. Understanding the flow of not only the story being told, but how that flow can be carried…

In Inner Currents, Kimi Pryor and Matt Allyn Chapman explore spaces which exist between the internal and external, micro and macroscopic, and the psychological as well as observational. These ecosystems, built upon inner and outer stimuli, contain life, stillness, and indications of vastness existing beyond their scale. Through their work they wish to offer you an entrance to endless moments of crystalized experience while asking that you consider your own inner currents alongside them.

Curiosity is defined as a strong desire to know or learn something, an interest leading to inquiry, or something that is interesting because it is rare and unusual. What comes to mind when you think of curiosity? The avenues of inquiry are seemingly endless, from the natural to the unnatural, the known world and the fantastic. Everything has a depth to explore and the experience of the search can be rewarding. With the theme in mind, the artists in the…

Curio. is excited to bring you the works of Matty Geez. Working in the realm of soft sculpture, his pieces are three dimensional but maintain a kinship to two dimensional works. Some are truly free standing while others are meant to be displayed on a wall or housed in a frame even though their surface has a relief quality. These works verge on the edge of the fantastic while holding onto the familiar botanical shapes we know. Juxtaposition of hard…

Curio. is excited to bring you the works of Matty Geez. Working in the realm of soft sculpture, his pieces are three dimensional but maintain a kinship to two dimensional works. Some are truly free standing while others are meant to be displayed on a wall or housed in a frame even though their surface has a relief quality. These works verge on the edge of the fantastic while holding onto the familiar botanical shapes we know. Juxtaposition of hard…

A title formed by an inward search of the heart and mind that has yielded many secret, hidden, and otherwise unspoken scenes. “I'm communicating an inner world. This work focus is coming through the dark of the subconscious, through time, and memory, into a spotlight.” Mairin-Taj is a storyteller. Someone with an ability to weave the threads of our past with those of our present. Enchanting and educating, her visual expressions feel ancient and familiar, yet somehow contemporary and fresh.…

The gallery at curio. is proud to present SPEAK THE DARK, a collection of new works by artist Mairin-Taj Caya. A title formed by an inward search of the heart and mind, the results have yielded many secret, hidden, and otherwise unspoken scenes. “I'm communicating an inner world. This work focus is coming through the dark of the subconscious, through time, and memory, into a spotlight.” Caya is a storyteller. Someone with an ability to weave the threads of our…

A sketch can serve many purposes for it’s creator. It’s a relationship that has many forms. Some capture the world we know, while others show us worlds of imagination. A sketch may be quick marks made in a few moments to grab an idea from the mind before it slips away, or carefully considered and composed getting every detail of its source just right. Both take time, and that can be a difficult thing to set aside. Community can also…

A phrase used often to describe a mental landscape, a place built of individual thought that is unique to the mind it exists in. This terrain can be made accessible to others through verbal or visual explanation. This phrase is also the catalyst for our current exhibition which brings together the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design senior Fine Artists & Photographers. Unified by the connecting thread that is the creative freedom to show artworks which encapsulate each artist's individual…

A post-industrial environment is one where the manufacturing and creation of objects has been replaced by professions that don't rely on physical goods or their production to sustain itself, instead favoring the option to outsource the physical manufacturing altogether. The need for these goods however has not diminished. Machines that were once made locally or nationally are now being imported from places that still rely on production or have streamlined the process to a point of full automation. The quality…

It’s this shift that has Artist, Sculptor, and Metalsmith Jeremy Waak’s attention. Metals such as copper, silver, and brass make up the arms, treads, and carapaces of his sculptures. Miniature in their size and inspired by machines more at home on a construction site or warehouse floor, they seemingly defy their potential absurdity and obsolescence due to their presentation as an object of Art. Expertly crafted and assembled, painted, and patinated they move from the realm of the mechanical and…