Artists’ Reception: Risk: The Art of David Gilkey, Jade Niehaus, & Julie Oakley

This event has been rescheduled due to a winter weather advisory. New event date: Sunday, January 19, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

The community is invited to an artists’ reception for the exhibit Risk: The Art of David Gilkey, Jade Niehaus, & Julie Oakley.

“Risk can be both a powerful catalyst and a paralyzing restraint,” reads the artists’ statement. “This collection explores the inherent risks of artist and viewer, but also the delicate boundary between control and surrender, asking how far we can push ourselves, our mediums, and our interpretations of the art before the line of comfort and uncertainty blurs.

“Each piece in ‘Risk’ is an invitation,” the statement continues. “Some are literal invitations to transition from part of the audience to part of the process. Some are invitations to view the artist’s vulnerability through raw and unpolished processes. Others are invitations to bold experimentation for experimentation’s sake regardless of reception. This body of work challenges both the creator and the viewer to lean into discomfort, to question, and to find meaning.”