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Mel Watkin
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Mel Watkin

Mel Watkin: BIRDLAND

Opening Reception: Friday, February 7, 2025, 5-8pm

The Birdland series is an exhibition of drawings on collaged security envelopes – envelopes used for bills, bank statements and other mailings requiring privacy. Different environments and environmental concerns strongly influence my imagery and the materials I work with.  The Birdland series reflects my recent travels to the mountain west, rust belt cities like St. Louis and the Shawnee National Forest surrounding my home in Southern Illinois. Birds play a role, as our old farmhouse lies along one of the largest migratory bird routes in the country—the Cache River Flyway.

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Jeanette May
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Jeanette May

Jeanette May: CURIOUS DEVICES

Opening Reception: Friday, February 7, 2025, 5-8pm

Jeanette May’s still lifes reveal our complicated relationship with obsolete technology by juxtaposing the seductive designs and the inner workings of Curious Devices. Her photographs display a reverence for finely crafted merchandise, industrial design, and scientific wonders. The technological tableaus span antique stereoscopes and art deco clocks to Bluetooth headphones. Each object’s style, color, and construction epitomize a period of both aesthetic and technological advancement. May opens some devices to expose the archaic gears of movie projectors and the enigmatic architecture of circuit boards. What becomes of the beloved tech that stops working or can’t be updated?  

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