New exhibition bring surrealism and fantasy to Gadsden Arts

The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum is bringing surrealism and fantasy to visitors through the new exhibition, Russ Traver: The Story of the Path through the Moon.

On view now through August 28 in the Munroe Family Community Gallery, Russ Traver’s vibrant acrylic paintings offer dreamlike landscapes, populated with quirky and fantastical creatures.

Russ Traver, Sunrise: now we can rest our feet. A 2021 piece.

This collection is part of Traver’s Garden of the Moon series, which depicts recognizable settings that include surprising characters.

Through his work, Traver hopes to take viewers to a wondrous land of pure beauty where there is no beginning or end.

He is a self-proclaimed surreal-fauvist artist, combining the dreamlike quality and distorted reality of surrealism, with the positive mood brought by the brilliant, high contrast colors of Fauvism.

Traver says that “it is the regression of the mind into the past by which we discover images of the future.”

Gadsden Arts will also be opening the third exhibition of work by members of the Gadsden Arts Artists Guild, which now includes nearly 70 members!

This beautiful show will feature paintings, drawings, encaustic, embroidery, photography, and sculpture by Nancy Adams, Inger Avant, Matthew Brady, Terrie Corbett, Karole Curtis, Fran Dellaporta, Sandy DeLopez, Thomas DeLopez, Wendy Devarieux, Carole Fiore, Brenda Francis, Thomas Friedman, Mark Georgiades, Terry Hawkins, Michele Tabor Kimbrough, William McKeown, Pam McLean, Kent Putnam, Roger Raepple, Rick Soskis, and Joel Thornton.

Continuing exhibitions for this month include the 44th Southern Watercolor Society exhibition, a remarkably beautiful show that features the best of contemporary watercolor from 18 states around the county and the District of Columbia, and an exhibition of work by women artists from the Gadsden Arts Permanent Collection.

Gadsden Arts is located in Quincy. Gallery and Fletcher Museum Shop hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The ArtZone family studio and guided group tours are available free of charge by calling (850) 627-5023 to schedule your visit.

Admission is $5 for nonmember adults, free for all children ages 17 and under, and Gadsden Arts members. Admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of every month.

New exhibition bring surrealism and fantasy to Gadsden Arts

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