08/06/2026
Join us TONIGHT, August 6th from 5 to 7 PM, for the opening reception of ๐ ๐๐ ๐ โ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, an exhibition guest-curated by acclaimed designer, architect, and art collector John Hoke III. Hokeโs curation is built on three guiding promptsโArtistic Inspiration, Artist Intention, and Artful Intersectionโthat he developed as a personal, human framework for selecting works that champion imagination, emotion, and craft. In his curatorial statement, Hoke writes: โArt keeps us human. Helping us to see, think, question and feel. This show invites us to rethink and redefine A.I. To go beyond artificiality and embrace the uniquely human experience of seeing, feeling and experiencingโhuman made art.โ
Exhibiting artists include Jay Backstrand, Heather Lee Birdsong, Louis Bunce, Michael Brophy, Kaโila Farrell-Smith, Dan Gluibizzi, Sally Haley, James Lee Hansen, Manuel Izquierdo, Lisa Jarrett, Hilda Morris, Lucinda Parker, Michele Russo, Dirk Staschke, Eric Stotik, Whiting Tennis, Samantha Yun Wall, Gina Wilson, and Sherrie Wolf.
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Images: Sally Haley, ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ (๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ), ca. 1933, egg tempera on wood panel, 18 x 19 inches framed; Michael Brophy, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ 1, 2026, oil on canvas, 31 x 36 inches; Whiting Tennis, ๐๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ #2, 2001, acrylic and collage on canvas, 24 x 34 inches; Kaโila Farrell-Smith, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ 021, 2022-2023, Northern Paiute lithium top soil, acrylics, aerosols, graphite on stretched canvas, 72 x 36 inches; Sherrie Wolf, ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ข, 2026, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches; Heather Lee Birdsong, ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด (๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ), 2026, flashe paint on translucent Yupo (recto and verso), 33 1/8 x 27 1/8 inches framed
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