Image courtesy of the artist
From September 1-28, New City Arts presents Color Is Light, an exhibition of work by Edie Read. Sensation is the source of Edie’s work: sensation of space, of shape, of sight, tactility, posture, gesture, physical memory. Through two- and three-dimensional abstract pieces, Edie seeks to make these sensations apparent.
New City Arts' Welcome Gallery
114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays
September 1 from 5-7:30PM; Artist talk at 6PM.
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Gallery Hours
Wednesday-Saturday from 10AM-5PM
Exhibition Events
Co-Working at Welcome: Sept 13 (All Day)
In a Sense: Sight and Sound: Sept 17 at 7PM
New City Arts & Crafts: Sept 22 at 10AM
Covid-19 Visitor Policy
Please do not come to Welcome Gallery if you have been exposed to COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or have been advised to isolate or quarantine.
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Exhibition Statement (courtesy of the artist)
The source of my work is sensation; sensation of space, of shape, of sight, tactility, posture, gesture, physical memory. My path is the pursuit to make these sensations apparent, rather than an effort to replicate something. Part of my process, therefore, is not knowing until I see.
I caught a glimpse of what I mean, of what I try to do, reading Seamus Heaney on his writing process. He quotes Yeats:
“If we understand our own minds, and the things that are striving to utter themselves through our minds, we move others, not because we have understood or thought about those others, but because all life has the same root.” (from Seamus Heaney, pg. 17 by Helen Vendler)
We have been taught to think we have to KNOW something before we can EXPERIENCE visual art, rather than the other way around; we can also sense what is seen. It’s a matter of trusting what we sense when we see.
What is offered to me through my studio work is not separate from what I wish my work may offer others.
About the Artist (courtesy of the artist)
Edie Read is an artist with over 40 years of experience. She recently moved to Charlottesville, Virginia from Boston, Massachusetts, where she earned an MFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Professional Diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and a BA in Art History from Boston University. Teaching has been an integral part of her practice for many years; having held positions at her alma maters as well as Assumption College and Boston College.
She has been awarded residencies at the Albers Foundation, travel grants in Barcelona and Italy where she studied the work of Antonio Gaudi and Piero della Francesca respectively, and was invited to a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts where she collaborated with the writer William Gass pursuing issues of form and metaphor.
Read has exhibited her work nationally in solo and group exhibitions across Boston, Connecticut, and Virginia. Her work generates from her interests in the body and the effects of sensing and shaping space in two- and three-dimensions.
Photos by Stacey Evans Photography.
Located at 114 3rd St. NE on Charlottesville’s downtown pedestrian mall, New City Arts’ Welcome Gallery supports artists who live in the Charlottesville area. Welcome Gallery exhibitions and programs are made possible by generous sponsors, donors, and grants. Interested in sponsoring an exhibition? Connect with us!