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A graphic promoting an exhibition. Below a row of black cutout star shapes, in the top left of the image, in exuberant black text that has a hand-cut feel, are the words “Feeling Language” in all caps. Below, in the same font, a column lists the artists participating in the exhibition. Each word is separated by a diamond or a star shape. The upper right corner of the image features an artwork by Sara Malpass, credited in the bottom right corner: on a black page with faint white lines, holepunched on the right side, is a list in white handwritten cursive. Below that, in cut-out style font: “Opening Reception Sat Oct 8 1-4pm”

NIAD Gallery Reception // “Feeling Language” organized by Kate Laster

Gallery Reception Saturday October 8 1 to 4PM NIAD Art Center Join us at NIAD Art Center to celebrate our October exhibitions! Main Gallery // Feeling Language, organized by Kate Laster About the Exhibition This show is all about comfort text: resilience in everyday words, writing and reading. Expression can also be wordless, the use of line and color as new vocabulary, pushing a thought out onto a surface, making marks and continuously trying to communicate with the world.  We tell stories to sustain ourselves and find each other. These messages embedded in art become an emotional telegram– a signal flare Read More …

A graphic promoting an exhibition. Below a row of black cutout star shapes, centered at the top of the image, in exuberant black text that has a hand-cut feel, are the words “Feeling Language” in all caps. Below that in a smaller size, the words “organized by Kate Laster”. In the left half of the graphic, a page from a book with swirling patterns is covered with ten rows of the handwritten phrase “You Are Here,” hand written in a beige cursive font in all caps. The name “Mitsuko Brooks” appears to the left. In the same font, a column on the right lists the artists participating in the exhibition. Each word is separated by a diamond or a star shape

NIAD Gallery Exhibition // “Feeling Language,” organized by Kate Laster

This show is all about comfort text: resilience in everyday words, writing and reading. Expression can also be wordless, the use of line and color as new vocabulary, pushing a thought out onto a surface, making marks and continuously trying to communicate with the world.

We tell stories to sustain ourselves and find each other. These messages embedded in art become an emotional telegram– a signal flare with a flame of memory trailing behind it. “Feeling Language” is about books, lists, slogans, language, gesture, touch and the trust given in sharing. Read More …