In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light

In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light is a traveling exhibition that proposes drawing as a technology of thought and world-making. Drawing begins as an act of attention, a way of thinking, seeing, remembering, and giving form to what is felt before it can be named. It assembles traces of relationships, tests ideas, and creates possibilities. Long before a line settles onto a surface, drawing is already a way of knowing.

Since 2022, the exhibition has brought together artists who understand drawing as a practice that extends beyond the page. Here, drawing inhabits paper, walls, textiles, sculpture, digital space, and installation. The exhibition arrives carrying clues from previous spaces while making room for new connections and encounters. This final congregation celebrates and expands the exhibition’s ongoing conversation through new artists, histories, and visions. Drawing, like community, is never made in isolation; every mark is shaped by the lives, knowledge, and relationships that precede us and extend toward those yet to come.

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Artist Talk: Friday, September 11, at 6:00 p.m.

This exhibition is generously supported by Barbara and Arthur McDonnell, Kristen Peterson, and Chris and Mike Scavotto