April 2008
Alice Youngblood - Fiber

Alice Youngblood is a graduating senior from the Kansas City Art Institute Fiber Department presenting an exhibition of her senior thesis work.  The media presented will be printed and woven patterns as well as collage focused on ideas of mapping and the natural world.  Her work has been focused on layering, pattern, transition, color, and transparency.

May 2008
Cristin Llewellyn - Fiber

Cristin Llewellyn is a graduating senior from the Kansas City Art Institute Fiber Department presenting an exhibition of her senior thesis work.  Cristin is influenced by the opposing order and chaos that can be found in nature.  She enjoys working in multiples and repetition and approaches each piece with extreme attention to process, organization, and presentation.  By manipulating weave structures and arranging handmade forms, Cristin creates patterns that mirror what she observes in nature.  Her use of both weaving and sculpture in neutral colors allows her patterns to be the focus of the work.

June 2008
Rachel Euting - Ceramics

Rachel utilizes the meditative nature of the repetitive creative processes to develop patterning within pieces which call for close interaction in order for subtleties to be discovered.  She combines porcelain, and in some instances glass, for their visual and tactile aspects.  These materials, complemented by a soothing color palette, are used in a manner to provide an atmospheric impression and for their potential to provoke a calming response from the viewer and user.

July 2008- Closed for July 4th holiday

August 2008
Michael Baxley - Ceramics

Michael's inspiration comes from colors, lines, formations, and life often over looked in the natural world.  In today's high-tech world, we need reminders of what lies just over the hill or under the ocean.  Using forms from functional pottery, such as bottles and bowls, he groups these works together expressing the landscapes or still-life that influenced him.The use of recognizable objects draws the viewer in closer to explore the work and reflect on its meaning.