Kitchen Theatre Company to Display New Exhibit by Sally Ryan
By: Tyler Peterson Feb. 02, 2016
Kitchen Theatre Company is pleased to announce that an exhibition of paintings by Sally Ryan, "OPEN DOORS," is on display in the Judith Holliday Lobby Gallery at 417 West MLK/State Street. The opening reception is on Friday, February 5 from 5:30-7:00pm.
Sally Ryan, originally from Rye Brook, NY, has been living in the Ithaca area for over 25 years. She is a self taught artist who has explored many mediums, including glass, metal sculpture and ceramics. For the last 3 years, she has focused on abstract expressionist painting using acrylics and mixed media. She is a clinical Social Worker at the Tompkins County Mental Health Clinic, receiving her MSW at Binghamton University and BSW at Cornell University.
Ryan says, "As a child I could get deliciously lost with color, shape and light by doodling for hours. Today I have returned to that wonder, of feeling with my eyes, listening with my hands, being curious with my mind and being open with my heart. I want my paintings to offer an experience of inner longing meeting joy, for even in the midst of disappointment and sorrow we can find ease."
Artistic Director Rachel Lampert says of the exhibition, "Sally's paintings are big, luminous abstract paintings that look gorgeous in Kitchen Theatre Company's lobby. We are very happy to display her work."
ABOUT: Bold, intimate, engaging... Kitchen Theatre Company (KTC) is downtown Ithaca's critically acclaimed and nationally recognized year-round professional theater company, specializing in regional and world premiere plays and musicals. Now celebrating its 25th Anniversary! KTC's intimate 99-seat theater is in a beautifully renovated, LEED-certified building in the West End neighborhood of downtown Ithaca, New York. KTC is the first not-for-profit recipient of the David R. Strong Memorial "Small Business of the Year" Award from the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and receives public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the Tompkins County Tourism Program.
Image:
Animal Dreams
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
36x48
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