Winter Galleries Featuring Local And Regional Artists Open December 11

Overture Center is proud to announce the winter exhibitions for Galleries I, II and III, which radiate off the Rotunda Lobby at the downtown venue. The galleries create a forum for diverse artistic expression that fosters the growth of local artists, curators and arts organizations.

Exhibits will run Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Sunday, March 3, 2019, with a community reception on Friday, Jan. 11 from 6-8 p.m. Admission and gallery-related events are free and open to the public. Art in the galleries is available for purchase with the proceeds going directly to the artists.

GALLERY I

What We Inherit: Remnants of Light and Space | Angelica Contreras & Ellen Reynolds Hall

Hall and Contreras are both painters who create compositions that embody a moment or feeling. Influenced by imagery from many cultures, Contreras uses paint and rich collaged patterns to create figures and the environments they reside in. Through the medium of oil paint, Hall uses the natural world to explore color, light, form, energy and emotion. angelicacontreras.net; ellenreynoldshall.com

GALLERY II

Strata | Hannah Bennett & Gabrielle Cordes

Bennett and Cordes push the boundaries of the materials they use. Bennett is inspired by nature, using paper pulp, textiles, embroidery and found objects as sculptural mediums to express her ideas. Cordes creates intuitively, assembling dynamic sculptures with contrasting colors and materials. hannahoharebennett.com; gabriellerayecordes.squarespace.com

GALLERY III

Painted Stones

Stone-painting has increased in popularity, driven by social media and the "Kindness Rocks" movement. Adults and children paint stones and leave them in public spaces to be discovered by strangers, with the goal of spreading friendship and a sense of community.

Special events:

• Painted Stone Exchange: Bring your own painted stones to trade in Gallery III during the reception on Friday, Jan. 11. Visitors are also invited to leave and find painted stones within Overture Center for the duration of the exhibit.
• Stone Painting: Saturday, Jan., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | The Bubbler at Madison Public Library

Drop in for a stone painting workshop led by Laurel Fletcher. Workshop is free and open to the public. Stones and paint will be provided while supplies last.

Gallery I, II and III are sponsored by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.

OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Madison, Wis., features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries where national and international touring artists, ten resident companies and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly 600,000 educational and artistic experiences each year. Overture.org