The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square presents ‘Winter,’ a group exhibition curated by Jenn Harrington and Susan Berstler featuring the work of twenty local and regional artists. The exhibit runs from July 17–August 16, 2014, with an opening reception on Thursday, July 17, 2014, 6-8 p.m.

“Ice on the sill and the snow they haunt me still”
—Brown Bird

Of all the seasons, winter is the one most left up for interpretation. Some shudder at the blasts that burn, snap, nip, and sting; the howls of flurries in the dead of night; winds whisking air to swirls; the fury of things at rest. Others consider contemplation in a perfect storm, rumination in a calm coat of snow, the composition of hushed aches and quiet sorrows in inert lands. In ‘Winter,’ the Nave Gallery explores the degrees of the frost season—the frenzy of ice, the serenity and glow of colors confined, the luminosity within the floe, the severity of a flash of diamonds, the freeze that lights fire to our cheeks, the sound of every footstep packing in a heavy heart, the rime that makes us shiver and brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Artists: Elizabeth Alexander, Christina Balch, Jeff Bartell, Sarah Bilotta, Sarah Cecil, Laura Fischman, Sharon Freed, Beth Galston, Blake Hiltunen, Brian Kaplan, Anne Lilly, Chris Maliga, Lindsay Metivier, Laura Miner, Cary Rapaport, Zak Alexander Rose, Sophia Sobers, Sarah Wentworth, Timothy Wilson, Nancy Wisti Grayson

Music: In gratitude to Dave Lamb, to all the beauty he graced upon this earth, to the craft and wisdom he left in his wake, songs by Brown Bird ( www.brownbird.net) will play throughout the duration of this exhibit. ‘Winter’ is dedicated to him.

Notes: ‘Winter’ is a companion project to the Nave Gallery Annex’s inaugural exhibit—PICNIC—held in January 2013.  http://navegallery.org/wp/curators-notes-picnic/

Gallery information

Nave Gallery Annex | http://www.navegallery.org/

53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA 02144

‘Winter’ exhibit dates: July 17–August 16, 2014 ‘Winter’ exhibit hours: Thursday 6-8; Friday 6-8; Saturday 1-5; or by appointment.

Link: http://navegallery.org/wp/winter/