Butterflies in the Outhouse
Summer All Members Show
Suliman Abdullah · Deborah Addison Coburn · Gary Anthes · Lynda Andrews-Barry · Becca Amdur-Kass · Cheryl Ann Bearss · Iwan Bagus · Judy Bonderman · Gordon Binder · Olivia Bruce · Kimberley Bursic · Bob Burgess · Avery Canavan · Kathryn Camicia · Sierra Cameron · Amity Chan · Beth Curren · Jennifer Duncan · Suzanne Goldberg · Sabiha Iqbal · Carolee Jakes · Lois Kampinsky · Leslie Kiefer · Yvette Kraft · Jo Levine · Al Lipton · Beverly Logan · Wayne Paige · Irene Pantelis · Susan Raines · Langley Spurlock · Halley Stubis · John Swords · Iza Thomas
· Eleanor Kotlarik Wang · Suzanne Yurdin
Curated by Robert Cwiok and Iza Thomas
Coordinated by Lynda-Andrews-Barry and Halley Stubis · Wednesday, July 17th through Saturday, August 10th, 2024
In 1806, Kobayashi Issa, the master of the “one-breath poem” (haiku), wrote this about the damp, mosquito-infested riverside suburb of Edo:
Katsushika ya setchin no naka mo haru no chô –
which translates as
in Katsushika
even in the outhouse...
a spring butterfly
In 2024, a member of Studio Gallery wrote this about life and art:
“As we struggle with looming climate change, with catastrophic humanitarian crises, with political animosity and instability, it is important to allow ourselves to see beauty in the world around us and love in the hearts of others.”
In this show, we encourage artists to be mindful of the realities of the world today, but to look for butterflies, and rays of hope, and love.
-Gary Anthes and Carolee Jakes