Opening Reception March 15, 6-8pm
Artist Talk March 27, 7-8pm
“The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us”
— Gary Zukav
This exhibition explores the awakening of spring through painterly and sculptural mixed media and felt, capturing the beauty of growth, transformation, and its resourcefulness. Using uplifting colors the works highlight resilience, our first beginnings of new, waves of trickling water over stones, greenery, florals, growth, and warmth through organic materials and intricate craftsmanship.
Workshop
Felting with Joy Muller McCoola
Small Vessels. Details to be announced.
A portion of the sales of this exhibition will be donated to a local environmental cause.
Curator's Statement
The Awakening Spring exhibit balances both specificity and expansiveness. It conveys the sculptural aspect of Hutchinson and Muller-McCoola’s work, highlights the mixed media element of the two different artists, and evokes a journey—perfect for capturing the evolving, organic feel of spring.
The artwork is fluid, dynamic, explorative and transformational—both of nature and the artist’s creative processes emphasizing the dimensionality of the work. The exhibition is an experience, something for visitors to immerse themselves in.
About the Artists
Jenny Hutchinson is a mixed media artist focused on sculptural form. Her artwork has been featured in national and statewide
juried art competitions; extensively displayed throughout the NYS capital region and north country; and is part of many private art collections. Her creative endeavors have also graced the pages of 518 Profiles, Colored Pencil Magazine and been showcased on PBS WMHT’s program, AHA! House for the Arts. Publicly, her art can be found in spaces such as the MVP Arena in Albany, NY, through the Open Gallery program and resides as a mural at The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls as part of the Muralgarten. More recently, the artist was a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant recipient, creating an additional mural in Glens Falls, titled “The Community Garden”. Jenny received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Clemson University and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Plattsburgh State University.
Learn more about Jenny and view her work at jennyhutch.com.
Joy Muller-McCoola is a textile artist using wet felted wool as her primary medium since 2012. She is a textile artist using wet felted wool as her primary medium since 2012. Environmental issues related to climate change and water are her main focus. She enjoys gathering stones and felting wool stones arranging them to tell larger stories. She is active in the Northeast Feltmakers Guild and a member of the International Feltmakers Guild. Joy has shown at Hudson Valley MOCA, the Mohawk Hudson Regional at The Hyde Collection, The Schweinfurth Art Center, View Art Center, The Arlington Center for the Arts, the Center for Contemporary Arts in NJ, LARAC, Mountain Gallery, Lex Art, Krikorian Gallery and more. Joy’s work tours as part of Wool and Water, a traveling group of fiber pieces that bring attention to water issues in the Adirondacks and curated by Professor M. Glennon at Paul Smiths College. Joy received her art education degree from NYU and an MA in SpEd from SUNY Albany.
View more of Joy’s work at Joymuller-mccoola.com and on instagram at Joy_woolworks