Light in the Dark is an exhibition curated by Karin Schaefer, installed at Sears Peyton Gallery, November 16 - December 16, 2017. 

Light in the Dark represents a community resisting the cynically corrosive powers of our time and seeking avenues for reinvigorating a more constructive approach to the challenges we face. The exhibition features small-scaled contributions by twenty artists advocating for the core social, cultural, and environmental commitments which the Trump administration daily disavows, then and now. This is work of remembrance, inspiration, defiance and hope.

Exhibiting artists include: Eve Ackroyd, Agnes Barley, Natalie Baxter, Tomoko Daido, John Derian, Celia Gerard, Susan Graham, Hugo Guinness, Emily Hass, Tina Hejtmanek, Sara Jones, Chenta Laury, Eric Lebofsky, Jenny Monick, Kristen Palazzo, Jack Pierson, Elliott Puckette, Karen J. Revis, Suzy Spence, and Alison Van Pelt. 

Tina Hejtmanek, Untitled, 2008/2013, Archival Pigment Ink on Lexject Metallic Poly, mounted on Aluminum, 8 x 11 7/8 inches

Exhibition Artwork

Natalie Baxter, People Will Think You’re Making a Trump Flag, 2017 fabric, fiber fill, and fringe, 25 x 19 x 3 inches

Tomoko Daido, Seseña, 2017, gelatin silver print 8 1/4 x 8 inches, Edition 2/3

Kristen Palazzo, Rise, 2013/2017, c-print, 12.5 x 17 inches

Celia Gerard, Convex (Black) AP, 2016 bronze, unique patina, 22 x 22 x 5 inches

Emily Hass, Kant Straße, 30 Plan 3, 2010, gouache on vintage paper, 19 x 25 inches

Jenny Monick, Still Life with Yellow, 2017, oil on linen, 11 x 14 inches

John Derian, Studio, 2017, acrylic and watercolor, 11.5 x 16.5 inches

Sara Jones, Washington Monument, 2017, vintage postcard and thread on arches watercolor paper, 14 x 10 inches

Eric Lebofsky, The Silentist, 2011, colored pencil on paper, 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches

Hugo Guinness, Handcuffs, 2017, linocut print, 11 x 13 inches

Eve Ackroyd, Left: Untitled (upside down woman), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 14 inches, Right: Untitled (small upside down woman), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 12 inches

Suzy Spence, Untitled, 2016, oil on paper, 11 x 14 inches

REVISionary Prints by Karen Revis, Power II, 2017, paper lithography, 15 x 18 inches image

Chenta Laury, Diaspora, 2017, thread on paper, 12 x 12 inches

Jack Pierson, Untitled, 2017, watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches

Alison Van Pelt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2017, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

Agnes Barley, Untitled Collage (Deconstructed Waves), 2013, acrylic on cut paper, 15 x 16 inches

Susan Graham, Vessel for Safekeeping-Blue, 2008, glazed porcelain, 7 x 10 x 8 inches

Elliott Puckette, Untitled, 2017, gesso, kaolin and ink on wood, 7 x 14 inches

Installation Views