April 26 - May 22
Wine and Cheese Artist Reception: May 13, 6-7:30pm

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery presents a new exhibition, The Likeness of Form, running April 26 through May 22, 2010. The Likeness of Form is an exhibition about human nature where artists Janet Marcavage, Nancy Angermeyer and Michelle Templeton examine who “the other” is.  

Michelle Templeton’s work focuses around human gesture and shape derived from significant personal moments of her life.  Templeton doubles as an editor for a University Psychology publication, and her fastidious observation of human behavior is essential to the scope of her work.  She also brings these skills of perception to the canvas using paint and brush.  

Janet Marcavage’s work addresses the properties of the body and current issues in genetics through printmaking, paper-making and installation.  Using colored dots and embossing techniques similar to the visual display of molecular DNA coding, Marcavage expresses a correlation between the changes in science and how we see ourselves. Marcavage is also the assistant professor of Printmaking at the University of Puget Sound.

Fine Art Photographer, Nancy Angermeyer, draws from classical Greek form and surrealism for her inspiration.  Angermeyer’s movement-based photographs are ethereal and sometimes eerie, but always beautiful representations of the human figure. Angermeyer is a native of Wisconsin and holds an MFA in painting from the University of Kentucky.  Currently, she lives and works as an artist in Vancouver, BC.

The Likeness of Form showcases all three artists in their interpretation of our species with a broad brush - from the precise details of our DNA, to the mythic beginnings of Greek art and culture, to recognizing the unrecognized moments of our daily lives.  Please join the artist at their opening reception on Thursday, May 13th from 6 – 7:30pm.  

The ArtsWest Gallery is always free, handicap accessible, and continually enhancing the total “ArtsWest experience” by combining stimulating visual art alongside compelling performances.