2ND SATURDAY EXHIBIT RECEPTION- "PATIENT PRACTICE"/SUMMER RESIDENT ARTIST

Date and Time for this Past Event

Saturday, Jul 9, 2022 6pm - 9pm

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Music provided by Kevin Dooley
Food provided by outrageous Baking and Left Hand Brewing
MAIN GALLERY: EXHIBIT CLOSING RECEPTION- RICK STONER WILL SPEAK ABOUT HIS WORKS AT 6:15PM
PATIENT PRACTICE: An Exhibition of Works by Rick Stoner Created Through and Visualizing Recovery
Rick Stoner has been an artist for almost his whole life. What started as a distraction tool used by his mother in church, turned into a 65 year passion. Stoner teaches private lessons from his studio in the Firehouse Art Center, where he has been an artist in residence for over 35 years. “Patient Practice” features works created by Stoner during his 2 year recovery from a near fatal illness.
“On July 7th 2021, I was literally taken down by the worst pain I have ever experienced. I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection in my spine, and advised that if I had not gotten to the emergency room, I would have died. This diagnosis led to two major back surgeries and a two month stay in the hospital & rehab facility, which I refer to as the asylum,” Stoner states, surrounded by works in progress in his studio.
The solo exhibit documents the traumatizing journey of the entire experience from the point of vulnerability to recovery, while also sharing the work Stoner created during recovery.
SOUTH GALLERY
Summer Artist in Residence- Jono Wright
The Firehouse Art Center is pleased to announce that Jono Wright is the 2022 Summer Artist in Residence in the Firehouse Artist Occupied Series. This program invites emerging and established artists working in all media to explore their practice while engaging with the community.
Jono Wright is a Colorado painter who creates art that explores ideas about spirituality and the creative process. He believes in discovering the meaning in his work during the creative process rather than illustrating a preconceived idea. Portraying subject matter such as plant life, people and objects, he intertwines Buddhist philosophy, Western psychology and ritual theory, fusing traditional genres of landscape, figure, still life and abstraction into unique contemporary forms.

“In the event of a fire or natural disaster, what would you bring with you if you had to flee your house?” In the wake of the Marshall Fire and the global refugee crisis we are becoming aware of what’s most important to us, the activities and objects that sustain our souls and remind us to live.
We invite you to join Jono and your community members to collaborate on a series of oil paintings that will function as collective altars to that which we hold dear. The paintings will be memento vivere, reminders to live.
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