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SURFACE TENSION

Opening Reception:
​Saturday, February 28th, 7-9pm


Eight contemporary artists explore how meaning emerges through layers of material, memory, and language. Working across sculpture, photography, painting, and mixed media, they share a fluency in text and subtext, reflection and shape, mystery and emotional nuance. Through immersive storytelling, the work dissolves boundaries between viewer, subject, and landscape—inviting us to read between the lines and feel the tension beneath the gloss. Meaning flickers between what is said, what is shown, and what is felt—surfacing in bold declarations, whispered narratives, and the quiet shimmer of lived experience.

curated by Karen Gutfreund
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Exhibition Dates: February 28 – April 4, 2026

Featured artists: Liz Bloomfield, Natalya Burd, Karen M. Gutfreund, Sherry Karver, Lisa Marie Kwesell,  
​Lucky Rapp and Jeannine Henebry (collaboration), Jenny Reinhardt, Sawyer Rose, and ZaHaVa Sherez


Gallery is open 1-6pm on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3pm on Saturdays
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​Arc Gallery encourages all visitors and staff to wear face masks, regardless of vaccination status, during gallery hours and in-person events.
​Disposable masks will be available to all visitors, as needed.

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