Opening Reception for "Future Talk" - Art by Lauren Lorte

Opening Reception: Friday, November 21, 5-7pm Exhibit on view November 18 - December 20 Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm Tues-Fri 10am-3pm Sat Free admission! Join us for Future Talk, an art exhibition by local artist Lauren Lortie, from November 18-December 20. There will be an opening reception on Friday, November 21 from 5-7pm. Admission is free and all are welcome. Artist's Statement: With the understanding that as humans, our “present” is the combined knowledge of our history and imagination of our future, I wonder how we might choose to communicate in a new world that is free from a society influenced by politics, war and greed. In fact, this would be a society that resists those influences fully. What if the artists of that world were tasked with creating a new language that emphasized a multi-dimensional approach to communicating our thoughts and feelings?  In this series, Future Talk, I imagine myself in this new world - a new planet - as one of those artists pulling ideas from art history. I think about cave paintings, hieroglyphics, modern and postmodern explorations. I wonder how colors and materials use light as inflections and how mark-making and composition can illustrate a thought process that words cannot. These works are meant to be like prototypes or sketches that can help open our minds to more complex ideas. Bio: Lauren Lortie is a life-long local artist living and working in Centerville. Most recently, she held residency at “Sketchpad” located on our HyArts campus. She has extensive teaching experience working with students ages 2-18 years, finding joy in helping young artists discover their potential and love for creative expression. She also worked with undergrad students at MICA in Baltimore while earning her MFA. She currently works as an Assistant Teacher and Art Specialist at Cape Symphony Preschool in Barnstable.  Lauren studied at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (Studio Diploma), Massachusetts College of Art (BFA), and earned her Master’s of Fine Arts at the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art.