This May, the Rehoboth Art League will mount five exciting art exhibitions of varying mediums, styles, and techniques. From May 9 to June 8, the league will display solo exhibitions from abstract painter Martha Spak, mixed media artist Kim Klabe, ceramicist Susan Gladstone and assemblage artist Tim Barton, as well as a showcase of Howard Schroeder sketches from the RAL Fine Art Collection.
The Ventures Gallery will display two exhibitions: “ARTifact: Assemblage by Tim Barton” and “Alternate Firings: Ceramic by Susan Gladstone.” Tim Barton takes found objects and transforms them into art for the wall-hanging pieces displayed in his exhibition. Barton spends many days scouring antique shops, antique malls, and auction houses locally and across the country for unique items that speak to him. His work finds him reaching back in time and exploring aspects of his life in unique ways, searching for themes in his human experience that all can relate to. Susan Gladstone’s exhibition showcases ceramics that are fired in different ways, such as pit fired, naked raku, horsehair, and saggar fire. The beauty of alternate firings is the uniqueness of the finished pieces. Shapes can be duplicated, but the firing techniques create one-of-a-kind works of art.
On the evening of May 9th from 5-7 pm, the art league will host an opening reception for its exhibitions, inviting anyone interested to visit the Corkran, Tubbs, Ventures, and Homestead galleries to see these new shows. Learn more about all of RAL’s exhibitions at rehobothartleague.org.
