Opening Reception: Halcyon by Adam du Shole & Fragile by Claire Boyd Daniels
Join us for the opening of two poignant and deeply personal exhibitions at Thornback Gallery.
Adam du Shole’s Halcyon reflects on the nature of memory, movement, and the quiet grief of nostalgia. Each piece stands like a carefully arranged curio on a fireplace mantle—self-made tchotchkes drawn from a childhood of constant relocation. These works honor important places and fleeting moments, playing in the margins between celebration and sorrow. They ask: what becomes of our former lives as we move into the next? When we can pack so little, what do we bring?
Claire Boyd Daniels’ Fragile is a raw and luminous exploration of vulnerability. Created in moments of emotional reaching—like a prayer, or a cry in the dark—her works emerge from a place of deep personal reckoning. They are manifestations of grief and rage, love and shame, made visible in pigment and charcoal. For Daniels, art is both question and answer, a space to peel back layers of self and allow the inner world to expand. What was once whispered in the dark is now here, in the light—inviting you to witness, and perhaps to feel fragile too.
Alice Scott
Amy Evans
Angie Carrier
Brad Silk
Caroline Calder
Chris Nitsche
Christina Covington
Donna Weathers
Gretta McCall
Heather Deyling
Jay Owens
Featured Artists
Joe Craighead
Katherine Irvin
Libby Mitchell
Lisa Shimko
Marty McGihon
Phil Garrett
Randall C Smith
Red Dumonde
Talin Keyfer
Tiffany Ownbey
Valerie Zimany
Saturated
“Saturated” is a group exhibition featuring work from 11 Contemporary Artists working in the Southeast. “Saturated” was inspired by the abundance of artistic talent in the southeastern United States as well as Thornback Gallery’s century- old leaky roof (replaced after a summer of torrential rain storms).
The permanent gallery is back open, and the full exhibtion will be on view until November 7th.
Artist Reception | November 7, 2024 | 5-8pm
Steven L. Anderson
Arden Cone
Joe Craighead
Heather Deyling
Adam Du Shole
Phil Garrett
Gia Miminoshvili
Chris Nitsche
Brad Silk
Christine Swann
Inaugural Group Show
Opening Reception | April 11, 2024 | 5-7pm
On view from April 11- June 7
Todd Anderson
Hannah Erlich
Kym Day
William Downs
Ummarid Eitharong
Marcus Kenney
Kenneth Kudulis
Gretta McCall
Traci Wright Martin
Tiffany Ownbey