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