Joy Full: A Display of Wonder and Delight will feature artwork that invites viewers to experience moments of pure awe, happiness, and discovery. This exhibition is designed to engage audiences of all ages, encouraging visitors to explore art together. We invite everyone to look closely at pieces that spark curiosity, evoke nostalgia, and bring a smile.

This exhibition will showcase an array of works from both established and emerging artists who explore the themes of happiness, wonder, and the simple delights of life through diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation and mixed media. Each piece has been carefully selected to evoke a sense of joy, sparking curiosity and inspiring a sense of childlike wonder in all who experience it.

The ideas and issues I deal with in my work vary, but typically I look at contemporary social issues or topics to inform my work. My work does not necessarily answer the questions or problems at hand, but rather create a space for further reflection about the topic. I hope my work brings attention to narratives or questions that may be overlooked, such as, “How is my food harvested?” or “What happens to a child if their father or mother is deported?”

An observational approach is what I use when doing documentaries. This formal approach allows one to engage with the piece on their own terms. It also lets things unfold before me as the filmmaker. I approach the subject matter with some preconceived notions but always find something richer and more poetic with this approach. It’s the poetic sensibilities that I’m after. Though much of my work does not provide easy answers, it is my desire that one is left with a sense of hope. Hope in humanity. Hope in goodness. Hope in the sublime.

For as long as he can remember, Hutchison’s family has grown, harvested, and preserved food each fall as part of their annual food supply. Last year, his mother bottled approximately 140 quarts of grape juice, 100 quarts of pears and peaches, and dried about six bushels of pears, five bushels of apples, and three bushels of peaches, along with other items such as jams, hot sauce, beans, elderberry juice, and asparagus. Hutchison grew up immersed in scriptural language, often reading passages that use seeds, fruit, and growers as metaphors to make sermons relatable and meaningful. Inspired by one such passage, this work features every pear harvested from a single pear tree.

The exhibit includes 637 printed photographs of pears arranged in a floor-to-ceiling grid. At the center of the space is a small table (approximately 30″x 30″ x 28″) holding a bowl of dried pears, which viewers are encouraged to eat and which will be refilled throughout the exhibition. Each photograph, approximately 7″ x 10″, is unframed and typically hung with adhesive or pins, though framing options are available if necessary. This installation invites viewers to engage with themes of sustenance, memory, and the interconnectedness of faith, nature, and daily life.

The solo exhibition project “Who Sustains Our Tables?” compiles a body of work consisting of twelve artworks in various media such as sculpture, installation, action, video performance, photography, and film. The exhibition’s concept is to honor the labor of people who work the land in the Americas and nurture communities across the globe. This exhibition explores history from a decolonial perspective, questions the exoticization and otherness of BIPOC communities, and advocates for memory consciousness, decolonization of history, and a return to the roots of pre-Colombian times—the
power of memory.

This solo exhibition project is composed of three sections: Nourishment, Spirituality and Religious Figures, and Labor and Product.

Enjoy a free, family art night once a month, every month of the year except for November and December.

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