Common Thread: Opening Event at Gallery 1978

Gallery 1978 Exposes A Common Thread The art of Eleta J Caldwell, Bisa Washington, Rosalind Nzinga Nicol Dates: Saturday, October 17- Saturday, November 21, 2015 Opening Event Sunday, October 25, 2-5 pm. join the artists for discussion, refreshments and entertainment. Curator Onnie Strother described the artistic endeavors of these three remarkable women: The personal combines with the political and the magical with the spiritual in the work of artist Bisa Washington, Eleta Caldwell and Rosalind Nzinga Nicol. Repurposed materials and found objects are transformed into objects of power and beauty in the hands of three master artists. Eleta Caldwell makes personal, political and social statements with her three dimensional mixed-media wreaths. Bisa Washington is a sculptor, printmaker and writer. Her work is personal and political. The written word is the catalyst for many of her pieces, as are found objects that she combines and transforms. \"I believe in the ability of art to make things happen! Found objects become fetish. The sacred and profane become objects of power”. Rosalind Nzinga Nicol “Currently my work is focused on personal narratives created by the application of a mixed media poured pulp process of my own invention. The intent of the work is to leave room for personal interpretation. Paper is organic like us. And the things that touch us don\'t always have to be verbal or concrete.\" Attend a Mixed Media Paper Making Workshop: Saturday, November 15, 2-4 pm. Gallery 1978, located at 1978 Springfield Ave in Maplewood, is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 PM. Contact: Onnie Strother, 973-960-6988 www.1978artscenter.org. Contact us 1978artscenter@gmail.com.