For its inaugural show in February 2024, Glimpse Gallery featured four artists hailing from the South, along with two New Hampshire painters and another from Vermont. Glimpse owner Meme Exum always intended for the space, tucked down an alley by the Capitol Building in Concord, to reflect her home region, but knew it would take time. A little over a year later the seeds Exum and curator Christine Landry-Boullion planted to entice New England artists and buyers to Glimpse are coming to fruition.
“The trajectory’s been just straight up, positive, wonderful,” Exum said recently. “I now have a lot of folks submitting their work, and it’s giving me more flexibility with how I can create the shows.”
The choice provided by a deep well of talent allows for shows weighted between up-and-comers and established artists alike. It also allows for thematic balance, as with an upcoming exhibit of seven New England artists.
Brenda Wilbert is both a mixed media and fine art digital artist. “A Moment of Bliss,” a treated photograph of a woman in a river drinking water from her hand, is an example of the latter. Her riotous collages employ a wide range of textures and colors, from metallic pen lines to painted fabric, watercolors and ink to stunning effect.
A Gallery’s Growth
Glimpse in Concord readies new show
By Michael Witthaus
mwitthaus@hippopress.com
For its inaugural show in February 2024, Glimpse Gallery featured four artists hailing from the South, along with two New Hampshire painters and another from Vermont. Glimpse owner Meme Exum always intended for the space, tucked down an alley by the Capitol Building in Concord, to reflect her home region, but knew it would take time. A little over a year later the seeds Exum and curator Christine Landry-Boullion planted to entice New England artists and buyers to Glimpse are coming to fruition.
“The trajectory’s been just straight up, positive, wonderful,” Exum said recently. “I now have a lot of folks submitting their work, and it’s giving me more flexibility with how I can create the shows.”
The choice provided by a deep well of talent allows for shows weighted between up-and-comers and established artists alike. It also allows for thematic balance, as with an upcoming exhibit of seven New England artists.
Brenda Wilbert is both a mixed media and fine art digital artist. “A Moment of Bliss,” a treated photograph of a woman in a river drinking water from her hand, is an example of the latter. Her riotous collages employ a wide range of textures and colors, from metallic pen lines to painted fabric, watercolors and ink to stunning effect.
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