Exuberant Pattern: Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland, and Astrid Bowlby

Center for the Arts Gallery

Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Exuberant Pattern features the work of Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland and Astrid Bowlby. Lathan-Stiefel creates architectural installations using pipe cleaners and other re-purposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy. Shepard creates lace patterns by printing and hand-cutting patterns in lengths of fabric. Her sources are varied and range from nineteenth-century Belgian lace to Islamic tile work. Temkin uses her left index finger print as a kind of self-portrait, exploring issues of identity and creating paintings and collages that emphasize the pattern of her unique print. Caland is a painter and sculptor who has also worked in fashion design and filmmaking. Her work demonstrates a love of color and pattern that is influenced by her Lebanese heritage, as well as her years in Paris. Bowlby produces black-and-white drawing installations that are sculptural and interpret decorative patterns.