R-CADE

  R-CADE

 Installation at The North Bennington Train Depot

  part of the North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show (NBOSS_

                     

Shadow Show

Shadow problems, Rhonda Ratray 2018 

SHADOW SHOW: Spotlighting
artwork that explores the many manifestations of shadows.

“Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow.

Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see others.
Instead we see only aspects of ourselves that fall over them. Shadows.
Projections. Our associations.

The same way old painters would sit in a tiny dark room and trace
the image of what stood
outside a tiny window, in the bright sunlight.

The camera obscura.

Not the exact image, but everything reversed or upside down.”

― Chuck Palahniuk

Featuring:

TW Collins

Cara DeAngelo

Tom Longtin

Rhonda Ratray

Chris Sobolowski

Greg Winterhalter

Susan Smereka

Including vintage and contemporary works from private
collections. Join us at the opening when
we will be screening several of the films of Lottie Reiniger.

Opening 6:00 -7:30pm March 9th

On View till April 20th

The Left Bank Gallery is open Mondays 11-6pm and
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday by appointment.
Contact rhondaratray@gmail.com

The Left Bank, 5 Bank Street North Bennington, Vt 05257

HEARTS on FIRE

Leather Postcard circa 1910

Hearts on Fire:

 Valentine Ephemera and Tokens of Love

This show features local artists work as well as Valentines and tokens of affection from private collections.

Please join us for a reception at The Left Bank in North Bennington,  Jan 27th 4-6pm On view till Feb 17th

WRECK TANGLE

Consume. Resin Cast Amy Leach

Wreck Tangle; What happens when a simple form gets complicated. 

While a rectangle is a common shape, often seen as a format for photographs, paintings and drawings, what is a Wrecktangle? An imploded shape? A computer screen? A formal study of slipped angles? A documentation of wreckage, disasters on paper? Artists explore the "shape" of things through various mediums such as painting, video, embroidery, poetry, screen printing and drawing. 

India Abbot, Erika Adams, E.Bay, Kristen Blaker, TW Collins, Devon Clapp, Pat Falco, Jerry Fressola, Nick Garder, Raul Gonzalez the Third, Amy Leach, Tom Longtin, Jeff McRae, Lorraine Mears, Will O'Connor, Rhonda Ratray, Maple VanOrden and Greg Winterhalter


OPENING AUGUST 25 5:30-7:30Left Bank North Bennington, VT

SPRING FEVER

   Leather postcard from 1907

“It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”

― Mark Twain

Spring Fever

This is a showcase of artwork that speaks to the “pull” we all may feel at this time of year. The weather is finally warm and there are more hours to revel in sunlight, but it could still snow at any point... it feels as though anything is actually possible.This time, at the threshold of seasons, pronounces feelings of anticipation and the excitement of what is to come.The artists included in this show are celebrating this frenetic energy in many forms, from sculptures to zines, photographs and paintings. Most works are for sale.

Artists include: Amy Anselmo, E.Bay, Kristen Blaker, Renee Bouchard, T.W Collins, Trippe Cullinane,  Aimee LaPorte, Tom Longtin, Charlotte Lyons, Ray Mullineaux, Madalyn Olson, Jill Van Orden and Rhonda Ratray

Join us for refreshments and maybe dance the MAYPOLE! Opening: Monday, May 1st, 5-7pm

The Left Bank, North Bennington,

MASKED

MASKED, a show celebrating masks and works that explore disguises. Halloween provides a perfect opportunity to think about masks. According to folklore, trick-or-treaters veiled their identity to protect themselves from supernatural beings and souls the may have been roaming the earth during that liminal period. For the wearer, the mask creates both a new identity and conceals the wearer's’ individual identity. Come and enjoy this collection of shifting personas, from delightful to wicked! Featuring the works of Jill Van Orden, Matthew Marks, Ron Van Orden, Madalyn Olson, Julia Humphhreys, Eve Pearce, Maggie Pesce, E.Bay and Rhonda Ratray.

Some pieces are on loan from private collections, others are for sale.

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING:

October 23, 2-4pm  at the North Bennington Train Depot. Showing till Nov.5