Gone From My Sight: Closing Reception
Artist walkthroughs; live music; food and drink! Free and open to the public, no registration required. We hope to see you there!
The experience of loss is universal, and 51 Art Gallery Portland’s exhibition “Gone From My Sight” asks how we can witness death with a spirit of curiosity and intention while still honoring sorrow.
Maine artists Jacqueline Scott, Rachel Sperry, Fran Vita-Taylor, and Ronnie Wilson, along with poet Hazel Koziol, offer a range of responses to this fundamental challenge. The exhibit features painting, sculpture, photography, cut-paper drawings, and poetry, all reflecting upon end-of-life compassion and subsequent confrontation with loss. Drawing from combined experiences of loss and their own creative, empathic response, the work in “Gone From My Sight” offers a window into moments of emergent transformation.