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APRIL DRESSED IN ALL ITS TRIM

APRIL DRESSED IN ALL ITS TRIM

AN ONLINE GROUP EXHIBITION OF ARTWORK EXPLORING THE
​LYRICISM AND LONGING IN SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET 98

​PAULA OWEN​  |  guest curator
APRIL DRESSED IN ALL ITS TRIM is an online exhibition of artwork that explores longing and lyricism, poetry and prose, dormancy and germination, new beginnings and hope.  Join us in celebrating these notions, as well as supporting contemporary fine art, Texas-based artists, and the hope they bring to the world. 

Guest curator, Paula Owen, carefully selected artists whose work and processes she respects and invited them to submit a single work of art exploring these themes. The curatorial premise was selected long before any of us knew about COVID-19, yet April Dressed In All Its Trim seems tailor made for the collective conversation about navigating and transcending the current and future state of the world, as well as the longing many of us feel during our time of separation from friends and loved ones.

This was originally intended as a physical exhibition located in the intimate gallery space of STUDIO COMFORT TEXAS. However, due to the COVID-19 social gathering restrictions, it has been moved to online only.


Please note we are reducing our gallery commission, so your purchase of artwork from this exhibition will go further for these artists.
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featured artists

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ALI WIESSE
ANGELICA RAQUEL
CARA HINES
CAROLINE KORBELL CARRINGTON
CARRA GARZA
JAYNE LAWRENCE
JEANNETTE MACDOUGALL
JOAN FREDERICK
KARI ENGLEHARDT
LATA GEDALA
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LEIGH ANNE LESTER
LUCIA LAVILLA-HAVELIN
MARGARET CRAIG
MEREDITH DEAN
MONA J. MARSHALL
PAULA OWEN
PENELOPE SPEIER
SABRA BOOTH
SOOMIN JUNG REMMLER
TERRY A. YBANEZ
TRISH SIMONITE

VIEW THE EXHIBITION

Welcome to our online gallery for APRIL DRESSED IN ALL ITS TRIM. ​Please click on an image below to enjoy scrolling through the gallery slideshow. To learn more about the individual artist, the work, and how it relates to the theme "April Dressed in All Its Trim", click on the button below.
LEARN ABOUT OUR ARTISTS
Ali-Wiesse_Clayscape.jpg
Ali Wiesse | Clayscape
AngelicaRaquel_WintersGold_17x13_2020.jpg
Angelica Raquel | Winters Gold
CaraHines_AnAprilInEveryNovember_14x11_Encaustic-mixed-media.jpg
Cara Hines | An April In Every November
CarolineKorbellCarrington_Agave-Still-Life_11 x15_mixed-media-collage_2018 .jpg
Caroline Korbell Carrington | Agave Still Life
CarraGarza_Adagio_14x11 Mixed media.jpg
Carra Garza | Adagio
JayneLawrence_Shadow-Drawing-No6_27x22-Graphite-on-Lenox.jpg
Jayne Lawrence | Shadow Drawing No. 6
Jeannette-macdougall-deeply-rooted-diptych.jpg
Jeannette MacDougall | Deeply Rooted/Uprooted
Joan-Frederick_Thundercloud.jpg
Joan Frederick | Thundercloud
LeighAnneLester_Spaceinbetween_8.75x10.75_Graphite-Acrylic-Paint-Color-Pencil_2019.jpg
Leigh Anne Lester | Spaceinbetween
KateEnglehardt_The-Absence-of-Ruth_18x18-Mixed-media.jpg
Kari Englehardt | The Absence of Ruth
LataGedala_Alone_19x13x1.5-Archival-Pigment-Print.jpg
Lata Gedala | Alone
LuciaLaVilla-Havelin_Lungs-of-the-Earth_9x9.jpg
Lucia LaVilla-Havelin | Lungs of the Earth
Margaret Craig | Clear Arm Forced Evolution
Margaret Craig | Clear Arm Forced Evolution
MeredithDean_Fan.jpg
Meredith Dean | Fan
MonaJMARSHALL_Memory-and-Desire.jpg
Mona J. Marshall | Memory and Desire
PaulaOwen_Spring-Thicket-dyptic.jpg
Paula Owen | Spring Thicket, diptych
PenelopeSpeier_Texas-Native-no1.jpg
Penelope Speier | Texas Native No. 1
SabraBooth_Persephones-Price.jpg
Sabra Booth | Persephone's Price
Soomin-Jung-Remmler_April-Shower.jpg
Soomin Jung Remmler | April Shower
TerryYbanez_Persephone-triptych.jpg
Terry A. Ybanez | Las Primaveras de Persephone, triptych
TRISH-SIMONITE_Remnants.jpg
Trish Simonite | Remnants

ABOUT THE GUEST CURATOR

Paula Owen_artist_curator_administrator
PAULA OWEN | guest curator
​​Paula Owen began her tenure as President of the Southwest School of Art in1996, following 11 years as the Director of the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, Virginia.  Under her leadership the school’s size, scope, and influence have grown and in 2014 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program was added, making SSA the only independent college of art in Texas. 

Owen has served as curator of numerous exhibitions and on national and regional boards and panels, including the Pew Artist Fellowships, the Bush Foundation Fellowships, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a published arts writer and co-authored the book, Objects and Meaning: New Perspectives on Art and Craft, published by Scarecrow Press.  Most recently, her essay “Fabrication and Encounter: When Content is a Verb,” was published in Maria Elena Buzcek’s book, Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. 

She earned an MFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and continues to show her work in group and solo shows throughout the United States. 
Paula's curatorial inspiration:

​SONNET 98
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odour and in hue,
Could make me any summer’s story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew:
Nor did I wonder at the lily’s white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight
Drawn after you, – you pattern of all those.
          Yet seem’d it winter still, and, you away,
          As with your shadow I with these did play.

                - William Shakespeare

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