An Exhibition of paintings by Mary Wright and Ellen Maddrey, Sensing Landscape, will open on October 1 with an Opening Party on Saturday, October 5, 5-7 pm. The Opening Party will include live music and dosas made fresh on site by Dosa Kitchen Factory and Food Truck. The artists will be available to discuss their work. Attendees are invited to bring an instrument and join the music!

Wright and Maddrey share a studio in Wilmington, Vermont where they each approach painting as a process of discovery. Through a dialogue with the natural world, there is an understanding that painting goes beyond the visual; we “see” with more than our eyes, sensing with our whole being, as we open ourselves to the influence of place and memory. The painter and the viewer are invited to discover, to wonder, to get close or stand back, to explore through color, texture, shape, space, feeling, and consciousness. In other words, allow your edges to blur and see what happens.

II8 Elliot is a collaborative environment for the creative arts and education including film showings, gallery exhibitions, musical performances, workshops of all kinds, conferences, and physical culture classes. It is also home to the National Endowment for the Humanities-supported Brattleboro Words Project’s Brattleboro Words Trail murals and community-produced audio stories.

Gallery is open by appointment for private viewing through October (118Elliot@gmail.com).