The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination is proud to present Extraordinary Visions: an exhibition of youthful imaginings, curated by Sheila Ali. Twenty young artists come from across the United States to form a group exhibition that reveals a vast diversity of inspiration and experience, ranging from raw and complex form.
Extraordinary Visions closes on Friday, January 7th, 2021 with a reception from 7:00 - 10:00 PM and special musical guests. Gallery Hours will be on Saturdays from 2-5 pm or by appointment. During the run of the exhibition there will also be an impressive array of art for sale of both exhibition prints and the IF Boutique art wares, which make perfect holiday gifts.
This exhibition encompasses stunning original works: from the primitive, outsider to the didactic, tactile, iconographic and magnificent. Media include painting, drawing, soft sculpture, kinetic and clay sculpture, linoleum prints, photography, digital encryption, mixed media, silkscreen, interactive art and video. Artists range in age from 17 - 30. Although young, these artists infuse a bold new aesthetic on the scene, beyond the pool of seasoned masters. The IFCI presents artists from New York City, Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Denver and Loveland, Colorado, and Pittsburgh, Pa.. The Irma Freeman Center for the first time, reveals a new generation of descendants of Irma Freeman, including those with individual challenges such as naive artist Natalie Ault, who despite having Fragile X, creates fabulous art dolls and fun, colorful anthropomorphic sketches. The Freeman millennial and generation Z work is coupled with the street fresh art students and young local professional artists, such as the whimsical works of Tabitha Burnette, the uncompromising 3-D mixed media paintings of Eva Conrad, the haunting childhood sculptures of Anny Chen and the vivacious women skater gang antics of Fruit Basket. The exhibiting artists together form a spectacular sight: something sometimes spilling out from the city streets, other times blowing in from the ether. With visionary callings, these artists answer to a new muse, one just peeking on the horizon.
Artists included in Extraordinary Visions are Ava Conrad, Anny Chen, Tabitha Burnette, Magstar, Jay Pitser, Eryn Oberst, Fruit Basket Productions (Alicia Baggieri, Amber Gedman, Hana Goodman, Julz Meelsky, Emmy Albert, and Annie Gormaley), and Irma Freeman’s great grandchildren: Natalie Ault and Mom, Jacob Ault, Sylvia Freeman, Irma Ali, Eliza Henderson, Elias Freeman Myers, Abraham Freeman Harris and Clio Riznyk.
Art credit: Elza Bee Henderson