“Art in Chambers” Exhibition Featuring Rose Thome Casterline
The City of Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board is proud to announce the newest “Art in Chambers”exhibition featuring paintings by Rose Thome Casterline. Paintings that contrast the intuitive, comfortable play of a young child as opposed to goal-oriented organized play inspire this body of work. The exhibition will open on Monday, August 27, for public viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Commission Chambers and Room 200 at Winter Park City Hall located at 401 S. Park Ave. The exhibit will be on display through October. There will be an artist reception Wednesday, September 19, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
About her exhibition Ms. Casterline writes, “I explore varied modes of graphic language in these works, combining language and representation, symbol and form. Gymnastics shorthand, football play diagrams and word maps serve as the structural foundation for the compositions – contemporary hieroglyphs mapping movement, pattern, play and strategy. Other layers of traditional perceptual drawing depict figures within this structural space. Applying this systematic drawing strategy, I hone in on the objective, with focus on the relationships between gesture, context and content. This working method requires quick and swift mark-making decisions while maintaining the initial impulse – the quick gesture, the action – throughout the drawing and painting process.”
Rose Thome Casterline, Cleveland native and central Florida resident, has exhibited her drawings, prints and paintings for the past 20 years. As an adjunct professor, she has been teaching drawing, figure drawing, design and painting art at Rollins College and Valencia College since fall 2000. A multiple recipient of the United Arts Individual Artist Grant, her work has been featured in New American Paintings.Most recently she has been actively participating in Creative Capital enrichment workshops. Multiple private and public art collections house her drawings and paintings, with nearly 50 works commissioned or purchased by Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work is represented by Soren Christensen Gallery in New Orleans and J Costello Gallery, Hilton Head, S.C.
“Art in Chambers,” a project of the Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board, showcases works by local artists or works borrowed from local museums. “Art in Chambers” enlivens Winter Park’s public rooms and exposes residents and visitors to art, highlights the importance the city places on art and culture, provides city support to local artists and studios, and creates opportunities to educate the populace on the value of art and its place in a meaningful life.
For more information regarding “Art in Chambers” and additional City of Winter Park events, please visit the city’s official website at cityofwinterpark.org or call 407-599-3498.
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