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September Issue 2006
Theatre Art Galleries in High Point, NC, Offers New Exhibitions
Theatre Art Galleries in High Point, NC, is presenting several new exhibits including: Waterfalls And, featuring works by Rich Furmanski, on view in TAG's Main Gallery; Much Ado about Shakespeare, an exhibit documenting the last 30 years of NC Shakespeare Festival, on view in TAG's Gallery B; God Breathes, featuring works by Rhonda Henry, on view in TAG's Hallway Gallery; and Home is Where the Art is, featuring works by area Homeschooled students, on view in TAG's Kaleidoscope Youth Gallery. All exhibitions will be on view through Oct. 7, 2006.
Rich Furmanski
High Point artist, Rich Furmanski, long-time graphic designer for the NC Shakespeare Festival is showing a large group of pastel paintings of North Carolina waterfalls and landscapes. Working exclusively with charcoal and pastels the last few years Furmanski, has been intent on creating a body of work concentrating on NC waterfalls. He is also working on a portrait series and a few of these large charcoal drawings will be shown, including a self-portrait and an image of NCSF Director, Pedro Silva. Furmanski is an Illinois native and studied art in Kansas City, Chicago and Los Angles before settling in High Point as a commercial artist. He has been retired since 1994 and now works on his fine art creations.
Much Ado about Shakespeare, exhibits NC Shakespeare Festival costumes, designs, photographs, and props from 30 years of theatrical performances. From the first performances of The Miser in 1977 to this year's production of Taming of the Shrew, visitors can learn about many of the design details of how a play is presented. High Point is proud and appreciative to be the home of this stellar theatre group and TAG celebrates this anniversary with them.
Rhonda Henry
God Breathes, is the first exhibition of paintings by talented High Point native, Rhonda Henry. Using the professional name Rhen, this artist has for the past year worked on a series of paintings inspired by the life and music of jazz great John Coltrane. Since they are both fellow High Pointers and Rhen is an avid fan of Coltrane music, she felt like she was uniquely qualified to represent him visually.
The Coltrane Collection was initially funded by a grant from the High Point Arts Council and the painter continued her work beyond the first plans. These expressive oil paintings are biographical, political, tragic, as well as ironic, abstract, and realistic. Rhen studied commercial art at High Point University and GTCC and currently works in the field of graphic design. The Coltrane paintings are inspiring, but the artist hopes she can encourage people to just listen to the music: "It's the music that matters. It's what makes Coltrane immortal, but truthfully it's really all about love... love supreme."
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call TAG at 336/887-2137 or at (www.tagart.org).
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