Vita Nova Art Gallery Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday
4pm - 8pm
This month we are featuring art by
Aaron Holms and Angie Kantner.
Aaron Holmes
When I was in first grade, the class made a book together. We each wrote and illustrated a page about ourselves: mine said "Aaron likes to draw." My page featured a drawing of six-year-old me drawing. Very meta. I did really like to draw, and I still do. I took as many art classes as I could in high school, and I picked up an art minor at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska while doing majors in Spanish and math.
I've explored painting, printmaking, sculpture, and animation - but I always find myself most attracted to the simplicity of drawing. It helps me relax and focus. And maybe it's just my colorblindness talking, but I've always preferred the beautiful contrasts of good old black and white to the splashiness of color.
I made most of these drawings and paintings several years ago - it's my "old stuff." Pulling these out and looking through them again has reminded me that sometimes you can't do something you used to be able to do. I feel like I draw more naturally and confidently now, but I just don't have the patience or stamina for intricate stippling anymore. As we grow, we're perpetually losing and gaining perspectives, thoughts, memories, abilities, emotions, people, etc, etc. We have to eliminate from ourselves in order to add to ourselves, because we are finite. At least for now.
Angie Kantner
Angie Kantner is a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she studies primarily Sociology and Spanish. Though a current resident of Amherst, she has spent considerable time in Europe and South America. Having lived in northern Spain's city of Oviedo, proud winner of Europe's 'Golden Broom' award for clean streets, and Quito, Ecuador, where street gutters are lined with litter and child workers sell caramelos on the curb, the disparities between socioeconomic classes constantly capture her attention and motivate her to work toward change. Angie hopes to provide glimpses into different scenes and lives. She intends to share what she has seen, but, more importantly, spark a restlessness within others to unearth stories and personally interact with fellow subjects in all stages of the human condition.
Observe, experience, enjoy.
If you would like to know how to have your art shown in our gallery email Nate.
