MinHsuan Peng says . “This is my first solo show”. My painting reflects both the world around me but also who I am: it is like the world rains on me with pearls of thoughts and messages, which bounce off the unique angles of my mind and onto the paper. If you look deeply into my paintings, you will see my flaws, struggles, joys, confusions — my life’s journey and my willingness to be seen. My art is my humble contribution to the world; it is a little piece of my window and my mirror that shows a...

'Ink and Paper' Exhibit Dates: August 2nd through September 28th, 2024 Gallery Walk Opening Reception: 2nd August 5-8pm "Ink and Paper": Prints by local artists Christina Lockhart, Sarah Nichols, Sarabeth Noggle and Shiree Woodard. Christina Lockhart creates hand-carved block prints with inspiration from her love of nature. The blocks are carved and then hand-printed, which means there will be slight differences in every print, making each one unique. Sarah Nichol...

ROCK MUSIC. Limestone sculptures and reliefs by Mike Van Vooren. For the past thirty-five years Mike Van Vooren has been carving limestone. He is also an avid amateur musician who plays guitar, bass, saxophone, and drums and compares his approach to sculpting limestone to that of an improvising jazz musician. This show represents some of his limestone carving from a musical perspective. Mike has produced visual art in many media including drawing, pastel, oil, acrylic, digital photography,...

A Celebration of Lunar and Solar Eclipses Gallery Walk  Exhibit  May 3rd - June 1st, 2024  Reception with the artist: Friday, May 3rd  5-8pm     For more information or images please contact: David Sloma, Gallery Coordinator at By Hand Gallery, managerbyhand@gmail.com or byhandbloomington@gmail.com     ‘Celestial Shadows’: A celebration of Lunar and Solar Eclipses by Scott Johnson Scott Johnson, the creator of 'Celestial Shadows' plans to bring prints from...

Abstract Paintings by Joel Washington. Joel Washington has been doing art his whole life and has specialized in acrylic paintings, mainly portraits. The paintings in this show deviate from his normal in that they are all abstract, something that he has been thinking about for a while and is now wanting to share. When Joel was child, he watched the Beatles' film The Yellow Submarine, which inspired him to become an artist, and as an adult, he takes artistic cues from the movie to this day. ...

By Hand Gallery Exhibit Dates: February 2nd 2024- February 24 th 2024 Gallery Walk Opening Reception: February 2 nd from 5–8 pm ‘Meet the members of By Hand Gallery, 45 years in the making’. A legacy of local artists making exceptional artwork February 2nd through February 24th, 2024 This show will be the work of the twelve By Hand members. Forty-five years ago, we were young and silly and started By Hand. Two of us are still here while others are quite new to the group. We are three jew...

This December’s show will be the work of local artists and artisans. Forty-five years ago, By Hand had its first holiday exhibition of local artist’s work. By Hand was created as a place where local artists could come together to make their art available to the public and this is what we still do. Two of the original artists are still selling at By Hand, while for other artists, this will be their very first year.   We have jewelers, painters, print makers, potters, woodworkers, weavers, dyers, ...

Exhibit Dates: October 6th- November 18th 2023 Gallery Walk Opening Reception: October 6th from 5–8 pm For more information or images please contact: David Sloma, Gallery Coordinator at By Hand Gallery, managerbyhand@gmail.com ‘No Bugs Were Harmed! Paper Sculpture by Jennifer Ivory’. is presented at By Hand Gallery and features the work of Jennifer Ivory with an opening reception on Friday, October 6th, from 5–8 pm for Gallery Walk, Bloomington. Jennifer Ivory’s artwork is made with ...

By Hand Gallery Exhibit Dates: September 1st -30th 2023 Opening Reception: September 1st from 5–8 pm   ‘Over, Under and Around: A Journey with The Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild’ This month’s exhibit celebrates fifty years of the Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild. Fifty Years is a long time and during that time they have promoted ideas among those interested in the fiber arts and stimulated the public appreciation of the fiber arts Artists represented in this ...