Call for Member Artists
Call for Member Artists
The FRANK Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibit featuring member artists Susan Filley and Sudie Rakusin and with guest artists R. Scott Horner, Vince Pitelka, and Pat Scull.
The gallery is open for walk-in traffic Tuesday-Saturday from 12-5pm.
“Part of being in quarantine for me was re-framing and reimagining the relevancy of things and the role of art.” Exploring both what was familiar and incorporating new approaches to her art, Sudie Rakusin will be displaying her latest work new to the gallery—collage drawings and 3-D mixed media tables. Sudie has a unique ability to excel in many different media and along with being an incredibly talented visual artist she is a sculptor, illustrator, children’s book author, and member of FRANK Gallery. Using collage and mixed media Sudie’s art is a highly emotive and narrative representation of her inspiration—her love for the natural world.
Truly mastering form, function, and beauty, member artist, Susan Filley creates exquisite functional and sculptural pieces from porcelain. Holding a cup of Susan’s in your hands or viewing one of her sculptural pieces the viewer is simply engrossed with the sumptuous and unique forms, rich crystal glaze surfaces and vibrant colors of her work. In her own words, “I strive to make pots that are beautiful and a pleasure to use, forms that bold and well balanced, and always a body of work that brings grace, elegance, and delight into our lives.”
An abstract painter working mainly in acrylics, the gallery is excited to have the paintings of R. Scott Horner for the first time at FRANK. “By methodically layering thick and thin skins of paint, old events are covered up, sometimes rediscovered through transparency or scratch-throughs. In this way, the art builds its own history, allowing the viewers to read into it many stories.” Though avoiding direct representation, Scott is inspired by the world around him, and with an enchanting color palette and his unique technique of layering, the viewer is drawn into his interpretation of nature.
A writer, teacher, and potter, FRANK is thrilled to have the work of Vince Pitelka for the first time. Working in academia for 35 years and having taught clay workshops both nationally and internationally, Vince now renders his many years of experience to his own clay studio and as member of the Chatham Artists Guild. Creating slab-built functional pottery and large coil-built vessels, Vince’s work is known for his ability to impress intricate patterns on to his pottery. By carefully selecting glazes that highlight the beauty of his own carved bisque-stamps and rollers, Vince creates sophisticated and highly unique textures and patterns which are imprinted on to the surfaces of his clay work as 3d relief.
Showing her work in juried shows across the United States, and featured for the first time at FRANK, we are excited to have the mixed media and clay work of artist Pat Scull. Pat has a unique ability to have her artistic nuances and sensibilities translate so seamlessly from each medium of her choosing. “An explorer of artistic processes and mediums, she creates her own imaginary world using clay, paint, wood, found objects, and metal.” Using organic forms, textures, colors, and patterns, one is able to venture into the inner world of Pat’s artistic mind through her incredible and intricate work.
Franklin Street Arts Collective (DBA) FRANK Gallery is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, promoting the arts since 2010
Sunday – Noon to 4 pm
Monday – Closed
Tuesday-Wednesday – 11 am to 5 pm
Thursday-Saturday – 11 am to 7 pm
