FRANK Opening Reception & 2nd Friday

Exhibition: Dan Gottlieb and Barbara Tyroler with Red Nucleus Band Performance.

Dan Gottlieb’s SWAMP features a suite of pictures inspired by explorations of eastern North Carolina’s hauntingly beautiful cypress swamps, mill ponds, and creeks – and their fragile ecologies. Dan combines his life decades as an artist, museum designer, and environmental activist using a laborious experimental process of his own design.

Garden Journeys, A Portrait Photographer Explores the Landscape showcases the work of professional photographer and educator, Barbara Tyroler. Primarily an environmental portrait artist and editorial commercial photographer, Barbara first began rendering the natural landscape while meandering through the local hiking trails with students, friends, and family during the early seasons of our Covid pandemic. The abstracted imagery emerged as shaggy and snarly forms, colors, and textures and blossomed into a broader appreciation for the complex interconnectedness and social networking at play.

Daniel Johnston is a prominent North Carolina-based potter with a national presence who is widely celebrated for his remarkable craftsmanship in creating large-scale pottery. Through his skillful hands, he transforms clay into stunning, monumental vessels that not only serve as utilitarian pieces but also as captivating works of art. Daniel Johnston’s pottery stands as a testament to his enduring dedication to the craft and his ability to capture the essence of North Carolina’s pottery heritage on a grand scale.