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Please note, Crooked Tree Arts Center - Petoskey & Traverse City will be closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Container

On View: July 17 - August 22
Venue: Carnegie galleries, CTAC - Traverse City


OPENING RECEPTION:  Friday, July 17, from 5-7pm
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, July 18, from 11am-12pm
EKPHRASTIC READING: Thursday, August 18, from 5:30 - 7pm

Container

Container explores the many meanings of containment through both sculptural and two-dimensional works. While vessels, pottery, and functional forms serve as familiar examples of containers, this exhibition expands the idea beyond the physical, inviting viewers to consider what we hold, protect, preserve, and carry. From literal interpretations to abstract explorations, the works on view reveal containers as objects of utility, symbols of identity, memory, culture, and transformation.

Featuring ceramics, sculpture, painting, photography, fiber, mixed media, and more, Container showcases the diverse ways artists interpret the relationship between interior and exterior, fullness and emptiness, function and symbolism. Together, these works encourage us to reflect on the visible and invisible vessels that shape our lives and experiences.

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