National, juried visual art competition and exhibition for two-dimensional figurative artists (referencing the human figure), working in painting, drawing and printmaking, who are over the age of 18.
Opening Reception:
October 25, 7pm - 9pm
Working from Garner Arts Center, Arden creates painterly "visual dramedies" across painting, sculpture, and installation. Mining fabric, family, and daily life, her layered, tactile pieces expose life's ironies with contemporary bite and classical craft.
Opening Reception:
November 15, 4pm - 7pm
Juried exhibition of hauntingly beautiful artworks from artists throughout the United States.
Opening Reception: October 16, 5pm - 7pm
Join GARNER Arts for an evening of conversation with the artists behind their current exhibitions. Gordon Fearey will discuss Lucretius, an exploration of the tension between the finite and the infinite beyond the frame. Arden Klemmer and Paul Christopher Conticelli will share insights on Gonna Build a Heaven From a Little Hell, a collaborative exhibition that envisions an optimistic future with beauty rising above. Together, they’ll reflect on their processes, inspirations, and the worlds their art invites us to enter.
Join us for the opening reception of
Gonna Build a Heaven From a Little Hell
Open Jun 28 - Aug 2, 2025
GARNER Arts Center is proud to present Gonna Build a Heaven From a Little Hell, a multidisciplinary exhibition by GARNER Historic District resident artist Arden Klemmer and member artist Paul Christopher Conticelli, on view this summer in the Ned Harris Gallery at Building 35.
With Gonna Build a Heaven From a Little Hell, Arden Klemmer and Paul Christopher Conticelli envision a future of hope rising above despair, beauty overtaking destruction, and liberation born from entrapment.
