Left to Right. Amanda Joy, Milo Harris, Sylvia Atwood, Charlie Ledbetter, Jennifer Zikller

IN THE AS220 GALLERIES

July 12-26th, 2025

opening | Saturday July 5,2025, 5-7pm

AS220 MAIN GALLERY

@115 Empire St.

Woolgathering, bit by bit | Jennifer Ziller

Jennifer Ziller a visual art educator, who dabbles in expressive arts therapy notions within, as well as, outside of the classroom. As an educator, I felt as though the holistic intersection of benefit that crosses between free form art making, and self reflection is essential. I tend to gravitate towards abstract color expressionism when it comes to the medium mode of choice. My work is a vibrant tapestry of pigments, and formation where each brushstroke is integrated with a sense of the organic emotions.

Woolgathering, bit by bit.
wool·gath·er·ing ~ /ˈwo͝olˌɡaT͟H(ə)riNG/: noun, indulgence in dreamy imagery.

Meanwhile | Teiko

These collections of works represent the struggle of creating and finding your voice. Trying to find a path in chaotic environments, all while taking what you see in everyday life and applying into one's self and vision.

PROJECT SPACE | READING ROOM

@93 Mathewson St.

Sticking your hand out the window to see if it’s raining | Sylvia Atwood

Every time I enter my studio, I find myself positioned somewhere in a cycle of control and faith. I might make decisions rooted in self-conscious fear one day and deep trust the next. Choices stack up over time, and my shifting selves collapse into the surface, embedded in whatever beautiful, absurd, and mysterious forms have stuck to me in passing.

In this body of work, vessels of agency—like cars, hands, and birds—steer themselves through a porous and disorienting world from which they are also inextricable. Autonomy and contingency are folded and layered together into a dense image of interlocking forms, t-bone collisions, and dappled transparencies. Natural elements like water and fire play leading roles in these painted realities, blurring the line between actor and phenomenon. Similarly, the paint itself flickers between outcome and agent as I fluctuate in relationship to it.

Interaction and change, pattern and attention, faith and control: spiraling feedback loops such as these fuel the networks that connect us all. This dense web is one I aim to unearth, not understand, as I make daily choices in the absence of certainty.

READING ROOM

@93 Mathewson St.

Floodplains | Milo Harris

Milo Harris is an installation artist, painter, and aspiring ecologist based in Oakland, California. They graduated from Brown University in 2022 with degrees in Visual Art and Science, Technology, and Society. Milo’s practice explores processes of erosion and metamorphosis. They are endlessly curious about how these mechanisms shape landforms, memory, and the body.

This body of work was inspired by close observations of the Woonasquatucket River and the Pacific Ocean. It was created in the context of recovering from a serious accident soon after moving across the country. In this show, flowing water is portrayed as simultaneously grounding and relentless, representing both healing and destruction. Milo’s work ventures into realism and abstraction, emphasizing texture and contrast across mediums.

ABORN GALLERY

@95 Empire St.

America Dystrophy | Charlie Ledbetter

This exhibition brings together multiple bodies of work—both abstract and representational—that explore my experience living under the influence of American capitalism. The paintings are bound by a recurring interest in cultural memory, personal mythology, and the absurd contradictions that define American life. Familiar symbols like garden hoses, politicians, toothpaste, and landscapes are recontextualized as connective tissue between the personal and the political, the nostalgic and the apocalyptic. While not overtly didactic, the work reflects a deep ambivalence—at once skeptical of America’s self-image and still tethered to its promise. Beneath the surface is a sense of inevitability, of systems breaking down under the weight of their own design. Through it all, I remain a witness, balancing wonder and dread in equal measure.

RESIDENT GALLERY

@131 Washington St.

A Cold Place | Amanda Joy

A multidisciplinary artist based in Providence, Rhode Island.

A Cold Place is a combination of landscape paintings, field recordings, and illustrations inspired by six months working as a "Wastie" at Palmer Station, Antarctica. The exhibition serves as both a snapshot and an invitation to slow down. A meditation on presence, drawn from one of the most remote places on Earth.

More of Amanda's work can be found at: https://computercomputerpaper.wordpress.com/