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  • Surface Tension: Erika Diamond and Chelsea Lillo

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    Surface Tension brings together two makers whose creative paths emerge from distinct disciplines. Erika Diamond, a textile-based artist, and Chelsea Lillo, a board-certified anaplastologist, both use handwork—sewing, weaving, sculpting, and precision—to explore protection, identity, and the fragility of the human body.

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  • Art from Inside the Athens-Clarke County Jail

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    This exhibition is a selection of artwork made over the past year in Creative Tracks, a new studio art program for residents of the ACC jail. Originally initiated by the Lyndon House Arts Center as a stand-alone class, this program is now integrated within the Reentry Quality Support Program administered by the Sherriff’s Office, with...

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  • Pendulum: Jean Gray Mohs

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    Rooted in the American South, Mohs' work explores the tension between resilience and vulnerability, shaped by a life of chronic illness and an organ transplant. As an artist and mother, she moves between the physicality of materials and the fragility of the body, reflecting on survival, care, and kinship. She is drawn to the landscape...

  • Thaw Line: Lindsey Kennedy & Josh Skinner

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    Opening reception Thursday, June 5, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. A discussion with the artists will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM. The photography exhibition Thaw Line centers the natural world—both in its intimate details and expansive landscapes—and humanity’s shifting relationship with it. In Josh Skinner’s black-and-white images, the...

  • Water Meadows: Yanira Vissepó

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    Yanira Vissepó’s textile paintings are centered around gradient linocuts of native plants and the natural terrain of both her birthplace in the Caribbean Sea and her adopted home in the American South. She uses methods such as stain painting, linoleum cut-outs, and hand embroidery on canvas to portray the rich biodiversity and resilience of botanicals...

  • Forging Connections: Barbara Mann

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    An opening reception will be held on June 5, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Barbara will be giving a talk and demonstration of her process on Thursday, June 26 at 5:30 PM. Barbara Mann is captivated by the intricate complexity and beauty of the natural world. Her ongoing body of work delves into...

  • Controlled Burn: Tom Schramm

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    The work in Schramm’s exhibition primarily uses post-consumer materials in place of raw new materials. He sees these used materials as having come to the end of their human-intended functional path. As they cross his path, and before entombment in a landfill, he collects them. This strategy demands innovation and planning due to scarcity. Schramm...

  • Peach Fuzz: Victoria Dugger

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    Opening reception on Thursday, June 5, 2025 from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM. Dugger (b. 1991, Columbus, Georgia) is a visual artist based in Athens, Georgia. She earned her BFA from Columbus State University in 2016 and her MFA in Painting from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2022. She made...

  • Opening Reception for Twist: paintings by Carol John

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    January 16, 2025 - March 15, 2025 Reception, January 16, 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm Carol John’s paintings, whether diminutive or grand in scale, are all predicated on repeating marks and shapes. Dots, lines, and squares all multiply to create vibrating forms and surfaces that resonate with playful pop color. The repetitive forms are an echo of John’s...

  • Jamele Wright Sr. “We Are All Kinda Floating” – Opening Reception and Artist Talk

    Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, United States

    The Lyndon House Arts Center is pleased to announce We Are All Kinda Floating, an installation of new works by Jamele Wright Sr., on view from October 26 – December 28, 2024. The artist reception is Thursday, November 14th, from 6:00–8:00 p.m., with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. Atlanta-based artist Jamele Wright Sr. creates...

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