We host two members’ shows a year and it’s always a surprise to see how the work will come together in our group gallery space. One of our long time supporters was looking at the show and said, I see a bunch of new names! Each members’ show is as unique as each of our artists and you never know what you’ll find - maybe a new direction for a familiar artist or maybe a new name you aren’t familiar with.

The unique thing about this particular exhibition is that when are artwork is sold, the customer can take it home that day. The artist is then contacted to bring in another artwork to sell… so the show itself is ever evolving just like our members.

As always, giving the gift of art not only shows that you’re thinking outside the box to find a unique one-of-a-kind gift, you’re also supporting an artist in our community.

We look forward to seeing you over the next two months!

Kelsey Hammond

Director, Columbia Art League

Judge’s statement

Thank you to the CAL directors, board, and members for the opportunity to judge this exhibit. I’m constantly in awe of and reverential to the overflowing of creativity in the Columbia community. The varying media, techniques, voices, and style of work in this exhibit alone show a broad and diverse group of individuals whose creative output was unstifled and - perhaps more impressively- fueled, by a year-and-a-half long pandemic. You should be so very proud of this. It speaks to the determination in the artists to create, and the determination of this organization to continue their stewardship of the imperative we all believe in so deeply: visual art.

Thank you to everyone involved for bringing something beautiful into the world.

Joel Sager

Founding Owner + Curator, Sager Reeves Gallery

Awards

1st Place - Cristina Nuñez, Nuances no. 29

2nd - Derek Fox, Woodlandville Barn, Late Summer

3rd - Pam Gainor, Mulranny, Ireland

Honorable Mention:

John Fennell, Path to the Lake

Tom Stauder, Cherry Hall Table