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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Susan Meyer / Carlton Davis: Two Solos Open Saturday May 3

Susan Meyer, Immunity Idol, 2024, foam, plaster, Apoxie Sculpt, paint, 30 x 10 x 7 inches

Susan MeyerImmunity Idol, 2024, foam, plaster, Apoxie Sculpt, paint, 30 x 10 x 7 inches. Exhibition checklist coming soon.

Susan MeyerGroup Chat



Carlton DavisHumble Beauty




Two Concurrent Solo Exhibitions




Opening Reception

Saturday May 3

1-5pm

Carlton Davis, Untitled, 2011, Printed 2025, archival inkjet print, 19 x 13 inches. Exhibition checklist coming soon.

Hello friends!


Please join us Saturday May 3rd, 1-5pm for the Opening Reception of two concurrent solo exhibitions at LABspace—



Susan MeyerGroup Chat


Carlton DavisHumble Beauty



Details about both exhibitions are below


Huge thank you to Susan Meyer and Carlton Davis!


We look forward to seeing you soon!


XO Ellen + Julie

Susan Meyer, Salt, 2025, wood, acrylic, paint, wire, plaster, Apoxie Sculpt, 34 x 36 x 31 inches

Susan MeyerSalt, 2025, wood, acrylic, paint, wire, plaster, Apoxie Sculpt, 34 x 36 x 31 inches. Exhibition checklist coming soon.

Susan Meyer: Group Chat
Solo Exhibition of Mixed Media Sculpture
May 3–June 29, 2025
Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm




Opening Reception with the artist: Saturday, May 3rd, 1-5pm

Susan Meyer In Conversation with Nicole Hayes: Sunday June 8th, 2pm

Closing Reception with the artist: Sunday June 29th, 1-5pm




Group Chat, a solo exhibition of new work by Susan Meyer, brings together a number of quasi-figurative sculptures of varying shapes and sizes and material compositions. Like the text-based conversations that pepper our contemporary discourse, the sculptures seem to communicate with one another in ways both fluid and disjointed. Referencing popular culture, utopian communities, scholar’s rocks, architecture, and mid-century playground/park structures, the works evoke a range of tenuous relationships – between the natural world and the built environment, growth and decay, aspiration and failure.



Susan Meyer’s work has been featured in solo and group shows across the United States, including the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs NY; Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CO; The Korean Cultural Center, NY NY. She has held residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO; Sculpture Space, Utica NY; Ucross, Clearmont WY. Meyer received a BS in art from Skidmore College and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She teaches at Monmouth University in New Jersey and lives and works in Hudson NY.


Carlton Davis, Pansies, 2016, Printed 2025, archival inkjet print, 13 x 19 inches

Carlton DavisPansies, 2016, Printed 2025, archival inkjet print, 13 x 19 inches. Exhibition checklist coming soon.

Carlton Davis: Humble Beauty
Solo Photography Exhibition
May 3–June 29, 2025
Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm




Opening Reception with the artist: Saturday, May 3rd, 1-5pm

Carlton Davis In Conversation with Amelia Toelke: Sunday June 22nd, 2pm

Closing Reception with the artist: Sunday June 29th, 1-5pm




With this selection of photographs, Carlton Davis features seemingly mundane grocery items such as fruit, botanicals, eggs, and chickens. With a focus on composition and mood, Davis elevates these humble subjects and encourages contemplation of the photographs individually, and in conversation with one another. Through these images, Davis inconspicuously explores concepts of power, diversity, beauty, and equanimity.


Carlton Davis (b. Philadelphia) is a New York-based photographer known for his ability to uncover extraordinary beauty in the ordinary. His work, spanning both commercial and personal creative practices, highlights the essential and often overlooked elements of his subjects, inviting viewers to slow down and see the world anew. In his art practice, Davis focuses on the richness of the quotidian world. The depth and complexity of humble subjects are revealed through Davis’ rigorous attention to composition and light. Davis employs the same approach in portraiture. Intentionally simple backdrops and minimal to no color allow Davis to pare down distractions and create images that offer viewers space for thoughtful focus, visual exploration, and contemplation. Davis’ photography transforms the familiar into something timeless, encouraging a quiet, deliberate appreciation for objects and moments that sustain us.

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder



17 miles east of Hudson NY

17 miles north of Millerton NY

11 miles west of Great Barrington MA



LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


We are now celebrating our seventh year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ!

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Cathy Wysocki and Taliesin Thomas In Conversation on Closing Day: Sunday April 27 at 2pm

Cathy Wysocki photographed by Deborah Kamy Hull at LABspace

Cathy Wysocki will be in conversation with Taliesin Thomas on Closing Day: Sunday April 27 at 2pm. Left: Cathy Wysocki, courtesy Deborah Kamy Hull. Right: Taliesin Thomas.

Cathy Wysocki

and

Taliesin Thomas



In Conversation on Closing Day:



Sunday April 27

2pm

Hello friends,


Please SAVE-THE-DATE!


We are thrilled to welcome arts writer Taliesin Thomas for a conversation with Cathy Wysocki on the FINAL DAY of Cathy’s powerful solo exhibition:


Sunday, April 27 at 2pm


Stay after the talk to meet and chat with Cathy Wysocki and Taliesin Thomas and to view the exhibition, which comes to a close at 5pm that day

Thank you Cathy and Taliesin! We are so looking forward ❤️


Cathy Wysocki: It has always been the mindis on view with normal hours this weekend: Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm 


View the full Exhibition Checklist here


Thank you everyone! 


See you soon!

XO Ellen + Julie




Cathy Wysocki, Like Trees, 2022, acrylic, ink, beads, glitter, sand, molding paste, doll arms, plastic horse, pignut hickory shell, collage, board, 10.5 x 7 x 4 inches

Video close-up of Cathy WysockiLike Trees, 2022, acrylic, ink, beads, glitter, sand, molding paste, doll arms, plastic horse, pignut hickory shell, collage, board, 10.5 x 7 x 4 inchesExhibition Checklist. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com.



Taliesin Thomas, Ph.D. is an artist-philosopher, lecturer, writer, and arts professional based in Troy, NY. Since 2007, Thomas is the founding director of AW Asia and Art Issue Editions, Inc., two private art collections that serve as the basis for collaborations and curatorial projects with museums, institutions, and artists worldwide. She is a visiting critic to The Arts Center of the Capital Region and other area institutions including Bennington College, SUNY New Paltz, and SUNY Plattsburgh. Thomas has lectured widely on contemporary art and has published with Yale University Press, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, Chronogram, Dirt, ARTPULSE, Journal of Daoist Studies, Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and ArtAsiaPacific magazine.


Cathy Wysocki shares details of her painting, When the light of your eyes falls to the ground (for Wayne), completed in March 2025 for this exhibition:


Seven months after Wayne Hopkins, my husband, best friend and studio mate for 43 years passed away, I stepped back into the energy-charged studio again. It was his birthday and before me was the blank canvas he was to work on next. Overwhelmed with emotion, I used the canvas first as a journal of sorts, then with more of an intuitive outflow I proceeded to mix the paint with some of his ashes and went from there. I worked off & on for 2 ½ months then stopped with the work unfinished. I didn’t step back into the studio again until 10 months later and finally finished the painting with him by my side.


Wysocki writes of her work and life:


The mixed media paintings are from my current series “Means Appropriate to a Small Mouse.” They focus on my attempts to disentangle the topsy-turvy, sense-filled world and its reactive emotions that devour humankind like tigers. Vigor, compassion, and active attention to thoughts, speech and actions are my driving forces in my life and in my work. The paintings are vibrant expressions of my focus, be it an imagined portrait or the imagined interactions of a few characters. My use of highly-keyed color, glitter, beads, collage, sand and string, along with pattern and texture, are the means to call attention.


I have been doing 2D and 3D work for over 40 years. Originally from the Midwest, I went to college in Los Angeles and San Francisco, receiving my BA from San Francisco State University. I lived, worked and exhibited in the Boston area for 24 years before moving to New Mexico in 2003 to do the same. In 2010, I relocated to western Massachusetts.


My works often convey a peculiar narrative about concerns and convictions I have about living in this entangled world. They are fueled by intuition and imagination.





Cathy Wysocki: It has always been the mind


Solo exhibition of mixed media paintings, oil paintings and sculpture



Conversation with Cathy Wysocki and Taliesin Thomas on Closing Day: Sunday April 27 at 2pm 🎉



Normal Gallery Hours for Easter Weekend: Saturday + Sunday 1-5pm


On View Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm through April 27


Full Exhibition Checklist




Thank you Taliesin Thomas of HyperallergicBrian K. Mahoney of ChronogramKarlyn Benson of Two Coats of Paint, and Upstate Diary for highlighting Cathy Wysocki’s solo exhibition as a show to see in April.


LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder



17 miles east of Hudson NY

17 miles north of Millerton NY

11 miles west of Great Barrington MA




LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


We are now celebrating our seventh year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ

Monday, March 17, 2025

Cathy Wysocki Solo Exhibition, March 29-April 27, 2025

Cathy Wysocki, When the light of your eyes falls to the ground (for Wayne), 2025, oil, ashes and glitter on canvas, 50 x 42 inches

Cathy WysockiWhen the light of your eyes falls to the ground (for Wayne), 2025, oil, ashes and glitter on canvas, 50 x 42 inches. Read more about this painting below.

SAVE-THE-DATE



SATURDAY MARCH 29, 1-5PM



Opening Reception with the Artist



Cathy Wysocki:

It has always been the mind



Solo exhibition of mixed media paintings and sculpture

Hello friends!


Please join us on Saturday March 29, 1-5pm for the Opening Reception of—


Cathy Wysocki: It has always been the mind


The artist will be here to meet you and to answer questions about her work


This is Cathy Wysocki’s first Solo Exhibition at LABspace


We look forward to sharing this powerful work with you


Thank you Cathy Wysocki!


See you here in two weeks,

XO Ellen + Julie

Cathy Wysocki, Expeller of Erroneous Thought, 2022, acrylic, collage, sand, beads, glitter on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Cathy WysockiExpeller of Erroneous Thought, 2022, acrylic, collage, sand, beads, glitter on canvas, 20 x 16 inches. On view in Cathy Wysocki’s solo exhibition opening Saturday March 29. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.comExhibition Preview.



Cathy Wysocki shares details of her painting, When the light of your eyes falls to the ground (for Wayne), completed in March 2025 for this exhibition:



Seven months after Wayne Hopkins, my husband, best friend and studio mate for 43 years passed away, I stepped back into the energy-charged studio again. It was his birthday and before me was the blank canvas he was to work on next. Overwhelmed with emotion, I used the canvas first as a journal of sorts, then with more of an intuitive outflow I proceeded to mix the paint with some of his ashes and went from there. I worked off & on for 2 ½ months then stopped with the work unfinished. I didn’t step back into the studio again until 10 months later and finally finished the painting with him by my side.






Wysocki writes of her work and life:



The mixed media paintings are from my current series “Means Appropriate to a Small Mouse.” They focus on my attempts to disentangle the topsy-turvy, sense-filled world and its reactive emotions that devour humankind like tigers. Vigor, compassion, and active attention to thoughts, speech and actions are my driving forces in my life and in my work. The paintings are vibrant expressions of my focus, be it an imagined portrait or the imagined interactions of a few characters. My use of highly-keyed color, glitter, beads, collage, sand and string, along with pattern and texture, are the means to call attention.

I have been doing 2D and 3D work for over 40 years. Originally from the Midwest, I went to college in Los Angeles and San Francisco, receiving my BA from San Francisco State University. I lived, worked and exhibited in the Boston area for 24 years before moving to New Mexico in 2003 to do the same. In 2010, I relocated to western Massachusetts.


My works often convey a peculiar narrative about concerns and convictions I have about living in this entangled world. They are fueled by intuition and imagination.



Cathy Wysocki: It has always been the mind


Solo exhibition of mixed media paintings and sculpture


March 29–April 27, 2025

Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm


Opening Reception with the artist: Saturday March 29th, 1-5pm


Exhibition Preview



LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder



17 miles east of Hudson NY

13 miles east of The Campus

17 miles north of Millerton NY

11 miles west of Great Barrington MA



LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


We are now celebrating our seventh year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ