The large-scale oil paintings by a local artist who died earlier this year will be showcased in a solo exhibition of her work at 20 North Gallery in downtown Toledo.
Joanne Grossmann: The Larger Narrative, offers a showing of the late Perrysburg resident’s work from the 1970s through 2000. Grossmann died May 5 in her Perrysburg home at the age of 86.
Her work was frequently shown and awarded at area shows including the Toledo Area Artists’ Exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art, despite her reputation as a quiet, modest artist.
GALLERY: Large-scale oil paintings by local artist to be showcased
The show at the downtown gallery, 18 N. St. Clair St., opens Friday with a VIP preview, then remains open to the public through Dec. 30.
There will be public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 20.
Grossmann studied art at Ohio University and frequently painted scenes that included horses based on her love of horse racing. A collection of her pieces was part of the show, Derby Days, at 20 North Gallery in 2004.
20 North Gallery describes the show as a re-introduction to the contemporary community of Grossmann’s ability to tell a visual story.
“Upon first look, Grossmann’s paintings capture locations or themes personal to the artist, but a closer look reveals the ambiguity in these representations. Using settings with figures seemingly isolated within their own stories, Grossmann’s works in oil invite viewers to explore the many layers of these narratives,” the gallery writes.
20 North Gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. For more information, go to 20northgallery.com.
■ The Red Bird Arts District in Sylvania is kicking off a new season of art walks Friday with gallery showings and a public art project by the Sylvania Community Arts Commission that features nine artists whose work has been wrapped around utility boxes along the art walk route.
Creaticity features the artwork of: Biz Drouillard, Blue Moonshine; Craig Fisher, Right of Spring; Pat Cheal, Muskegon; Raja Aossey-Jensen, Collaboration; Steven Athanas, Three Sisters Eating Ice Cream; Dani Fuller, Take a Dip; Kayla Wright, Budgies; James Corcoran, The Share Cropper, and Margerita Gerborg, Aquatica.
In addition, River Centre Gallery will showcase work by local artists, and Hudson Gallery opens a group show called Artableness, a collection of paintings, drawings, and ceramics by eight regional artists.
The Red Bird Arts District, an extension of the community’s arts commission, hosts its monthly art walks from 5 to 8 p.m., every first Friday of the month in downtown Sylvania. For more information, go to redbirdarts.org.
■ The glass show Momentum, featuring more than 60 entries created by 47 local and national glass artists, remains open through Oct. 15 at the Secor Building, 425 Jefferson St. in downtown Toledo.
The juried show kicked off in mid-September during Momentum Hot Glass Cool Music, a three day music and arts festival in downtown Toledo organized by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
A juried panel announced the following winners at a reception on Sept. 16: First place, Jennifer Hecker for Water Fall; second place, Joanna Manousis for Demeter; third, Shahid Khan for Minar Trio in Turquoise, and two honorable mentions to Kazuki Takizawa for Container: Handle Wings, and Zac Weinberg for Mechanism for Spectacular Experiences.
For more information, go to theartscommission.org.
■ A new date has been set for the lecture at the Toledo Museum of Art titled Rare Survivors of Roman Mosaic Art: Portable Panels.
The talk by Christine Kondoleon, senior curator of Greek and Roman art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the museum’s Little Theater. The curator will talk about the history behind the making of the panels. She was originally scheduled to speak Friday. The talk is free.
For more information, go to toledomuseum.org.
Send news of art items at least two weeks in advance to rgedert@theblade.com or call 419-724-6075.
First Published October 4, 2017, 5:00 p.m.
