March 21-April 17, 2025

CONNECT Collective: Alchemy
Teresa Selbee-Baker
Kara Brauen
Amanda MacLeod
Ember Muninn

Artist Talk + Reception: Friday March 21st @ 5pm

The CONNECT Collective comes together as a group of female and other underrepresented gendered artists providing members an opportunity to put into practice our values of community over division and cooperation over competition.

They state: “We share and nurture our unique skills and strengths with each other in order to transform into something greater than we could alone. We are rediscovering community in the modern age and celebrating what it means to be creative in partnership.”

The CONNECT Collective works with three common themes: exploration of the self; a desire to be present; the grounding power of nature. Collaboration in collective community offers an opportunity for members to find kinship in shared experiences while softening the isolation of making in a male-dominated art world.

Many different mediums and techniques are used by members including oil paint, acrylic paint, printmaking, embroidery, and encaustics. By exhibiting as a collective, the group is able to develop a uniquely layered sensory experience for the viewer that is different than when exhibiting solo. Playing with juxtaposition of pieces gives their exhibitions a unique energy and movement, and allows new relationships and narratives to emerge from their collective works.