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| Meet photographer Sharon Merkel Saturday at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at 10 S. Hanover St. in Pottstown |
Local photographer Sharon K. Merkel will be on hand at MOSAIC Gallery, 10 S. Hanover Street in Pottstown, this Saturday, July 21 from 6-8 pm. All are welcome to attend this free reception.
Ms. Merkel’s work is on view now at the gallery along with the paintings of Sharon McGinley in MOSAIC’s latest show, Nurturing Hope.
The show highlights the beauty in nature and in urban spaces, much like a community garden.
MOSAIC Community Land Trust, which runs the gallery, built Pottstown’s first community garden at 423 Chestnut Street this past spring. Gardeners are now realizing the fruits of their labor at the garden site.In the artist’s statement on her website, Ms. Merkel says, “My photographic work looks at my world with a very direct approach. Photography is the art of exclusion - knowing what to include and what to leave out to create the correct balance and narrative.”
Her photos of urban buildings and barns often feature intersections with a brilliant sky or a lone tree. Several prints of industrial buildings in Pottstown are included and for sale at MOSAIC Gallery.
MOSAIC receives a standard 30% commission on all art sales, so a purchase not only supports these local artists, but also the community garden, arts, and affordable housing mission of MOSAIC Community Land Trust.
This show is being curated by MOSAIC summer interns Amanda Hoffman and Blake Wrigley, who spent their early years in Pottstown and graduated from Boyertown High School. Blake is a recent graduate of Messiah College and Amanda is a senior art major there. Nurturing Hope will run through July 28.
The MOSAIC gallery is located at 10 S. Hanover Street in Pottstown.
Regular gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday from 4-7 pm.
MOSAIC’s website is www.mosaiccommunitylandtrust.org.
Sharon Merkel’s website is www.skmerkel.com.
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