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PART ONE GALLERY EXHIBITIONS PART ONE 22 REGISTER ONLINE: mycary.org May Art Quilts: Insight Presented by Professional Art Quilter's Alliance— South Page-Walker Arts & History Center May 13–June 27 Artist Reception: Friday, May 29 | 6–8 p.m. Medium: Textiles/Mixed Media An instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, penetrating mental vision, or discernment; faculty of seeing into the inner character or underlying truth. Members of the Professional Art Quilter's Alliance— South use the medium of cloth and stitch to share their understanding observations and messages about the world around us. Tom Spleth: From Costa Rica to Lubbock—Digital Drawings Cary Arts Center Gallery May 29–July 25 Artist Reception: Friday, May 29 | 6–8 p.m. Medium: Digital Artwork Throughout his ceramics career, Tom has always been drawing and painting. In the late 1980s, he began experimenting with an early version of photoshop to make his first computer drawings. Drawing on the computer allows light to come through the drawings and the program allows detailed drawings to evolve from loose sketches. Jean McLaughlin: After 40 Years— A Return To Printmaking Cary Arts Center Principal's Hall May 29–July 25 Artist Reception: Friday, May 29 | 6–8 p.m. Medium: Printmaking Since retiring from an arts management career, first with the North Carolina Arts Council and then as director of Penland School of Crafts, Jean has returned to her love of printmaking. Monotypes, lithographs, and woodcuts drawn from observations of nature and other favorite subjects will be on exhibition. Full Spectrum: The Fine Art of Colored Pencil Page-Walker Arts & History Center April 14–May 9 Artist Reception: Friday, April 24 | 6–8 p.m. Medium: Colored Pencil View the wide range of styles and fine art techniques that regional members of The Colored Pencil Society of America achieve with this versatile medium. The society, founded in 1990, represents 20 district chapters dedicated to artists who work with the of colored pencil. Lindsey Chester: Not Forgotten Page-Walker Arts & History Center April 14–May 9 Artist Reception: Friday, April 24 | 6–8 pm. Medium: Acrylics Chester shares, "Part of Cary's charm are the historic buildings that can be found, not only in downtown, but in surrounding areas. I have been fascinated with these structures and paint them before they disappear or are altered forever. How many do you pass every day but don't know their history?" Taking Time: Exploring the Fragile Existence of "The Moment" Through Nature Page-Walker Arts & History Center April 14–May 9 Artist Reception: Friday, April 24 | 6–8 p.m. Medium: Mixed Lozoya states, "Parents of neurotypical children often say, 'slow time down' or 'they are growing up too fast.' Parents of children on the severe end of the autism spectrum, like myself, are all too often confronted with dark thoughts like 'what will happen to my child after I am gone?' This collection of works represents my effort to be fully present in the moment with the knowledge that life by its very nature is transient." JEAN MCLAUGHLIN