Limestone Art Gallery Announces New Exhibit "Strained Separations: Reflections On A Pandemic"

The Limestone University Art Gallery has announced its second exhibit for the 2022-2023 academic year entitled "Strained Separations: Reflections on a Pandemic."

The collection of prints features art by 21 artists from across the United States who use various print methodologies to reflect on life since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The exhibit opened at the Gallery inside the Hines & Riggins Center on September 23 and closes November 14. Admission is free.

“Strained Separations: Reflections on a Pandemic,” was organized by Tim Massey and the Tower Gallery at The State University of New York College at Brockport, where it was on display last December. It makes its way from upstate New York to upstate South Carolina via Limestone professor Carolyn Ford, who loaned the collection to the Gallery and is among the featured artists.

For Ford, the pandemic offered her the opportunity to create art, using observations from her own backyard and downtown Gaffney to bring humor to the stressful situation. The other artists in the collection, however, bring a variety of views and experiences from that time.

“This collection covers a spectrum on personal responses and emotions from the pandemic,” Ford said. “Art is a great outlet, as well as a means to communicate through images what is difficult to express with words.”

For more information, contact Gallery Director Emily Tuttle at etuttle@limestone.edu.