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HJ’s Gallery
The mission of The Gallery at HJ’s is to provide a venue for local artists to exhibit, celebrate and sell their artwork within the community. The Gallery also offers an opportunity to educate and enrich members through exposure to the visual arts and celebrate the creative spirit.
The Gallery has been building strong relationships with area artists and patrons since July of 2018.
For gallery, art purchase or exhibiting inquiries contact Angie Jennings, Art Coordinator at HJsArtCoordinator@gmail.com
November 15, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Coming up:
2024 HJ’s Youth and Community Center - Exhibition Calendar
Click on images and on poem to visit artist’s website.
January-February
Jhulan Mukharji - Painting
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
Exhibition closes: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
March-April
Jean McGuire - Painting
Opening Reception: Friday, March 15, 2024
Exhibition closes: Monday, April 29, 2024
May-June, beginning July
Christina Santiago and Brittany Noriega
Poetry and Illustration
Opening Reception: Friday, May 10, 2024
Exhibition closes: Saturday, July 6, 2024
July-August, beginning September
Shirley Harryman - Photography
Opening Reception is: Friday, July 12,2024
Exhibition closes: Saturday, September 7, 2024
September-October, beginning November
Lorri Boydson - Painting
Opening Reception is: Friday, September 13, 2024
Exhibition closes: Saturday, November 9, 2024
November-December, beginning January
Elnora Nokes - Mixed Media
Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 2024
Exhibition closes: Saturday, January 11, 2025
Sculptures on View
Stumpestry | Phil Smith
Nestled on twenty acres of hardwood in Jefferson County, Kansas, retired ad agency owner Phil Smith has found a new purpose in sculpting wood. From the rich hues of walnut to the amber cast of Osage and Kentucky Coffee trees, he crafts towering figures and petite flower vases.
Phil’s creations aren’t just art—they’re a lifeline for charities. All sales, including those of his favorite causes (St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Pawsperity, Halo Foundation, UMKC Conservatory, Ensemble Iberica) directly support the community he cherishes.
Horses | by butch Murphy
I'm the creator, fabricator and metal sculptor, autodidact by training, combining new and found carbon steel producing representational/figurative forms. I'm often asked if I make preliminary drawings, but beyond a simple chalk figure on my workbench, the rest is in my head. I make no bones about it, the sculptures are as much a mystery to me as to the viewer, until they are complete. Stealing the words from Jackson Pollock, as I'm producing my sculptures, there's definitely a period where I spend time just getting acquainted with the piece, providing me final direction. I create to instill a degree of spectator confusion or in the words of John Yau, "ambiguity trying to invite the viewer's scrutiny" and participation. Although in recent years I've focused on horse sculptures, I've been inspired by such things as a reflection on the ceiling or an early morning dream, most that fortunately vaporize. I don’t see myself being trapped by a leitmotiv, however, I am definitely captured by geometry and Cubism as a component of Modernism. On reflecting, I seem to draw from different movements so not to limit my efforts to one era or another. I'm taken by the layering three dimensional effect seen in paintings by Braque that best describes what Donald Baechler defined, and I borrowed, "editing." For now, each production is a study....never expecting perfection, as that would eliminate the search,* and for me, the end. And, after all, attraction is only in the eyes of the beholder.
Stay tuned for upcoming exhibitions and openings
The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. - Giacometti
Past Art Events
What is Sacred
words collected from viewers of Shirley Harryman’s exhibition.
The Cyanotype Workshop
On July 9th, you Adam put together this wonderful workshop that was attended by 10 artists. They spent 4 hours experimenting and creating beautiful blue prints.