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Featuring more than 80 local artists, ARTSWorcester’s “The Big Small Show” presents work that is diverse, but unified by its small proportions – the materials compound a myriad of media on canvas, collage, and board. Despite the size limitations (each piece is no bigger than 12” x 12”), the individual’s artistic vision is never dulled or compromised. “The Big Small Show,” the brain child of artist and ARTSWorcester board member Cindy Woehrle, “is an open member’s exhibition approached in the salon style… honoring the French tradition of salon hanging as well as salon gathering, bringing together the full spectrum of the ARTSWorcester membership,” Woehrle explains. The culminate effort reaps a thorough art show that is both refreshing and questioning. Each piece adds an original voice to the ripple of artistic prowess along one of the Aurora Gallery walls. There is a collective force among seemingly humble works. As a result, the art becomes accessible and intriguing. The artists are “branching out, and shaking it up.” Janice Seymour, director of ARTSWorcester, continues: “You really look into the piece, creating a sense of intimacy.”
The compilation of small-scale artwork invites and unites all tastes— where textures, subjects and moods are juxtaposed—and carries price tags in ranges for the discerning holiday shopper. First-time buyers of art and folks looking to support local artists may take home an artwork that isn’t daunting, and certainly is absorbing. The clever, transparent cubes of imagery in J-Me Johnston’s “Cube²” leaves one with a dystopian vantage into the future. While Dorothy Benedict’s primitive yet evocative cloth wall hanging, “Portal with Crows” beckons simpler times. Benedicts’ process is deeply connected to her resulting piece, as she hand-sheared and dyed the wool from her own sheep. She uses her felting and weaving “to send a message about the animals I love and the work that I love. ‘Portal with Crows’ was inspired by something I saw a crow doing in my barnyard,” Benedict explains. Overall, the underlying element of strength in numbers is tapped into by “The Big Small Show.” The parameters conceive new or ulterior artworks out of the diverse body of artists. A conversation (literal or figurative) emerges from each of the artworks, regarding the techniques, and materials that relate to each other – and to being a contemporary artist. This conversation brings the community together, a chief motive of ARTSWorcester. The Big Small Show is on exhibit through January 21 at ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery, 660 Main St., Worcester. 508-755-5142. artsworcester.org. Note: The gallery will be closed from December 24 - January 3.