JANUARY EXHIBITIONS AT THE STUDIOS

ON VIEW JAN 5-26, 2023

Friends new and old are invited to join us for this month’s First Thursday Open House event, when we keep our lights on late and throw our doors open to celebrate the newest work in our galleries. Stop in to say hello, relax with a glass of wine on the rooftop terrace, tour the third floor artist studios and see the just-installed exhibitions in the Sanger, XOJ, Zabar Project and Zabar Lobby Galleries. Books & Books is the next stop, where you can browse the latest titles and catch up with old friends.

LIVE MUSIC ON HUGH’S VIEW: Ben Pegg & Tory Mata

VIEW THE EXHIBITIONS

 • VISIT IN PERSON →
Our galleries are open Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm, and are free of charge.

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Some exhibitions are available online. Click through to see what’s on view.

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21 PILLOWS

Cheryl Wilson-Smith

Sanger Gallery 

Atmospheric nature sounds from the Boreal forest fill the gallery in January, where the floor is covered with islands of pillows nestling clusters of stone-like glass sculptures. Visitors are invited to explore, touch and rearrange the rocks, a gentle metaphor for the fragility and vicissitudes of nature, and of the impact we have on it as humans. Wilson-Smith divides her time between the Keys and northwest Ontario, contrasting environments that both find their reflection here.

21 PILLOWS

Cheryl Wilson-Smith

Sanger Gallery 

Atmospheric nature sounds from the Boreal forest fill the gallery in January, where the floor is covered with islands of pillows nestling clusters of stone-like glass sculptures. Visitors are invited to explore, touch and rearrange the rocks, a gentle metaphor for the fragility and vicissitudes of nature, and of the impact we have on it as humans. Wilson-Smith divides her time between the Keys and northwest Ontario, contrasting environments that both find their reflection here.

The Walk

SILENCE

Rebecca Bennett

XOJ Gallery 

Bennett’s series of intimate paintings illuminate the slower side of Key West, and the expansiveness of vistas beyond the island. Each work is observed from nature, but not plein air, allowing her memory of the scene to inform the painting.

sponsored by Archeo Gallery, courtesy Gingerbread Square Gallery

Southernmost-Cypher

SOUTHERNMOST CYPHER

The Shavers Family

Zabar Project Gallery 

The Shavers depict the Black experience of Key West from their perspective—a family that has lived on the island for six generations. The exhibition includes the VMFA award-winning short, “Southernmost” alongside screen prints and photographs.

sponsored by Marquesa Hotel & Café

DTKW-Mallory-Map

DRAWN TO KEY WEST

Theresa Chiechi

Zabar Lobby Gallery 

Chiechi has produced a 200-page graphic novel exploring the pirate magic behind Mallory Square. This exhibition will show large-scale images of each step of the comic-making process, from thumbnail sketches, rough pencil sketches, inked pages and finally to final colored comic pages.

sponsored by OurKeyWest