NARROWSBURG – Join Jenny Carpenter (Cold Spring, NY), in DVAA’s Alliance Gallery at 1pm on Saturday, April 26, where she will be discussing her current exhibition, Open Spaces, on view through May 11.

In Open Spaces, Carpenter paints on birch panels. Starting with a graphite line then layering – almost as a stain – oil on top of oil until an image slowly emerges from within. When the drawn line intersects with the grain itself, the graphite changes course, creating a new path. The stops and starts continue until the image is neither representative nor abstract.

 About Jenny Carpenter

Jenny has exhibited her work at places such as: ArtPort Kingston (Kingston, NY), Foley Gallery (NYC), Equity Gallery (NYC), UCONN Avery Point, Groton, CT, The Catskill Art Society at the Laundry King (Livingston Manor, NY), LABspace (Hillsdale, NY), The Danforth Art Museum (Framingham, MA), Gallery 72 (Omaha NE), among other venues. Her work is in the permanent collection at The Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA and North Hill, Needham, MA. Originally from the great Midwest, she graduated from Creighton University with a BA in Studio Art. Jenny lives in Cold Spring with her husband and 14-year-old boys.

Poetics of Decentralized  Art

On Sunday, April 27 at 1pm, Seth Indigo Carnes and Sha Weï, members of the TXT collective, will participate in a presentation, panel discussion and Q&A exploring concepts of Decentralized Art, TXT’s artist contract in progress, and contemporary poetry and poetics, in connection with National Poetry Month. This event will take place in Krause Recital Hall, DVAA’s 2nd floor.

The event will feature topics like artworks spanning contemporary art and poetry, blockchain technology, and digital provenance for a given poem or artwork. Artists, poetics, collectors and art-enthusiasts are encouraged to attend and participate.

About TXT

TXT is a nomadic collective creating decentralized art, poetry, happenings and web3 praxis. During winter 2024, they were in residence as part of Arts & Rec at OSMOS Station in Stamford, NY, a program directed by Christian Rattemeyer.