A Midsummer Night’s Dream: An Artistic Exploration

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: An Artistic Exploration

July 4 – 27

Exhibition Opens,  First Friday, July 4

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11 5 PM to 9 PM

Participating artists:

Adèle Patnaude, Albert Belmont, Amalia Tagaris, Angelique Luro, Barbara Fletcher, Benjamin Archibald, Caroline Grossman, Cassie Doyon, Cathy Weaver Taylor, C E Morse, Derrick Te Paske, Dina Mordeno, Ellen Foust, Ellen Rounseville, Emily Sper, Erica Licea-Kane, Fernando Fula, Fleur Thesmar, Francine Zaslow, Heather Binder, Janet Lincoln, John Haiduk, June Krinsky-Rudder, Karl Stephan, Kat Masella, Kathleen Zimmerman, Kevin Dailor, Kris Laping, Lillian Skinner, Lisa Penny, Luana Almeida, Margaret Shipman, Maritza Ranero, Meghan Mirasolo, Michael Benari, Michelle Feinberg, Omar Vega, Paola Bidinelli, R. Douglass Rice, Randa Dubnick, Raquel Foransaro, Rebecca Skinner Renee Bitinas, Samantha Paris Estes, Sandra Mueller-Dick, Sepi Golestani, Sharon Ede Glennon, Sharon Whitham, Simone Scholes

Where Imagination Rules and Anything is Possible

Enter a world where moonlight casts spells, fairies whisper secrets, and love takes unexpected turns. Inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this exhibition celebrates the power of imagination—both in the whimsical world of the play and in the hands of today’s visual artists and makers.

At the heart of this show is a shared belief: anything is possible. Just as Shakespeare blurred the lines between reality and fantasy, artists blur the lines between mediums, disciplines, and expectations. In this space, traditional materials are transformed into portals of wonder. Fabric becomes forest. Clay takes flight. Light, sound, texture, and color become tools for storytelling.

Artists have drawn from the play’s themes, love, identity, magic, and metamorphosis—to create works that explore transformation in every sense. From the unpredictable twists of love to the surreal beauty of the enchanted woods, each piece reflects the alchemy of the creative process: turning thought into form, story into shape, dreams into something you can touch, see, and feel.

**This exhibition is a testament to the artist as alchemist—**one who transforms not only materials, but meaning. Here, a simple object can hold a universe. A shadow can suggest a memory. A glimmer can spark an entire narrative.

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the boundaries between real and imagined dissolve—and in this exhibition, so do the limits of what art can be.

Let yourself be enchanted. Let your mind wander. And remember: in art, as in dreams, the impossible is just the beginning.