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Thalia Rodgers: "You make my heart smile but you also make my eyes cry"

Valentine's Day Paintings Art Gallery

What’s Happening?

On View: Tuesday, January 21 – Saturday, March 14
Opening Reception:
 Saturday, January 25, 11am – 1pm

This January, Omaha-based artist Thalia Rodgers opens The Union for Contemporary Art’s 2020 exhibitions series with You make my heart smile but you also make my eyes cry.

“Being me is one of the hardest, most amazing things I've ever done,” says the painter and digital artist. “This exhibition is a never ending series of gifts to myself and a journey to learn everything I can learn about myself.”

Rodgers’ world swirls with color and psychedelic forms. Figures emerge from chaotic voids. Fierce and joyous energies wrestle for place within the frame. Visions. Vibrations. A strange and urgent naturalism.

“There are a lot of places and imagined, dreamy landscapes in this work because I have been thinking a lot about our precious earth and where I want to go next in her . . . Almost everything I do within my work is because it's satisfying.”

Join us for an Opening Reception with the artist from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, January 25 in The Union’s Wanda D. Ewing Gallery.

Gallery Hours
Tuesday: 2pm–6pm
Wednesday to Friday: 12pm–6pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm

On View: Tuesday, January 21 – Saturday, March 14
Opening Reception:
 Saturday, January 25, 11am – 1pm

This January, Omaha-based artist Thalia Rodgers opens The Union for Contemporary Art’s 2020 exhibitions series with You make my heart smile but you also make my eyes cry.

“Being me is one of the hardest, most amazing things I've ever done,” says the painter and digital artist. “This exhibition is a never ending series of gifts to myself and a journey to learn everything I can learn about myself.”

Rodgers’ world swirls with color and psychedelic forms. Figures emerge from chaotic voids. Fierce and joyous energies wrestle for place within the frame. Visions. Vibrations. A strange and urgent naturalism.

“There are a lot of places and imagined, dreamy landscapes in this work because I have been thinking a lot about our precious earth and where I want to go next in her . . . Almost everything I do within my work is because it's satisfying.”

Join us for an Opening Reception with the artist from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, January 25 in The Union’s Wanda D. Ewing Gallery.

Gallery Hours
Tuesday: 2pm–6pm
Wednesday to Friday: 12pm–6pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm

More about The Union for Contemporary Art
The Union for Contemporary Art is a nonprofit arts organization located at in North Omaha. The Union strengthens the cultural and social landscape of our community by using the arts as a vehicle to inspire positive social change.
When & Where
From Jan 21, 2020 to Mar 14, 2020
Tue: 8:00am - 11:00am Timezone: CST
Wed: 8:00am - 11:00am Timezone: CST
Thu: 8:00am - 11:00am Timezone: CST
Fri: 8:00am - 11:00am Timezone: CST
Sat: 8:00am - 11:00am Timezone: CST
Free


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