CURRENT EXHIBITION:

Echoes of Meaning, featuring the work of Constance Van Rolleghem, opens on Friday, September 12, with an Artist’s talk the following evening, Saturday, September 13, from 5:30 -6 p.m. A reception will follow the talk, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. that evening. The Artist talk is sponsored by the Monterey and Massachusetts Cultural Councils.

Van Rolleghem studied at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. She developed her early work based on expressionistic writings and has expanded those ideas that explore communication, language, and codified images.

Her personal experience as a neurodivergent-artist led her to more fully and deeply explore “the act of communication in its most abstract sense,” she states. As she developed these ideas in her paintings, drawings, and photography, she has been sought after by art institutions to consult on issues of education, communication, and assistive technology for people with disabilities.

Van Rolleghem exhibits in galleries in New York and in Brussels, and has been invited to residencies in Spain and in Virginia. Her consulting services have been utilized by many agencies, including the Metropolitan Museum, MOMA, ARISE, and the Mark Morris Dance Group. The artist states “In a world increasingly shaped by meritocratic ideals and the rise of soft eugenics that target the underserved, my work insists on alternative narratives centered on care, interdependence and the value of every life.”

Please join us on the 13 th to meet the artist and hear more of her story, first hand.

Echoes of Meaning will be on view through Saturday, October 18.

PREVIOUS EXHIBITION:

Material Shift, a group show is co-curated by artists and longtime friends Pat Badt and Julie Shapiro, and will open on Friday, August 1, with a reception that evening from 5:30-7 p.m.

Each of the six participating mid-career artists was asked to present work in several of the mediums in which they work. This led to a wide variety for the exhibit that viewers will enjoy, and includes a few surprises. Painted surfaces, architectural structures, and sound environments are shown to be avenues that allow the artists’ expansion of ideas. As Badt states, the featured work “invites viewers into a conversation about process, perception, and the layered meanings that emerge when artists move fluidly between disciplines.” Please join us for the opening, or see Material Shift while on view, through September 6, 2025.

The artists featured are Pat Badt, William Brayton, Julie Shapiro, Scott Sherk, Linda Stillman, and Gerald Wolfe.

The Knox Gallery, Monterey Library is pleased to announce Material Shift, an exhibition featuring the work of six mid-career artists—Pat Badt, William Brayton, Julie Shapiro, Scott Sherk, Linda Stillman, and Gerald Wolfe—who explore the dynamic potential of working across media.

This exhibition explores material experimentation, in painting, sculpture, sound and mixed media, revealing how the medium itself can shape, inform, and expand an idea. Each artist was asked to choose several mediums they work in that inform the evolution of their work, leading to surprising intersections and poetic resonances.

Material Shift invites viewers into a conversation about process, perception, and the layered meanings that emerge when artists move fluidly between disciplines. From richly painted and textured surfaces to architectural structures and sound environments, the works in the exhibition reflect a shared sensibility of curiosity, attention, and a deep engagement with place, time, and transformation.

This exhibition is curated by Pat Badt and Julie Shapiro, longtime friends and colleagues whose work and locations have continued to cross paths.

Exhibition Dates: August 1 - Sept 6, 2025

Opening Reception: August 1 st , 5:30-7pM