ARTIST TALK: Laura Sanders
June 26, 2025
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Contemporary Dayton
Join us for an insightful conversation with artist Laura Sanders as she discusses her mid-career survey exhibition, Force of Nature. Known for her striking, photorealistic oil paintings, Sanders portrays women and girls immersed in lush natural settings that blur the lines between landscape and figurative painting.
Beneath their surface beauty, her works explore deeper themes—examining the realities women face when moving beyond perceived safe spaces, and reflecting on pressing issues such as environmental degradation and consumerism.
This event offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about Sanders’ creative process, inspiration, and the evolution of her powerful and thought-provoking art.
Free & Open to All
ARTIST TALK: Erin Holscher Almazan
July 10, 2025
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Contemporary Dayton
Please join us for a conversation with artist Erin Holsher Almazan as she discusses her new body of work in support of her exhibition What These Arms Hold. In this series of gestural oil paintings, Holscher Almazan explores the physical and emotional shifts that naturally occur between a mother and her children—particularly as her sons grow older and become more independent.
Through expressive use of color and a focus on hands and touch, she navigates the emotional landscape of attachment and detachment, of holding on and letting go. Learn more from Holscher Almazan as she shares the inspiration, process, and meaning behind these works.
Free & Open to All
ARTIST TALK: Christine Gaffney
July 24, 2025
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Contemporary Dayton
Join us for an exciting conversation with interdisciplinary artist Christine Gaffney whose sculpture and videos in her exhibition Well-Balanced function as intimate self-portraits, reflections on the psyche, and the dualities of female identity. Her work frequently explores the tension between what is publicly revealed and what is privately concealed, often incorporating her own body as a sculptural element to express agency and blur the line between maker and object.
Gain insight into Gaffney’s creative process, material choices, and sources of inspiration. Her practice challenges classical artistic conventions, embracing a raw, honest aesthetic that delves into themes of identity, vulnerability, and the performance of femininity.
Free & Open to All
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The Contemporary Dayton is a non-profit gallery and artist resource that provides art for the community and a community for artists since 1991.
