Concurrent Solo Exhibitions –Ella Kokinda and Elizabeth Kalman

In Spaces: In Spaces , North Charleston based PhD student and artist Ella Kokinda presents a collection of three important spaces in her life, showcased through tufted rugs. Rather than constraining creativity to a single theme, this exhibition celebrates the rich diversity of inspiration found in her sewing and crafting room, her kitchen, and garden. Through this trilogy of mini exhibitions, Ella explores how artistic practice is not limited to one style, theme, or idea and embraces how every aspect of our lives can be inspiring to make and create. Elizabeth Kalman’s Liminal Places: Stories in Glass is a compilation of mosaic works that are the essence of her life on the edge of Noisette Creek. Kalman has found tremendous creative energy in places that are thresholds, both as essayist and visual artist, and Liminal Places is an exploration of the tension she finds in a neighborhood on the edge of revitalization, in the flowers of the pandemic, on the shore, and beyond to the sea. The artists will host a free public reception at the gallery from 5-7pm on Friday, January 3. Free.  Park Circle Gallery, 4820 Jenkins Ave. On view: January 2-February 1, 2025 Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 12pm-4pm Free Public Reception: Friday, January 3, 2025, 5:00-7:00pm