With My Voice, I am Calling You Home

January 20, 2017 - April 8, 2017, BCA Center

With My Voice, I Am Calling You Home presents a new body of work by artist Wylie Sofia Garcia whose richly patterned paintings and lenticular prints embody themes of domesticity, meditation, and personal place making.

Garcia's allover compositions and veiled imagery draw upon ideas of feminine domesticity and traditional handicraft. Embroidery stitches, elegant lace, and lush fabrics are reinterpreted in two-dimensional form as layered hash marks and decorative, overlapping patterns that work in counterpoint between surface and depth, revelation and concealment.

The artist's paintings are as much a meditative practice and time of reflection as they are a creative endeavor. Through the daily ritual of art making, Garcia sorts and creates space for the thoughts, preoccupations, and activities of her day.

Imbued with emotional connotations, these artworks and moments create a physical and metaphorical place for Garcia – a space to embrace her roles as an artist, wife, and mother – and a place of familiar, everyday comforts where one can call home.

Reception: Friday, January 20th, 6pm-8pm

Artist at Work: Wylie Sofia Garcia

February 16, 2017, 6:00PM - 7:30PM

Join us for the first program in a new series featuring BCA's 2016 Barbara Smail Award winner, Wylie Sofia Garcia, who will talk on the paintings and lenticular prints featured in her current exhibition followed by an artist-led discussion on professional resources and opportunities. A networking reception for artists and community will be hosted by BCA. Artist at Work: Wylie Sofia Garcia is held in conjunction with BCA's exhibition With My Voice, I Am Calling You Home.

Artist at Work is a new series that explores art and professional practice in a 90 minute, two-part format: artist talk followed by moderated discussion on professional development topics.

Location:

135 Church Street

BCA Center, Roth Gallery, Second Floor

Burlington, VT 05401

Ermahgerd, 2016
Acrylic on birch panel, 48"x60"

Wylie Sofia Garcia is the recipient of Burlington City Arts Barbara Smail Award and a Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant for 2016. A review of her most recent exhibit can be seen in the forthcoming Art New England, Jan/Feb 2017.