February’s Love Exhibition at One Flower One Leaf Gallery was a delightful feast for the soul and senses, with contributions from 12 local artists, as well as interactive experiences, meditations, and activities guided by Sherri Pregitzer, a local performance artist.
Featured artists were Autumn Skye, Brian Romer, Claire Folstad, E.A. Evans, Joelly Cright, Lori Morris, Peter R Nicholls, Shain Jackson, Sherri Pregitzer, Stewart Jacobs, Tyler Gentry, and Zaan Claassens.
Augmenting the beautiful theme of the exhibition was a beautiful symmetry amongst the participants. Half of these names were in-house artists and half were new to the group and gallery. Half were emerging artists with fewer than ten years’ experience, while some had been honing their craft for as many as 70 years. The Love Exhibition represented the scope of the artists of our area.
Performance artist Sherri Pregitzer led the interactive experiences, including a Love meditation, an eye-contact experiment, and heart coherence breathwork. This was an unusual opportunity for visitors to engage their senses and minds to connect with each other and with the theme of the exhibition:
“Our morning Love meditations were well attended in a beautiful time spent focusing the intention of Love out to the world. Another very popular experience was the chance to try the HeartMath Emwave technology (biofeedback device) and breathing technique to practice creating a coherent loving state. The results were then graphed by the device. People were fascinated at how they could affect their body and state of being at will, in such a short time (three minutes of practice). Finally, we provided an opportunity for people to share one minute of eye contact with each other. I personally found this to be very heart opening and made some wonderful connections with people I may not have otherwise. This was my favorite of the interactive experiences.”
The exhibition delighted audiences and participants. There will be a sequel:
“Because of the great feedback and response from the community, we are planning to hold Love Exhibition II in the future to continue the adventure.”
