OCHI is pleased to present Silent Spines, a two-person exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artists Rives Granade & Vincent Pocsik. This is Granade’s fifth presentation with the gallery and Pocsik’s first. Silent Spines will be on view at OCHI, located at 119 Lewis Street in Ketchum, Idaho through July 6, 2024. We will host a reception on June 22nd, 2024 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Silent Spines pairs Rives Granade’s abstract paintings and Vincent Pocsik’s anthropomorphic lamp sculptures to complement one another as they push conventional boundaries in their respective mediums – Granade in an exploration of consciousness and Pocsik via his innovative approach to form. Both artists take an imaginative approach to their work to present a corporeal language of unusual curves, shapes, and textures. Rives Granade’s resolute expression of the interior world pushes back against modernist isolation; his paintings exist as repositories for thoughts, reminders, schedules, and snippets of biography and bibliography. Much like the ancient paintings in the Lascaux Caves and the graffiti etched into the Temple of Poseidon, Granade employs a variety of techniques to document time, layering, echoing, and affirming his own presence in the world. Embracing visions, thoughts, yearnings, recollections, and reveries—a …
FINE ART EXHIBIT – ROBIN LAYTON
August 16-31, 2024. 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Opening Reception August 16th, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. World Renowned Artist l Photographer, Robin Layton, will be exhibiting her Fine Art Photography and her Unique/Vintage Mixed Media Works, at Understory. 580 4th Street East, Ketchum, ID.
Gallery Walk: Exhibition SINK / RISE photographs by Nick Brandt
Sink/Rise continues photographer Nick Brandt’s series “The Day May Break” which eloquently captures communities who are affected by environmental destruction. The local people in these photos, photographed underwater off the coast of the Fijian islands, are representatives of the many people whose homes, land and livelihoods will be lost in the coming decades as the water rises. “Although they are several meters below the surface, the subjects of Brandt’s mesmerizing photographs do not float or swim. Incredibly, they sit on sofas, stand on chairs, use seesaws, and pose in ways they might on land. The effect is otherworldly, as though the familiar laws of physics have stalled in this strange, liminal zone between land and sea.” (Zoe Lescaze) The artist himself will further discuss his creative process and the ethos behind “Sink / Rise” during a speaking engagement at The Community Library in Ketchum, ID, on July 11. Register via The Community Library website. Following the discussion on the 11th, there will be a reception at the gallery at 6:30, all are welcome.
Exhibition Seonna Hong: Freytag’s Pyramid
“My work has always been about relational dynamics: friend to friend, love to love, mother to child…but in recent years it’s grown from the microcosm of my little world to include the relational dynamics of individual to community, community to the world at large, and the world at large to the environment.” In the exhibition Freytag’s Pyramid artist Seonna Hong uses the framework of novelist Gustav Freytag’s dramatic structure to visually chronicle the ebb and flow of life, memory, and human experience. The structural elements of storytelling as laid out by Freytag are broken up into a five-part pyramid; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and finally denouement. Hong’s paintings visually evoke the tension and drama of storytelling. Her figures, typically women drive the narrative across landscapes varying from rocky and rugged, to hazily rendered liquidlike dreamscapes. Each canvas reveals moments of chaos and calm, reality and fiction, illustration and abstraction. Hong’s work successfully balances controlled graphics and intuitive, loose application of materials revealing what every story does, the grandness of the shared human experience. Exhibition runs June 28 – July 17, 2024
B-Side Players- Whiskey’s on Main
B-Side Players Friday, June 14th, 2024 9:00pm 21+ $15 at the Door The B-Side Players are a 9-piece band part of a new movement in popular music. A band that honors the international cross-pollination that has always made music the universal language. They use any beat that catches their ear, regardless of geography or genre, to create a compelling, horn driven, polyrhythmic groove. They continue exploring the multifaceted grooves of Latin America and the Caribbean, incorporating the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of their homeland, dropping bits of Cumbia, Salsa, gritty street Samba, Son Montuno, Jarocho and Boogalo into the mix. The B*Side Players have been laying down their own inimitable latin global funk since they came together in 1994. Their incendiary live shows have defined them as local favorites with 10 San Diego Music awards. Meanwhile their albums showcase a band with restless musical intelligence, effortlessly blending genres to fashion their own forward looking, latin flavored soul music. As an eight piece band the players are known for igniting crowds with their fierce rhythms and uplifting message of unity and consciousness. Meanwhile always keeping their focus on the political …
CUBBY WEST SPAIN & ANSLEY WEST RIVERS
A joint show by two sisters who are inspired by the beauty and importance of preserving wilderness areas. Cubby West Spain is a painter who uses line and shape to find and define forms in the landscape. Working with gouache, watercolor, acrylic and oils, Spain paints subjects such as western landscapes and the American buffalo employing her distinct use of pattern and intentional brush strokes. Ansley West Rivers is an artist whose photographic practice focuses on the intersection of landscape and humanity. For the past ten years, Rivers has been photographing American rivers including her own watershed in Idaho’s Teton Valley. Using historical photographic techniques and a large format film camera, she layers several shots on each piece of film with masking made in camera to create an expansion on the singular landscape image. Opening Night Reception on Friday, August 30th from 5:00-7:30PM
SALLY KING BENEDICT
Sally King Benedict’s exuberant style is unmistakable thanks to her expert use of color and dynamic brushwork. Known for both her figurative and abstract work, Benedict has built an impressive following including features in Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Domino and Southern Living. Now living and creating in the Wood River Valley, Benedict’s summer show will showcase signature works on canvas, paper and ceramics. Opening Night Reception with artist on Friday, July 5th, 5:00-7:30PM
EZRA SIEGEL
Ezra Siegel has spent over thirty years exploring forms, shapes and paint surfaces to create something that is both simple and complex. His paintings are both empty and full, ordered yet improvised. With multiple layers of washes and thin paint, Siegel’s work is full of nuanced color and tone. His work suggests a minimalist approach but exhibits a human touch in the hope that the viewer can experience beauty through imperfection and subtlety. Opening Night Reception with artist on Friday, August 2nd from 5:00-7:30PM
The Garage: Artist’s Incubator @ The Spot FREE Writing Workshop with Abby Rosebrock
WRITING WORKSHOP with Abby Rosebrock, The Garage Artist-in-Residence 2024 “Transformative theater respects both its audience and its creators.” –Abby Rosebrock Thursday, May 16th, 2024 The Spot, 220 Lewis Street #2, Ketchum, ID 83340 6:00pm-8:30pm FREE Writing Workshop with Artist-in-Residence, Abby Rosebrock. Come hang out at The Spot on Thursday 5/16 for an exclusive opportunity to meet and work with Abby Rosebrock! Learn a bit about Abby’s process and journey as a playwright and dive-in to some guided dramatic writing exercises together. This workshop is open to anyone interested in the creative process/craft of playwriting/making theater/telling stories, ages 14+. Think low pressure environment! Think very fun! Think creatives being creative together! EVENT IS FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED, YOU MUST REGISTER AT LINK BELOW. MORE INFO: www.spotsunvalley.com/thegarage REGISTER: https://forms.gle/izuhVwo1eYAPoSwC9 SUITABILITY: All are welcome. Must be 14+
Pop-up Reading: “There Was That One Time” by Jodeen Revere
JODEEN REVERE pop-up reading/performance @ The Spot “There Was That One Time…” A series of personal essays by Jodeen Revere SATURDAY MAY 4, 2024 3:00 pm 7:30pm TICKETS: standard tickets $15, under 30 $10 SHOW DESCRIPTION: Jodeen Revere (The Persistent Guest) returns to The Spot with another original work-in-process! “There Was That One Time…is a series of personal essays. Since everything I write is meant to be read aloud by me, it is the ideal way for me to try out new work. Subjects ranging from motherhood, growing up with a rock and roll dad, formative years as a JW, tarot cards, obsession and mortality. But funny.” runtime: approx. 1 hour with no intermission suitability: 14+ due to mature language ABOUT JODEEN: Jodeen is an actor/writer/performer living in Boise Idaho. Her most recent project was the one woman show The Persistent Guest about her trifecta of cancer diagnosis which premiered at Boise Contemporary Theater in 2022. She brought a scaled down unplugged version to The Spot in 2023, took it to United Solo Fest in New York in October of 2023. She is a contributor to Story Story Night, Storyfort, Ming Studios 7 O’clock and My On Mondays series and …