March 19 – June 11, 2016
Closing reception: Saturday, June 11, 4-6pm

“When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has become a great burden to us. We either bear the burden or fail and go down with it, we struggle with it, win or lose….Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden, but the unbearable lightness of being.” –Milan Kundera

Hambidge Fellows were invited to submit work that explores their definitions of or connections with the term ‘lightweight.’ Themes could reference a state of being, such as suspension, buoyancy, or being untethered. Light, brightness, or that which takes form through light could be the focus. Lightweight might reference being a teetotaler, or body image, or a weight category of sorts. Through their work the artist might strive to patch over or remove heaviness—or maybe pull away from a heavy tangled weight.

Show Participants
Visual Artists
Curtis Ames + Linda Armstrong + Temme Barkin-Leeds + Susan Cipcic + In Kyoung Chun + Samantha DiRosa + Maggie Evans + Julia Fenton + Brian Hitselberger + Laurence Holden + Alison Jardine + Diana Kingsley + Macey Ley + Elizabeth Lide + Carl Linstrum + Deedra Ludwig + Nancy Marshall + Donna Mintz + Katherine Mitchell + Linda Smith + Lisa Tuttle

Writers
Cheryl Stiles + Libby Falk Jones + Karen Head + Lisa Harris + Dawn Newton

Curator Bio
Lightweight was organized by Lisa Alembik, a fellow who found that the Hambidge Center carved a place in her heart, one of refuge, contemplation, and rich creativity. Alembik is on faculty at Perimeter College at Georgia State University and was the director of the Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College for over a decade. Alembik organized “Fables of the Eco-Future” at The Weave Shed Spring 2013, in which she showcased 37 Hambidge Fellows and included a stunning catalog designed by Joey Hannaford that can be found on Blurb books.

Above image: Elizabeth Lide, Ligero/Pesado,14" x 9" x 7”