V Gallery in Omena held its opening show for its first group exhibition, “Night of Nudes,” last Friday evening featuring 24 artists’ original work on display until Sunday, August 11. The artwork, which had a focus on night scenes and the nude form, appeared in the forms of paintings, sculptures, photography, textile, and jewelry.
Hillary Voight, who has been operating the V Gallery with her husband, Matt, since they opened in June, said they were excited to feature not only artists that were already on their roster, but also guest artists who don’t normally show in their gallery space. Highlighting the “night of nudes” theme was important to Voight as well after speaking with artists about their needs when working with galleries.
“We’re excited to even see a deeper extension of collaboration and getting artists included,” Voight said. “We were trying to come up with a fun concept that would have a little edginess to it, and it also made sense when we were talking with artists about what their wants and needs were…” Alyssa Smith, who works at V Gallery part-time, was one of the featured artists and helped set up for the opening show at the group exhibition on Friday. Smith chose to display two small original pieces made via oil on panel, both depicting night scenes, the nude form, and imagery of the moon. Smith describes her paintings as monochromatic as they incorporate subdued blues and grays which helped to make a glowing effect.
