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“Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art” up through October 31, 2026
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🔲◽️🔳◼️Artist @jenny.zoe.casey creates work that forms a palimpsest of memories, materials and utilitarian applications.
Works on view in “Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art” feature non-traditional materials such as beeswax (‘Along with Ghosts’, 📸 #3-4) upholstery/fabric (‘At After’, 📸 #1-2) and canvas that joins together unexpected combinations of color, line and texture (‘Awkwardly’, 📸 #5,8 & ‘Harbor’, 📸 #6,7.)

Casey has noted of her work that she prefers to make drawings that feel like paintings and that this approach impacts how she makes art. She also remains about construction, allowing this to impact how she makes artwork with a focus on techniques that feel more like assemblage than creation. “I see stitching as an evocative way of fastening,” Casey notes of the framing present in her artwork, ‘Along with Ghosts.’ She’s always used scraps and leftover material in her artwork just as she’s done here; works on view in the gallery were created in many cases from textile/fabric reclaimed from a ReUse store in central Illinois. “As a kid,” Casey reminisces,” our stepfather built our house and I used the scraps to make sculptures.” Come and explore the artist’s creative reimagining of materials this coming Saturday, September 26 from 10-5 and please note that the gallery will be closed on Friday, September 25 for a staff professional development day. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵 can you believe that this first featured artwork (📸 1-3) was made just using thread? “Senescence” by @johanna.aenderl presents delicate flowers, their blossoms connected to their roots with a combination of different colored and carefully arranged threads. Johanna (b Minnesota, lives/works New York) takes on various processes in her practice to create weaving, appliqué, handmade paper, monoprints and more to evoke deeper meanings tied to nature, empathy, compassion and care. Works on view in “Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art” (featured here) demonstrate her impressive range of artistic techniques and technical abilities. An artist and curator, Aenderl holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, and has exhibited had Ethan Cohen, Equity Gallery, the Cape Cod Museum of Art and other art spaces. Come and visit her work on view at the gallery during open hours, Tuesday-Saturday from 10-5, before the show closes on 10/31. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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O b s e s s i n g ✨✨✨over the details in these contemporary analog artworks by Johanna Aenderl ( @johanna.aenderl / #s 1, 3, 5 & 6) Jenny Zoey Casey ( @jenny.zoe.casey / #s 2,7,8) and Rachel Singel ( @rachelsingel / #s 4, 9, 10) on view in “Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art” showing at the gallery through 10/31. From various approaches to handmade paper (Johanna, Rachel) to weaving (Johanna) and mixed-media sculpture in fabric and canvas (Jenny,) these works reveal more depth and surface texture with close encounter. Incorporating non-traditional materials such as invasive plant paper pulp in Singel’s intaglio prints to beeswax on fabric in Casey’s mixed media sculpture, there are surprising results permeating the exhibition. Come by and take a nice, slow walk through the exhibition for some leisure time with the artworks: each and every one of them has truly been a labor of love. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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We are excited to welcome you to New Harmony’s 🇩🇪German “Kunstfest” cultural heritage festival on Saturday, September 19! We will be celebrating tomorrow by hosting an art activity for all ages—free and open to the public!—at the temporary public artwork “Silent Monitor” by Emily Quandahl at Church/Main Streets from 2-4 p.m. and will have all supplies for you and your friends & family to make your own “Silent Monitor” inspired sun catchers! This project is co-sponsored by the gallery and @hoosierartsalon . We look forward to welcoming you into the gallery & gallery shop from 10-5 on Saturday 9/19 and we’ll see you at “Silent Monitor” from 2-4! by @nhgca

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So meaningful having the USI @usiedu c/o 2030 visit multiple sites across USI in New Harmony on Sept 15th, including the Atheneum and Bodmer/Lichtenberger buildings with @historicnewharmony where introductions to history and art history awaited them, leading on to the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — and our current show, ‘Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art’ celebrating labor intensive art practices with storied histories such as weaving and paper-making — and Silent Monitor, a gallery temporary public art commission created by artist Emily Quandahl celebrating 200 years of the Owen-Maclure community arriving to New Harmony through the lens of a 19c. invention, a ‘silent monitor,’ created by Robert Owen. While it was magical seeing students respond to their favorite artworks - @rachelsingel ‘s evocative intaglio prints of a catfish and a duck were among our visitors’ favorite artworks! - we also got to learn more about what our students are studying (early childhood education and health sciences seem quite popular!) and what they are passionate about. Finally, our incredible staff (both at Historic New Harmony and the Gallery) and student Fellow stepped up both inside the gallery and at our public artwork to guide students through what they were viewing and to make sure their passports were stamped properly, helped by our incredible volunteers who went above and beyond to welcome students and make sure they knew how to navigate town and were able to connect with the art present around them.
A huge thank you to all who worked with us and provided our nearly 900 student visitors to both the gallery and public art site with great appreciation especially to Diane, Christine, Lori M, Lora, Dartanyan, Lori, Katie, Grant, Luna, and Dillon. Personally, USI101 is one of the most rewarding days for me as Curator, NHGCA and I’m so glad we were able to be such an integral part of it all and proud of all our hard work!
- Audra Verona Lambert by @nhgca

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What a fascinating weekend - and fun start to the week!- we’ve had at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. This past Friday and Saturday, we were honored to host exhibiting artist @rachelsingel . Rachel is an Associate Professor visiting from @universityoflouisville Hite Institute of Art + Design department who is currently exhibiting artist books and intaglio prints on handmade paper created from invasive plant fibers in “Be, Held: Contemporary Analog Art by Johanna Aenderl, Jenny Zoey Casey & Rachel Singel” on view through October 31, 2026. Rachel not only advised on the install of her work in the gallery space, she also generously gave of her time to talk to the Posey Invasive Partnership members who locally work to fight invasive plant presence in/around Posey County and the Lower Wabash River Corridor region. Rachel also spoke with visitors to our Saturday, Sept 12th opening about her artwork, approaches to printmaking, the importance of sustaining native plant growth and her ongoing and in-depth research in these areas in her own artistic practice.

Be sure to come and visit the gallery to view Rachel’s work and to explore handmade contemporary art by Rachel Singel, Jenny Zoey Casey & Johanna Aenderl during gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

#handmadepaper #printmaking #nhgca #contemporaryartist #artandenvironment by @nhgca

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Introducing ‘Be: Held: Contemporary Analog Art with artists Johanna Aenderl, Jenny Zoey Casey and Rachel Singel’ at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. This latest group exhibit will have an opening reception tomorrow, Saturday, September 12 from 3-5 p.m. with artist Rachel Singel and exhibit as well as gallery curator Audra Verona Lambert present discussing artworks on display and light refreshments provided. On view September 12 - October 31, 2026, enjoy this contemporary analog art exhibit and learn more about handmade arts in the region and across the United States. This show features handmade artworks spanning fiber art, mixed media sculpture and works on paper shaped by artists with links to Minnesota, Illinois and Kentucky. Emphasizing the labor-intensive nature of contemporary handmade artworks, artists on view in Be, Held sustain practices frequently in dialogue with traditional American pioneer vernacular and folk styles.
The lead images from left to right are: ‘BeLoved,’ Johanna Aenderl @johanna.aenderl , paper sculpture suite of 3, 18.5” ea (1/3 sculptures seen in image 2;) ‘At After’ (2024,) Jenny Zoey Casey @jenny.zoe.casey , dye, acrylic, fabric, 37 x 28 inches (image 3;) ‘Heron’ (2026,) Rachel Singel @rachelsingel , Intaglio on handmade paper with Oriental bittersweet and abaca, 18 x 23.5 (image 4.) The gallery is open regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Tuesday - Saturday. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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We hope you had a chance to enjoy your visit to Aya Rodriguez-Izumi‘s @__iamaya__ solo show “Signals” on view at the NHGCA. We want to wrap with featuring this collaborative artwork, created by New Harmony-based woodworker Charlie Gaston: an “Indiana style Tokonoma”. In Japan, these alcove spaces are placed inside of buildings to welcome the visitor while also presenting information about the purpose of that space. This Tokonoma features a suite of prints of Aya‘s conceptual flags, showcasing some of her ideas for “nobori” (signal flags) which represent a range of ideas, feelings, or specific experiences. Through conversation with Charlie and exhibition curator , NHGCA‘s own Audra Verona Lambert, Aya was able to provide the sizes of these printed conceptual flag prints so Charlie could make this beautiful, reclaimed wood cabinet ‘Signals”. Today is the final day to visit the exhibition, so be sure to stop by before 5 PM for one last chance to visit before we close for a week of install! Thank you again for your support of all we do at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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What a lovely full ☀️ day of Okinawan-inspired art activities and presentations in Vanderburgh & Posey Counties! 🎨 thanks to @__iamaya__ and to our hosts at @usiedu Outreach & Engagement, the Principal Owa-led Southern Indiana Japanese school! Student learners practiced simple Okinawan greetings, with Aya sharing about her work as an artist in dialogue with Okinawan culture, before launching into a fun “aizome” tie dye workshop with indigo fabric facilitated by the wonderful teachers and volunteers at the school. Students each made their own design, creating uniquely beautiful indigo dye print patterns on their mini tenugui cotton cloths. Students paid rapt attention to the process, excitedly sharing their final tenugui with their teachers and family members volunteering onsite.
🚗🚙 After a quick lunch, Aya and Gallery Curator, Audra Verona Lambert, returned to New Harmony for Aya’s afternoon reception at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art from 3 p.m., where prize-winning local artist and woodworker Charlie Gaston joined the internationally exhibiting, New York-based artist in her presentation on themes present in her solo show “Signals” up through Fri, Sept 4. This compelling talk was conversational and insightful, the talk is recorded on our YouTube channel — visit our Facebook page for the link to watch.
Thank you to the artist, our SIJS staff and volunteers, NHGCA staff, and the incredibly supportive NHGCA advisory board members who welcomed Aya to Evansville-New Harmony with open arms! Finally, a huge thank you to the Efroymson Family Fund for support of our public-facing art activities; we are grateful for their support of our inclusive and hands-on community programming.
(Song🎶Okinawan singers from Ryuichi Sakamoto, “Chinsagu no Hana”) by @nhgca

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Final Days for Aya Rodriguez-Izumi’s ‘Signals’ through Friday, September 4. @__iamaya__ exhibits these ‘Nobori,’ or Japanese Signal Flags, that represent unification of her dual identities as a Japanese/Okinawan and American. Thus, exhibiting works symbolize hope and community through unbroken circles, shapes, lines, and expressive colors. Gouache artworks on paper make information on the artist’s process more accessible. They enable visitors to compare the initial artist drawings and materials to the flags bearing the same imagery. The Tokonoma cabinet in the middle — purpose-built for this exhibit — links the exhibit directly to New Harmony, IN through its maker, local woodworker Charlie Gaston. In the cabinet reside sketches and studies for the ‘Signals’ series, referencing how the medium of the flag has been used as marketing and as war banners in Japan’s past. Although closed this Saturday, September 5, the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is open regular hours 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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In the solo exhibition ‘Signals’ on view through Friday, September 4, artist Aya Rodriguez-Izumi @__iamaya__ fills signal flags with color, shapes and lines that - presented together - form an unbroken and unified whole, which can be viewed as a symbol of hope and community. Come to the artist reception this Saturday, August 29 from 3-5 p.m. to hear the artist talk about the artworks and given a demonstration. The reception is free and open to the public with light refreshments provided. For the first time ever, Rodriguez-Izumi’s original watercolors on paper are shown in a gallery space next to the signal flags that bear those same printed images. They reveal how the artist thought about color and composition for each flag. These flags have previously been shown in outdoor installations in New York City and Taiwan. Aya Rodriguez-Izumi is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work blends sculpture, installation, performance, community engagement and documentation to explore aspects of ritual retention, cross-cultural identity and histories that risk erasure. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, and grew up between that island and East Harlem, NY, where she currently holds a studio. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as El Museo del Barrio, MoCADA, the NUS Museum in Singapore, the International House of Japan in Tokyo, the Taipei Fine Art Museum, The Aldrich Museum, and The Children’s Museum of Manhattan among others. She earned a BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons the New School for Design and an MFA in Fine Arts from The School of Visuals Arts. The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Tuesday - Saturday, but will be closed next Saturday, September 5 for Labor Day. taken in New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art by @nhgca

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The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is proud to present ‘Silent Monitor’: a temporary public artwork by Minneapolis-based, multi-disciplinary artist Emily Quandahl @emilyquandahl . This light-reflective, interactive installation is positioned at Maclure Square near the intersection of Main and Church Streets in New Harmony through November 30, 2026. We invite you to explore the site and watch the colorful parade as daylight filters through the colored acrylic panels, playing over the central mosaic over the course of the day. The artwork unites past and present by utilizing form and color to recall an artifact of the historic Owen–Maclure community, Robert Owen’s own invention: the silent monitor. Community founder and thought leader Robert Owen (1771–1858) pioneered this small, four-sided object. Each side featured a different color with blue, black, white and yellow sides, coded to track a factory worker’s productivity for the day. The silent monitor’s original purpose is turned upside down here: instead of serving as a factory tool, this playful installation of four colored panels sends patterns of light across Maclure square, delighting all who encounter it. The artist observes, “Owen’s system reduced a person to a single color on a given day. But people aren’t blue or white, good or bad. We’re made up of a lot of things at once, and I wanted the light itself to prove that: it’s never just one hue, it’s all of them, layered and moving together.” Stay tuned for free programming to activate the installation while it’s on view as part of @historicnewharmony ‘s Owen-Maclure 200th commemorative festivities. Visitors can learn more from the outdoor signage onsite at the installation during gallery hours 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Tuesday-Saturday. Come explore this newly inaugurated temporary public artwork at Maclure Square, fun for all ages. taken in New Harmony, Indiana by @nhgca

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