Fine American Craft & Contemporary Art
Open Every Day 11-6, Sunday 12-5
Live Demo Saturday
Aug 16 12-5p
Throughout August
"Nature in Glass"
The art of Inna Beker
Light dances in Inna Beker’s August show, Nature in Glass, as she expresses her delight in the world around her. Using the medium of kiln-fired fusible glass, she creates art that is luminous and joyful. “I am fascinated by how glass changes its shape and color when I fire it. Opening my kiln, I’m excited to see how the process has altered and enhanced my intentions.”
Beker’s inspiration for this show ranges far and wide as she interprets a natural world she knows and celebrates. Speaking about the centerpiece of her show, Beker says, “I grew up with lots of sunflowers, so I decided to create a piece in the style of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers, but one that expresses my personal delight in these exuberant flowers.”
Inna Beker was born in Ukraine and spent many hours hiking there as well as in Belarus and Russia. She reveled in the peace and beauty of the forest, and a love of nature became part of her life. Inna was introduced to working with fused glass seven years ago. It soon became her passion, providing the perfect medium to express her artistic vision. She has exhibited her artwork at shows in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, and New Mexico.
In-Town Gallery Welcomes
Bonnie Stoloff
to our family of artists!
A classically trained musician, Bonnie was a music educator at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. Her free-form drawings are a visual expression of what she feels as she imagines performing the musical piece. Stoloff began drawing on sheet music in 2022, inspired by musicians from Mendelssohn to Dylan. Her free-flowing line juxtaposes fluidity and shape with the linear quality of sheet music. She derives her inspiration from influences such as Calder, Miro, and even Dr. Seuss!
“My art is a fusion of the visual and the musical,” Stoloff says. “As I look at the notes on the sheet music, the imagined sound swirls in my mind, I let that feeling translate into line and color.”
A life long resident of Chattanooga, Bonnie Stoloff graduated from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga with a degree in music education and received a Masters Degree from Tusculum University. In addition to In-Town Gallery, her work can be found at CHA Art Space and various other area venues.
