Word Play

WORD PLAY: JULY 17TH THRU AUGUST 23RD

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JULY 17TH, 6-9

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS: JOIN US for great art and socializing!

Word Play will feature the work of the Bowe House Press, Ed Fella, Ben Gaydos and Karen Stein of goodgood, Joe Kuszai, Robert Parks, Kurnal Rawat and more. The show will also include a look at the design of Virginia Commonwealth University's poetry anthology titled “THink,” with copies available of the first two editions.

According to (SCENE) Metrospace Director Tim Lane, the new exhibit explores the human fascination of language on the printed page.

“This diverse collection of artists, craftspeople and designers traverse the boundaries between the semantic and syntactic, using words as a conceptual and aesthetic force,” Lane said. “From the experimental and unconventional to the traditional methods of Gutenberg, the artists in this exhibition playfully and poetically mark the page with words that both provoke and evoke.”

(SCENE) Metrospace is East Lansing’s City-funded contemporary art gallery and performance space. It is located at 110 Charles St. in the colorful Division Street parking structure, next door to Georgio’s Pizza. Contact Tim Lane at (517) 319-6832 or visit www.scenemetrospace.com for more information about the space. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays from 2-5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 2-6 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m.