Things that have Happened
extra time Drive-in exhibition
May 9—June 6, 2020
In a major pandemic-pivot, we scrapped a long-planned exhibition of international artist multiples and instead recruited friends and neighbors with creative aspirations to experiment with whatever medium they chose to make an single installation, viewable only from one’s car. What else was there to do?
The Last Supper with Jim Koenig
June 16-July 31, 2020
West Virginia artist Jim Koenig used to have a collection of items with DaVinci’s Last Supper printed on them . . . .Until we gave the pieces away as Bingo Prizes! In addition to Koenig’s collection, we exhibited a large community Last Supper Paint-by-Numbers, a community jigzaw puzzle and a video compilation featuring interpretations of The Last Supper in contemporary art!
scary Spectacle Drive-In Haunted House
October 30, 31 Nov. 1, 7.8, 2020
As if 2020 wasn’t scary enough already, we continued our tradition (for the past 4 years) of mounting a Haunted House for the Between the Hills Community Center. This year’s incarnation was a COVID-safe drive-in. Each car full of visitors was treated to a personalized interactive experience involving sound, projections, and movement. We made some kids cry, a bunch of dogs bark, and a couple adults wet their pants!
mural ‘reveal’ party
June 16, 2022
We were having so much fun with all the people who came to our reveal party, that we FORGT TO TAKE PHOTOS! If you were there and you took some or posted anything, please tag us!
Refreshments provided by Devil’s Due Distillery, and Jamaican food truck, Patty Party! Artworks by mural designer Ken Walker, Anne and Arni. Also dancing and general merriment!
Halloween creep out W/ Reality sandwich
October 30, 2022
This year’s Halloween extravaganza featured garage band, Reality Sandwich (Oscar Knicely on drums, Noah Chiles on guitar and vocals, and Ava Van Deventer on bass) playing inside our interactive haunted house.
Costumes were worn (Statue of Liberty, gorilla, zookeeper, ‘Bros”, Wednesday Addamses, mummies, etc.) seizures were had (strobe lights), people were scared—but mostly there were lots of laughs and loud music.
covid family values: Pandemic family portraits
March-may 2021
Online exhibition of portraits posed specifically for us during the pandemic.
Art Valet: multiples cart
Ongoing
While we have made the decision to switch our focus to initiating events, collaborations, and exhibitions—we do have the capacity to sell work while on the road! Think food cart—but for art! The first round of inventory of our cart featured the small, affordable works of Julie Upmeyer, Camille Hempel, Tony Mel, Jenny Pope, Jim Koenig, Anastasia Polubotko, and of course, Arni and Anne.
Short Shorts video screening and pop-off!
ongoing series
Series of screening of short videos (under 10 minutes) by local and international creators of time-based media. Each future episode of this series will be curated by different film and video afficionados. Also featuring our first Popcorn Tasting contest, and a jury of critics wearing matching tiger track suits.
Back To school portraits
September 7, 2023
Our friend, and frequent contributor to group activities at V4L, Mark Rogers, inspired us to solicit school portraits from among our friends and community members. We built the exhibition around Mark’s ridiculous posed school photos, and the senior portraits of local photographer, Skylar Reuschel. Lillian Hackett delighted everyone with her terrific voice and sweet stage presence!
october 29, 2023
A great group of creative people came together to scare the crap out of an audience mostly new to our shenanigans! Writers Emily Chiles and Adam Chiles read Edgar Allan Poe classics to improvised shadow images conjured up from the overhead projector by Anne and celebrated local artist, Joan Gardiner. Noah Chiles chilled with sonic ambiance, and Oscar Knicely became the heartbeat. Sets by Árni and Anne with work by artist Tony Mel.