Featured Artists Exhibit May-June 2026
May 19 - June 27
The gallery is featuring the work of member artists Peg Bachenheimer, Elijah Kell, and Carol Retsch-Bogart, as well as guest artists Sasha Bakaric and Clarke Munford.
Opening reception on May 22nd from 6 to 9 PM.
Carol Retsch-Bogart
Carol’s artistic curiosity has led her into printmaking, silk-screening, encaustic wax, and painting. But it is her love of collage that is most apparent in her work. For this exhibition, Carol has combined textiles, prints, inks, paint, and more. To provide some structure (and a challenge), she has limited herself to working on nine vertical panels that evoke totems.
Peg Bachenheimer
An intuitive, nature-inspired artist, Peg paints with encaustic, oil and cold wax, and acrylic. Building up and scraping back many layers of color and texture, she works on a painting until it feels complete and expresses what she sees and feels. With her latest series, Peg attempts to bring some light into the world at this chaotic and dark time in our country.
Elijah Kell
KELL GLASS
Elijah creates intricate glass sculptures that capture light, color, and movement — balancing fragility with strength. He crafts and fires each piece meticulously, transforming flat sheets of glass into fluid, sculptural forms. Elijah first worked with glass art at the age of ten, and that experience sparked a deep connection that has since defined his artistic journey and career.
Visit KellGlassArt.com to learn more.
Clarke Munford
Working with oil paint and drawing from archival black-and-white photographs, Clarke depicts the unforgiving nature of early agricultural life in North Carolina. Following his last series of monochromatic underpaintings, Clarke’s current work features full-palette imaginings of obscure historical scenes. This collection investigates the degree to which modern agriculture has departed from the practices of a century ago.
Reference Image Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina
Sasha Bakaric
Inspired by the vibrant colors of tropical oceans and lush vegetation, Sasha’s newest collection of ceramics highlights the beauty of nature in a world that has felt dark and heavy to her for some time. Working with white stoneware clay coated with colored terra sigillatas, Sasha uses slip trailing, sgraffito, and a mix of commercial and custom glazes to build intricate surfaces.
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