The Gallery at MAXT, the first new art gallery in Peterborough since the closing of Sharon Art Gallery, will hold an open house for the “To Treasure: Explorations in Upcycling” show Friday, March 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at MAXT Makerspace, 49 Vose Farm Road in Peterborough.
This exhibit will feature seven artists who will explore the creative ways local artists take ordinary items and make them extraordinary, featuring collage made from common objects, jewelry from junk, revelations found in rubbish and other transformations of trash into treasure.
The featured artists are Patrick Cogan, Linda Greenwood, Marcia Passos, Jen Peterman, James Parison, Martha Behrens-Temple and Eamon Welby.
The Plastics @ MAXT Team will offer a special presentation, showing their processes developed to shed commonly discarded plastics and use the raw material to create new useful items.
Attendees can meet the artists, have free refreshments and hear live music while studying the art. Guitarist and singer/songwriter John Andrews will be performing.
For people who want to find out more about MAXT, Roy Schlieben and his team will be offering tours of the Makerspace to show how things get made.
The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be showing until April 30. Hours of viewing will be listed on MAXT website, maxtmakerspace.org.
People who are interested in displaying at future events should contact Pelagia Vincent at pelagiavincent@earthlink.net.