In response to a culture saturated with devices that distance, digitize, and disembody, the artists in Compulsory Measures embrace repetition and ritual as mindful strategies to ascertain meaning.      

Bordering on the obsessive, Jorge Benitez, Kristy Deetz, Al Denyer, Joan Elliott, Reni Gower, Steven Pearson, Jennifer Printz, and Tanja Softić provide lifelines for “making sense” out of the chaos entrenched in contemporary culture. By utilizing complex systems, intricate patterning, repetitive marking, or minute detail; Compulsory Measures was curated by Reni Gower and offers revelatory and celebratory works slowly crafted by hand.

Please join us for an exhibit reception, free and open to the public, on September 20 from 6-8pm. The reception will be held in conjunction with HCAC’s Annual Grant Awards Ceremony with resident artist open studios (7-8pm).

Gallery Hours: Mon - Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm. Please check hocoarts.org for up-to-date information of scheduled holiday and weather-related closures.