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| We are excited to announce our upcoming exhibition: IT’S OK TO FEEL THIS | A Solo Exhibition by Sarah Fisher Curated by Doug Welsh February 17 – March 22, 2024 Opening Reception | February 17, 1 – 3pm  It’s OK to Feel This, 2023 (Details) Hand-carved wood set on vintage, painted and wooden bench Woodblock: 60” tall x 36” wide x 3/4” deep Bench: 17 3/8” x 21” wide x 9 1/4” deep All are invited to attend theOpening Reception for It’s OK To Feel This this Saturday, February 17from 1-3pm, featuring the work of Sarah Fisher. Sarah Fisher is a visual artist who explores portraiture through the lens of painting, collage, printmaking, installation and sculpture who lives and works in Houston, TX. The exhibition is curated by Doug Welsh who writes about Sarah and the exhibition saying, “For Sarah Fisher, making is a means of survival, protection, healing and transformation. The artist remains fully present with painful emotions and experiences as she repeatedly hand-prints crape myrtle bark, collages hundreds of STAIN stickers, carves wood or etches on plexiglass. These creative rituals are essential for Fisher as she confronts life’s inevitable ‘sideswipes’ in order to evolve. In recent years one of Fisher’s key influences has been renowned meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein. His mantra ‘It’s okay to feel this’ has become a tool Fisher repeats in her mind during particularly challenging moments. Through her work as a multidisciplinary artist and mindfulness student, Fisher is learning to sit with all feelings, no matter how difficult, and gently let them go.” We look forward to celebrating the opening of It’s OK To Feel This The opening reception is free and open to the public. Click HERE to RSVP.  Sarah Fisher is a visual artist who explores portraiture through the lens of painting, collage, printmaking, installation and sculpture. Solo exhibitions include: When I Walk I See Things, landSPACE: a kunsthalle, Austin, TX (2023), You Won’t See It Coming, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX (2022); Decisions, Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, TX (2022); It’s No Small Thing, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (2021); The Second Yes, Front Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); and Seen, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX (2017). Recent two-person exhibitions: Mrs. Schmetterling Unframed at University of Houston Downtown’s O’Kane Gallery, Houston, TX (2022) and Found/Loaded at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX (2021). Recent group exhibitions: Ignition: G5 Collective at The Jung Center, Houston, TX (2023), 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lufkin, TX (2022), Bearing Witness: Houston Artists Respond, The Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX (2022); Portraits: Impressions of Our Times, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (2021), A Collection of Friends, Selections from the Estate of William F. Lassiter, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020). In 2021, Fisher was awarded the 2021 Summer Grant Trio Grand Prize by the Wendy Wagner Foundation. Her mixed-media work is published in Mrs. Schmetterling (Arrowsmith Press, 2021), a book of poetry by Robin Davidson. Fisher graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 and completed the MFAH Glassell School of Art BLOCK Advanced Studio program in 2018. She is a member of G5 Collective in Houston, TX, where she lives and works.Learn more about Sarah Fisher here: @sarahfisherportraits http://www.sarahfisherart.com/  Doug Welsh is a queer painter, writer, curator and co-founder of G5 Collective. He received his MFA from University of Houston and his BA from Bates College. Doug is a regular contributor to Glasstire and has written exhibition essays for Sarah Fisher, Liz Gates, Chet Urban, Benji Stiles and Ian Gerson. He has curated and organized exhibitions at the Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery, The Jung Center and Elgin Street Studios. As an artist, he has exhibited with Art League Houston, Pablo Cardoza Gallery, The Jung Center, F, Galveston Artist Residency, Jardín, Blaffer Art Museum, Foltz Fine Art, Anya Tish Gallery, Box 13, Sanman Studios, Hardy and Nance Studios, Elgin Street Studios, and Studio 9D in NYC.Learn more about Doug Welsh here: @dpw_art http://www.douglaswelsh.com/ BREAKING THROUGH Artist to Artist Conversation  On January 27 we hosted our first Artist to Artist IG Live Conversation featuring an artist exhibiting in our gallery. Click HERE to watch the conversation between artists Catherine Martinez and Abbie Preston Edmonson about Catherine’s process and the work that was featured in our past exhibition BREAKING THROUGH.    Photography by Hailie Durrett 2024 EXHIBITION CALENDAR: SARAH FISHER February 17 – March 22 Opening Reception | February 17, 1-3 pm SHAVON MORRIS April 19 – May 31, 2024 Opening Reception | April 19, 6:30-8:30 pm ROSLYN DUPRÉ June 28 – August 11, 2024 Opening Reception | June 28, 6:30-8:30 pmThe Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery 3719 Navigation BLVD, Houston, TX 77003 Friday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm Sunday, 10 am – 12 pm |