Midsummer Dream
Sat, Jun 03
|Gallery 40
Here, at the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, our spirits are alive, refreshed, energized by the gifts of the sun. The four artists in our Midsummer Dream exhibit express that joyfulness in subject, color and pattern.


Time & Location
Jun 03, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
About the event
Emily Nomer’s colorful, patterned, and crowded compositions bely a strong sense of order and structure; she refers to the compositions as ‘organized chaos’. She feels artistic kinship with such diverse influences as the Pattern & Decoration movement, the Bauhaus, and Russian constructivists. Her works have been featured in the windows of Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship store; used by SONY USA in a product promotion; and turned into a textile by a major design industry company.
Erica Hauser’s paintings and sculptures are based in part on vintage ephemera and sense-memories, using color and composition in an increasingly abstract way. She thinks more about patterns and how shapes coexist on a surface, and how they are perceived. She is inspired by mid-century design and colors, using earthy or pale hues alongside vibrant and saturated ones. Her jobs stacking firewood and decorating cookies influence the objects and patterns in her work,…