Opening Reception At Sōmi Gallery

“Love is Blind” painting by Ariana Vaeth. Submitted.

SŌMI Gallery welcomes guest artist Ariana Vaeth to the Third Room Sept. 8. An opening reception is planned for 4-6 pm.

Ariana Vaeth is a Baltimore-raised artist focused on contemporary narrative through self-portrait. In Standby, she presents intimate figurative pastels and oil paintings that reflect the spirit of friendship and camaraderie. The entanglement of tender interactions between friends, family and chosen-family in her work expresses a universal quality of community and affection.

Vaeth is a 2018 Emerging Artist Mary Nohl Fellow and received the gener8tor Art creative entrepreneurial grant. She also received a Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Award and spent fall of 2021 in Door County at the Al & Mickey Quinlan studio and housing residency. Standby will run through Oct. 16.

SŌMI Gallery is located at 45 S 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay.