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JuJube Jacinto, "Estuary of ETs," 2020

A special exhibition in celebration of World UFO Day

World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather and watch the skies for unidentified flying objects.The day is celebrated by some on June 24, and others on July 2. June 24 is the date that aviator Kenneth Arnold reported what is generally considered to be the first widely reported unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, while July 2 commemorates the supposed UFO crash in the 1947 Roswell incident.

These artists featured in this exhibition truly express their love of all thing outer space, UFO's, and aliens.

Ralph Heading

"Having worked all my life in wood as a journeyman carpenter I got the opportunity to do volunteer work allover the world helping small woodworking shops adapt to the future.

What I saw were mostly men assisted by their wives making things to sell. After work they used whatever objects or materials they found to create art which they sold to dealers, or at markets.

Pretty soon I changed my interest to these artisans.

From across the world I realized that sculpture can be created from scrap, that it is the imagination and skill that transforms these bits into sculpture."

Jujube Jacinto

"I am currently exploring the visual manifestations of symmetrical works of art. Through my drawings on paper, I also have discovered the relationship between Et's and earthly characters and their spaces within the compositions. I very much enjoy capturing them in my works by first using pencil, then after ink, then later on I colour everything with bright tones shades - giving it a psychedelic vibe! The theme of aliens has definitely helped me broaden my imagination and artistic range."

Lex Kinast (1982 - 2018)

Friends have told me that Lex was a huge science fiction fan who loved all her favorite horror movies, she loved her dog above all others, and painted like a storm. We are featuring one piece from a private collection.

Jen O'Connor

"When I create, I hope to capture the metaphysical transformation taking place which I would describe as the materialization of spirit through spiritualizing matter. I hope to open a viewer’s understanding of possibilities that lie beyond our technical understanding. I work with an openness to create a diverse amalgamation of medium and matter where the whole is greater than the individual parts."

Hong Park

"The universe has always moved me.

I traveled to Jordan in January of 2013. While sleeping at a traditional Bedouin camp in the Wadi Rum desert, the camp owner came to wake me up at one in the morning. I wrapped a thick blanket around me and followed him to a spot in the middle of the desert where I eventually lay down to look at the sky. I created these works while thinking of that magical night in the desert in Jordan. There are moments in our lives when we try to resist but cannot help but to be sucked into something. Whenever I look at my works, I feel my body being transported into the vortex of irresistible power of the night sky. I want the visitors looking at my works to also experience calm yet immense power that the universe has."