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Tiara Cook, “Summer”<\/p><\/div>\n

While the celebrated playwright George Bernard Shaw\u2019s maxim, \u201cHe who can, does. He who cannot, teaches,\u201d might be droll, it is not accurate. Artists Who Teach<\/em>, at the Bountiful Davis Art Center through November 23, brings together ten educators whose work ranges widely in medium and subject, while suggesting the truth of art educator Elliot Eisner\u2019s observation: \u201cThe arts teach that problems can have more than one solution and questions can have more than one answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

That range is evident throughout the exhibition. Joyce Banda<\/a> works primarily in oil and charcoal, in a style she describes as existing \u201cbetween vibrant contemporary expression and academic realism.\u201d Teaching has deepened her understanding of why art matters. Tiara Cook<\/a> uses acrylics to explore the emotional and physical landscapes of grief. \u201cFollowing the unexpected loss of my brother,\u201d she says, \u201cmy artistic practice became a way to navigate memory, healing, and transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Works by Samuel Carpenter<\/p><\/div>\n

Breadth of subject is matched by breadth of practice. Megan Wilson<\/a> combines close observational drawing with hand-painted, textural surfaces and occasional printmaking techniques in mixed-media works concerned with memory, decay and renewal. Jillian Elder-Pope<\/a> moves among ceramics, sculpture, painting and photo-based work to \u201cexplore ideas around body size; particularly how larger bodies are perceived.\u201d The work is visually potent as well as socially relevant. Susan Flores\u2019<\/a> ceramic art is both utilitarian and sculptural, but she is a multidisciplinary artist who also works in video, mixed media, digital imaging, printmaking and textiles, exploring motherhood, domesticity, gender roles and sociopolitical topics.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is convincing when individual works begin to eclipse the premise that brought these artists together. With laser-like precision, Samuel Carpenter<\/a> combines printmaking, sculpture and mixed media in explorations of spiritual reflection. His five works, “Between Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5” (each 26.5 by 16 inches), float on chaotic fields of abstract-expressionist flora joined by meticulously stenciled geometric fauna. Pamela Beach\u2019s<\/a> “Nancy Andruck,” a 2024 oil on panel measuring 36 by 48 inches, nearly mimics Matisse as it calls down from the exhibition wall. Bold and delicate brushwork and seemingly every conceivable color work together in a harsh yet pleasant harmony. \u201cI use painting and drawing,\u201d Beach says, \u201cto explore the many facets of human experience.\u201d<\/p>\n