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“Unbearable Lightness” Opening Reception

Published: July 18, 2026; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

Join us to celebrate the opening of our annual summer invitational show! This year’s theme is “Unbearable Lightness”.

Unbearable Lightness: An Invitational and Members Exhibition, Pictor Gallery

Lightness is rarely as light as it appears. This summer, Pictor Gallery presents Unbearable Lightness, an invitational and members’ exhibition exploring the quiet labor beneath the surface of ease. The artists gathered here consider what it costs to appear unburdened: the softness that is demanded rather than chosen, the smile that conceals effort, the grace that is itself a form of work. Arriving in the height of summer, when lightness feels most expected and least easy to sustain, this exhibition looks closely at what is often overlooked: the effort it takes to make something seem effortless.

Featured Artists:

• Denise Jones Adler
• Eugene Albulescu
• Ellen Abraham
• Ruth Antrich
• Albee Benkin
• Barbara Brocklebank
• Damien Olsen Berdichevsky
• Jessica Doh
• Sydney Drum
• Linda Dujack
• Sally K. Eisenberg
• Deb Flagel
• Terry Finch
• Lindsey Gamble
• Linda Ganus
• Robyn Gecht
• Kathleen Gefell
• Natsumi Goldfish
• Roberta Greenberg
• Sachie Hayashi
• Judith Eloise Hooper
• Kathleen Huggard
• Ralph Julius
• Fumiko Kashiwagi
• Erin Karp
• Ryan Ketterer
• Marco Lando
• Judith Luongo
• Guna Mundheim
• Laurie Murray
• Ken Nelson
• Joseph O’Neill
• Robert L. Pepper
• Lesley A. Powell
• Alan Powell
• Bailey Ann Rosen
• Julia Rubin
• Chris Ruetten
• Phyllis Shaw
• Scott Sherman
• Elizabeth Stern
• Robin Storey
• Souren Teghrarian
• Linda Turner
• Thomas Wargo
• Ward Yoshimoto

Time: 6:00-8:00 pm EDT

Free!

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