Freedom to Wonder

What is important in Blumenthal’s current work is not simply the relationship to a particular landscape of his youth, but the fact that, because of it, he has always been able to recognize his place in the world. “Finding our place in this greater than human reality offers us a sense of coming home. We become a part of the beauty; we are no longer separate. Humans do have the freedom to find wonder in all of life.”

There are three other shows this month that deserve special note. Through the month of April, you can see the work of the Eureka Photoshop Users Group at Old Town Coffee and Chocolates (211 F St., Eureka). “Everything I learn using Photoshop increases my creative ability.” “There are simply unlimited tools and methods to utilize,” says member Robert Fasic. The Eureka Photoshop Users Group meets the fourth Saturday of each month. Visitors and new members are welcome. For more information about the group, visit their website at eurekaphotoshop.com.

In the Tom Knight Gallery of the Morris Graves Museum (636 F St., Eureka) through May 20, you can see Deborah Corsini’s exhibit *Linear Expression.*Corsini has been weaving for more than 30 years and exhibits her work nationally. This exhibition highlights her bold colors, zigzag stripes and scalloped selvages characteristic of the wedge weave, a technique she employs in which the wefts are woven at an angle to the warp. If you love textiles, you have to check this out.

And finally, Humboldt State University First Street Gallery is pleased to present The Oaxaca-Humboldt Print Exchange. Featured artists will include Shinzaburo Takeda and his students from la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, in México, as well as Professor Sarah Whorf and her students from Humboldt State University. This cultural exchange between the two universities and their communities features a wide variety of printmaking processes. The work will be on exhibit through May 20. The Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. and is located at 422 First St., Eureka.

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