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Off 70 studio features installations, public event

McInturff’s “Inner Weather.”

Off 70, an art studio and exhibit space in downtown Hancock, opens 2024 with a new collaborative installation in its front windows with a welcome event on Saturday, February 17 from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

The space at 39 West Main Street features works on paper and silk by artist Sue Wrbican of Berkeley Springs, and collaborations of sculpture and photography in its windows with DC artist Ceci Cole McInturff. The work is on display until February 18.

Wrbican’s themes of vessels, ship sails and lush abstract motion is integrated with Cole McInturff’s organic works of wood, bone and horsehair in two windows: one dark and one light, examining inner navigation between the two.

Sculptor Ceci Cole McInturff presents an alternative beauty in ephemeral works of plant and animal materials. Her unexpected combinations from varied ecosystems imply interconnectedness, an acceptance of impermanence, and a contemplative, sacred aspect of protecting earth’s resources and climate. She has art studios in Mount Rainier, Md., is a member of the Otis Street Arts Project, and founder/owner of DC’s former 87FLORIDA exhibit and performance space. More of her work can be seen at 87-FLORIDA.clickbooq.com, on Instagram @artistcecicolemcinturff.

Later this month, the Off 70 windows change to feature works by graduate students at George Mason University’s School of Art.

In March, Louisville Kentucky artist Mary Carothers presents contemporary works relating to the 18th century Claude Glass and, in May, Victoria Crayhon of Pawtucket, Rhode Island will present her photographic works of travel in Greenland.

For more information, contact [email protected].