Gallery 224 announces exhibits for May, June

Ally Wilber, Ellen Anderson and Alecia McBride will be the featured artists for May and June at Gallery 224 in downtown Port Washington.

The artists are part of the ArtServancy program, spending a year working and being inspired by a nature preserve.

Wilber, a Wisconsin artist, writer and curator who specializes in the surrealist technique of fumage, or fire painting, spent a year with the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory.

Anderson, who spent a year at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, is a Mequon artist who specializes in oil paintings  with a focus on nature and women.

McBride is a multidisciplinary artist from Mukwonago who uses reclaimed wood pieces in her art, which frequently features bird imagery. She spent a year with the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory.

A reception for the artists will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the gallery.

The gallery’s current exhibit, which features pieces done by Andrea Cole, who was at the Cedarburg Environmental Study Area, D’Lacey Eichinger, who was at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, and Emily Rudolph, who worked at Huiras Lake State Natural Area, runs through Saturday, April 27.

The gallery at 303 N. Franklin St. is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.