The Crown Gallery at Metro Arts Studios is proud to present Twist and Shout, an exhibit that features six artists whose figures bend, twist, and fracture – communicating what words cannot. Rooted in Expressionism, the exhibition moves fluidly between abstraction and figuration, where grotesque caricature and distortion are a visual shorthand for emotion, tension, and identity. As artists – Alex Ceppi, John Guzman, Louisa Pancoast, Melissa Stern, Yue Yuan, and Tamsen Williams – echo the prevailing mood and emotional state of our nation, curator Ellen Hawley helps bring these expressions into a broader conversation. Some works lean into dark humor, while others are raw and gritty, but together they explore movement, resilience and the expressive potential of the human figure.

Following the Feminine: Featured Artist Diane Pollack
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 29, 1 to 3 PM

Metro Art Studios is delighted to have an exhibit of the work of Diane Pollack @diane_pollack as Featured Artist, starting March 29. Following the Feminine is an exploration of matriarchal history, myth, and memory—told through layers of collage and hand stitching. In this body of work, Diane Pollack draws from generational ritual and archetypical imagery, weaving together fragments of story, symbol, and inherited experience. Each piece carries the texture of time: paper, thread, and mark-making become acts of devotion, repair, and remembrance. Each work becomes a quiet spiritual practice, honoring the lived strength and continuity of the feminine line.

The exhibit runs from March 29 to May 2.
Gallery hours: Thursday through Saturday, 12 to 4 PM and by appointment.

​Consider this your sign to stop procrastinating and start collecting! On Sunday, March 29, the doors are wide open at Metro Art Studios.
​Come for the industrial brick aesthetic, stay for the artists who actually know how to use all those tubes of paint (as seen in the wild above). It’s Spring Open Studios, and the talent is blooming.