URSA Gallery is proud to present POW WOW, the annual spring exhibition at the

Colorblends House and Spring Garden, curated by looketha. Opening March 31 and on view

through May 10, the show brings together a wide-ranging group of contemporary artists within one of

Connecticut’s most distinctive cultural settings, where landscape, architecture, and artistic practice

meet in a shared atmosphere of exchange and discovery.

The title POW WOW evokes gathering, collective presence, and the energy created when artists and

audiences come together in one space. It also carries an older resonance, tracing to the

Algonquian-rooted phrase pau wau or pua wua, often interpreted as “he who dreams.” In this

exhibition, those meanings converge: POW WOW becomes both a meeting place and a space of

vision, shaped by imagination, conversation, and the communal force of art.

Set at the Colorblends House and Spring Garden, POW WOW draws much of its character from the

site itself. Renowned for its spectacular spring bloom, Colorblends offers a setting in which gardens,

architecture, and contemporary art exist in direct dialogue. The artist reception on April 18 will take

place as the tulips and other flowers reach full bloom, making the landscape an essential part of the

experience. As visitors move from the vivid expansiveness of the gardens into the intimate interior of

the restored Victorian house, the exhibition unfolds through changing registers of color, light, texture,

and space.

Featuring artists Christian Miller, Clymenza Hawkins, Thomas Mezzanotte, Susan Reinhart,

Andrzej Dutkanicz, Scarletchild, Carlos B. Biernnay, Cris Dam, Eliana Mesa, looketha, George

Perham, Scott Richter, Susan Clinard, Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, Todd S. Rogers, Frank

Foster Post, Kelly Mastronardi, and John Bright, POW WOW reflects URSA’’s commitment to

fostering artistic community across regions.