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Exhibits: “Tangled Up in Blue: Message & Images to Our Future Selves” and “OPEN CALL 2026”
July 18
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In the Project Space, visitors will experience Welker’s Tangled Up In Blue: Messages & Images to Our Future Selves. Moving beyond traditional observation, Welker is transforming the gallery into a space for collective imagination. Inspired by memory and the expressive possibilities of the color blue, the exhibit features Welker’s recent blue ink sketchbooks and drawings.
Crucially, the exhibit is crowdsourced. Visitors are encouraged to step into the exhibition’s “Teleportation Station” to write and leave blue notes on the gallery walls as messages to their future selves. As the community participates, the installation will physically evolve, resulting in a shared, localized visual archive of Dayton’s hopes, memories, and aspirations.
Alongside Welker’s solo presentation, the main gallery will host OPEN CALL 2026. Juried by Alexandra Franz of the Manifest Drawing Center in Cincinnati, the exhibition offers a sweeping view of compelling contemporary artwork being created across the community in a wide range of media.
Upcoming Artist Talk For those who wish to delve deeper into the creative process behind Tangled Up In Blue, Terry Welker will return to the gallery to host a free, intimate Artist Talk on Sunday, July 19, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear firsthand about his multidisciplinary practice and the inspiration behind the exhibit’s interactive elements.
Both Tangled Up In Blue and OPEN CALL 2026 will remain on view through August 7, 2026.
For more information, visit daytondsa.org.