GENERATE
On view August 1 - 31st, 2025.
A group show that celebrates the collective creative power
of our regional artist community.
✨ FEATURING WORKS BY Benjamin Conley, Russell Facemire, Jason Flack, Andrew Gibbens, Bird Honeycutt, Hilary Nylander, Erin Simons, Carla Taylor, Leanne Trivett S., and Stacie Williams.
Hosted @ 123 West Main Gallery in downtown Johnson City, Tennessee.
OPENING RECEPTION on August 1st 6-8pm
featuring ambient music by Lyberarchelulo (Bandcamp / YouTube / Substack)
Exhibit View
From left to right across the gallery: Hilary Nylander, Erin Simons, Carla Taylor, Jason Flack, Bird Honeycutt, Leanne Trivette S., Ben Conley, Stacie Williams, Russell Facemire.
CURATOR’S STATEMENT
I called this group exhibit "GENERATE" because it's a reflection of what is true and a call to action. Human artists contain immense generative power, and human artists each have a calling to contribute the distinct and vital element that is their self into the community. I hope that this show reveals and inspires us to generate what is next.
—Jocelyn Mathewes
List of Works
Untitled (Documentation I), by Ben Conley
12” x 16” Citrasolv transfer print framed to 16” x 20”
Untitled (Documentation II), by Ben Conley
12” x 16” Citrasolv transfer printt framed to 16” x 20”
Black Bear Remnants I, by Ben Conley
12” x 16” MEDIUM framed to 16” x 20”
Black Bear Remnants II, by Ben Conley
12” x 16” MEDIUM framed to 16” x 20”
Can’t Feel At Home, by Russell Facemire
4’ x 2” graphite on paper, cardboard
The Animals Fate, by Russell Facemire
14.5” x 2’ 8” framed
Salamander Spies the Future, by Russell Facemire
2’ x 4’ fabric tapestry
Exit Wound, by Russell Facemire
8” x 11” x 2” ceramic on pedestal
Not Black, Not White, But Human, by Jason Flack
36 x 48” acrylic on canvas
Wrong in Practice, by Jason Flack
24” x 30” acrylic on canvas
Just Words, by Jason Flack
30” x 40” acrylic on canvas
Cut and Pressed, by Jason Flack
30” x 40” acrylic on canvas
Down to the Bones Brotha, by Jason Flack
30” x 40” acrylic on canvas
Bambelles and Nightwinds by Andrew Gibbens
Video & musical composition
Winds of Warning or Warring?, by Andrew Gibbens & Jason Flack
Time-based animation & musical composition
Dolly, by Bird Honeycutt
2.5’ x 2.5’ block print on paper
2’ x 2’ carving block
I and You and We are the Tree and the Tree is I and You and We, by Hilary Nylander
22” x 23” collage prints on dibond
The Welcome of Water, Within and Without, by Hilary Nylander
22” x 23” collage prints on dibond
Traditional Appalachian Hearth Broom by Erin Simons
Pyrography by Arwen Cayton
36” long from traditional materials
Finding Water, by Carla Taylor
8” x 10” ceramic
Hands that Hold, by Carla Taylor
approximately 8” x 8” embroidered paper pieces, displayed 4’ x 2’
Florilegium of Grace, by Leanne Trivett S.
30” x 40”, original photographic print
The Magician, by Stacie Williams
12” x 18” Silkscreen
The High Priestess, by Stacie Williams
12” x 18” Silkscreen
The Empress, by Stacie Williams
12” x 18” Silkscreen
Here’s what happened—
123 West Main Gallery, open for the reception.
Exhibit announcement in the window.
Looking in at the GENERATE exhibit from the entrance to 123 West Main Gallery.
The turnout from the opening reception, with Lyberarchelulo’s projection on the back wall.
Still from Bambelles by Lyberarchelulo.
Still from Nightwinds, by Lyberarchelulo.
Lyberarchelulo presents Winds of Warning or Warring, video piece made in collaboration with Jason Flack.
Still from Winds of Warning or Warring, by Lyberarchelulo & Jason Flack.
Left to right: Russell Facemire, Ben Conley, Aaron Free, Andrew Gibbens, Jason Flack, Bird Honeycutt, Hilary Nylander, Jocelyn Mathewes, Erin Simons.
(Artists not pictured: Leanne Trivette S., Carla Taylor, and Stacie Williams.)
ABOUT 123 WEST MAIN GALLERY
Founded by Clay Bush & managed by Aaron Free, 123 West Main Gallery is nestled in the bustling mountain town of Johnson City TN, and showcases regional artists.
