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06/18/2026

In Order My Steps, Evie Lennon honors a former colleague of hers in another of the mixed media sculptures in her current show Beloved Community, on display through June 27.

“‘Order My Steps in Your Word’ is a gospel classic that asks God to guide our actions, words, and purpose. If there was anyone who lived those words, it was my former principal at the school where I taught, Dr. Jennifer Malone.

“I only had the privilege of working with her for two of her forty years as an educator, but I often walked the track with her after school, watching someone whose faith and leadership aligned.

“When derogatory remarks are made about the intelligence or competence of Black women like Michelle Obama or Ketanji Brown Jackson, I think about leaders like Dr. Malone. Comments about public figures don't stay contained to those individuals—they shape how people perceive entire groups. My experience tells a different story.

“Dr. Malone ran a school affiliated with Children's Mercy Hospital, essentially being a hospital administrator and school principal rolled into one. Not once did I see her harried or agitated, and she continuously checked in on her students and staff in a cheerful, fun, and caring fashion.”

Studio 116 is open 11-4 Wed-Sat - stop in today to see this incredible, thought-provoking show.

06/17/2026

In today’s spotlight is Brad Lomax, whom artist Evie Lennon has honored with a mixed media sculpture that mimics the shape and function of a wheelchair. Lomax was a civil rights activist who became disabled when he developed MS. Lennon herself is a disabled mother whose daughter is both Latina and paralyzed below the waist. Brad Lomax’s intersectional advocacy spoke deeply to her, reinforcing the importance of history in informing her art, parenting, and activism.

In Evie’s own words: “Brad Lomax, a civil rights and disability rights activist, was involved in the Section 504 Sit-In in San Francisco in 1977, one of the longest nonviolent occupations of a federal building in U.S. history. Disabled activists occupied government offices for nearly a month demanding enforcement of Section 504, a law banning discrimination against disabled people. In an attempt to crush the protest, government officials cut telephone lines, the water supply, and limited food going into the building.
 
“Lomax became a lifeline during the occupation, drawing on his roots in both disability justice and the Black Panther movement. He built alliances that sustained the protesters by providing water, beverages, and hot meals. Protesters were able to persist because of Lomax and subsequently won landmark protections.
 
“That victory built the disability rights movement, laying the groundwork for later actions-including the 1990 Capitol Crawl, when activists abandoned their wheelchairs and mobility devices to crawl up the steps of the U.S. Capitol, dramatizing the barriers disabled Ameri-cans face. This protest helped push the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act that same year.”

06/16/2026

Taking a Knee : :
This diptych by Evie Lennon, in the current Beloved Community exhibit at Studio 116, juxtaposes one of the most recognizable acts of peaceful protest in modern sports with one of the most disturbing images of police violence in American history.
 
Evie says, “On one panel, Colin Kaepernick and two fellow football players kneel during the national anthem, echoing Kaepernick's call for America to confront racial injustice and police brutality. Their bowed heads and bent knees embody a tradition of nonviolent dissent rooted in patriotism, conscience, and the belief that the nation can live up to its highest ideals.
 
“On the opposing panel, three police officers kneel while restraining George Floyd during the final moments of his life. The officers' posture mirrors that of the athletes, yet the meaning could not be more different. One act uses a knee to draw attention to injustice; the other became a symbol of injustice itself.
 
“By visually linking these nearly identical gestures, Taking a Knee asks viewers to consider why one form of kneeling was condemned by many as unpatriotic while another revealed the very realities the protest sought to expose. The work challenges us to examine the distance between symbolism and consequence, protest and power, and to reflect on how society responds to calls for justice before tragedy forces the nation to pay attention.”

See Beloved Community: Portraits of Honor from 11-4 Wed – Sat at Studio 116 in East Flat Rock, North Carolina.

06/14/2026

To give more depth to the current exhibit Beloved Community: Portraits of Honor we are presenting a series of videos with artist Evie Lennon to give more info and depth for each piece in the show. Beloved Community is on view 11am to 4pm Wed-Sat until June 27, 2026.

Bearing Witness : :
“I hadn’t known that Hellen—a work friend of mine at the hospital where we both worked—had been at the historic march at Selma. The faith she had in humanity as she sang hymns on the way to Selma with her small town's youth church group was destroyed when they arrived, once she witnessed ‘what one individual was capable of doing to another.’

“I ended up painting Hellen in the doorway of the bus she rode to the march – a bus she never alighted from because her youth minister would not let them enter into harm's way. She carried guilt for not leaving the bus but to me the scars she carried in her soul as a witness was its own casualty.

“As a white American I feel sorrow for this bloodstain on our nation's soul by the violence enacted at Selma. I hope my work inspires a commitment to bringing to fruition the ideals of liberty and justice for all with the same degree of solemnity insisted upon in the words of our national anthem and Pledge of Allegiance.”

The third painting here, based on Picasso's "Guernica" and is titled, "Selma, A Variation of Guernica."

06/06/2026

Beloved Community:Portraits of Honor, paintings and sculptures by Evie Lennon, is officially open!

A huge thanks to all who joined us for the reception last night, where we were treated to live music by Roosevelt Escalante and several soulful 🎶🎤🎹

See this incredible show today, June 6 (Studio 116 is open 11-4 Wednesday through Saturday).

06/04/2026

Beloved Community is coming together y'all - opening tomorrow evening June 5 with a reception from 6 to 8pm with an artist talk from Evie Lennon at 6:45 (and get ready for a special appearance and performance from surprise guests!)

Beloved Community: Portraits of Honor features paintings and mixed media sculptures by Evie Lennon - featuring those who are personal heroes to her as well as those well known, many still working to uphold social justice.

05/30/2026

We're so excited about the next exhibit opening Friday 6/5 here at Studio 116: Beloved Community: Portraits of Honor with paintings and sculpture by Evie Lennon.

With lovingly crafted pieces honoring her African American heroes in the ongoing movement for Civil Rights, Evie highlights the dignity in those she knows personally and of the men and women who have become household names in their struggle for social justice.

Beloved Community will run from June 5–27. An opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 5 will include an artist talk at 6:45 p.m.

05/29/2026

Our current exhibit 'The Emotional Residue of Dreams' with photos by David Day ends Saturday (May 30)! Catch this fascinating show - there's a lot to see in these unique controlled camera movement images.

Studio 116 is open 11-4 today and tomorrow, May 29 and 30.

05/14/2026

If you haven't caught The Emotional Residue of Dreams with photographs by David Day, now is your chance - Studio 116 is open 11-4 Wednesday through Saturday.

See the effects of intentional camera movement on subjects as diverse as trees and ordinary household objects. Even a dog can do this type of photography (David enlisted his dog to create one of these in the show!)

05/01/2026

Even if you've never heard of Intentional Camera Movement (especially if you haven't!) check out David Day's photographs in 'The Emotional Residue of Dreams' opening this evening at 6pm, Friday, May 1. Catch David's artist talk at 6:45 to learn more about this fascinating process - which he's proved even a (smart) dog can do!

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