Exhibition Gallery

Off-Center: Art That Pushes Boundaries

Since 2008, Off-Center has invited artists to step beyond the expected and explore what happens when art moves outside familiar boundaries. This year’s exhibition, juried by expressive realist painter and educator Jean-Paul Aboudib, brings together 72 artists presenting 84 works across a wide range of media, perspectives, and approaches.

The works in Off-Center are as varied as the artists who created them. Some are playful and fantastical; others confront questions of identity, memory, mortality, social experience, environmental change, and the complexities of contemporary life. Some transform ordinary materials or familiar imagery into something surprising, while others use abstraction, symbolism, narrative, or distortion to encourage us to see differently.

Together, these works demonstrate that being “off-center” can mean many things: shifting perspective, challenging convention, embracing the unusual, questioning assumptions, or simply following an idea wherever it leads.

We invite you to explore, question, and respond to the work—and perhaps discover something a little unexpected along the way.

October 2 - October 31