Upcoming Side-By Each Exhibit
at Starlight Studio & Art Gallery

Remnants of Extinction
Artwork by Bethany Krull and Chace Lobley

Friday, October 25th, 2019
6-9pm

Exhibition on-view through the end of November

Bethany Krull
Artist Statement:
This work derives from my musings on the Anthropocene, the current geological age where the most significant factor effecting environment and climate is human activity. I can’t help but wonder what we are leaving behind…what happens when the soft parts of a body fade away after death? It seems that when flesh gets consumed by the environment it is drawn up and reincorporated into new growth of new species. In that way extinction can be not only an end, but a beginning. Nature has a penchant for persistence, and I am constantly left wondering, will our species persist?

Chace Lobley
Artist Bio:
Chace began making dinosaurs around the age of 14 when he got “play clay” as a Christmas gift. When asked what he enjoys about dinosaurs he said he found an intensity about the creatures that inspired him to think about “their behavior and design – how they were made”. He also knows that his talent and creativity makes others happy, and he enjoys sharing his creative output with his friends.
Chace gravitates towards clay, but this Buffalonian has a natural ability and understanding of almost every material introduced to him. He has created excellent sculptures and drawings with many materials such as tissue paper, linoleum block prints, and charcoal. His interests extend beyond dinosaurs to mythical beasts, monsters, and cartoons as well.
After having the opportunity to work with Squeaky Wheel Media Center to create a stop-motion animation featuring the Loch Ness monster, Chace would like to do another animation. Furthermore, he would like to someday teach children all he knows about dinosaurs.

About Starlight:
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery is a cooperative environment that supports adults with disabilities in their artistic development. Through technical assistance by professional artists, on-site and off-site exhibitions and other opportunities for representation and sales, the Starlight artists hone their artistic interests, become stronger advocates and better integrated citizens.
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery opened as a day habilitation program by the Learning Disabilities Association of Western New York (LDA of WNY) in August 2005 with funds from the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities. Starlight is modeled after a dynamic art program in California that was observed by an LDA staff member when he lived and worked in that area. An art lover himself, Marc Hennig was determined to bring this effective model to the artistic people with disabilities in Western New York