April 7, 2018 – May 12, 2019

noun: a slight injury, mar, or mark, usually thin and shallow, caused by scratching: a rough mark made by a pen, pencil, etc.; scrawl.

ATELIER NEWPORT will host an inaugural exhibition entitled Scratch, also marking our third anniversary.

SCRATCH, highlighting a group exhibition by twelve gallery artists, Daniel Anselmi, Jason Chase, Lucio Chiurulla, Mary Dondero, Amanda Fenlon, Duncan Laurie, Gayle Mandle, Michele Thrane, Rose Umerlik, and Roseanne Williams.

SCRATCH, attempts to explore early mark making with different mediums; scratching, and marring with the use of sharp implement or pointed object, scoring a surface or removing something by pulling away to leave what is revealed. Mary Dondero’s use of throwing a screwdriver to mar the surface of aluminum, or Lucio Chiurulla chisel and mallets on a block of marble, these artist’s reveal a surface not otherwise seen

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