It’s OK To Feel This

It’s OK To Feel This

February 17 - April 19, 2024

From Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery:

“Curator Doug Welsh writes: “For Sarah Fisher, making is a means of survival, protection, healing and transformation. The artist remains fully present with painful emotions and experiences as she repeatedly hand-prints crape myrtle bark, collages hundreds of STAIN stickers, carves wood or etches plexiglass. These creative rituals are essential for Fisher as she confronts life’s inevitable “sideswipes” in order to evolve. In recent years one of Fisher’s key influences has been renowned meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein. His mantra “It’s okay to feel this,” has become a tool Fisher repeats in her mind during particularly challenging moments. Through her work as a multidisciplinary artist and mindfulness student, Fisher is learning to sit with all feelings, no matter how difficult, and gently let them go.”

Sarah Fisher bio: Sarah Fisher is a visual artist who explores portraiture through the lens of painting, collage, printmaking, installation and sculpture. Solo exhibitions include: When I Walk I See Things, landSPACE: a kunsthalle, Austin, TX (2023), You Won’t See It Coming, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX (2022); Decisions, Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, TX (2022); It’s No Small Thing, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (2021); The Second Yes, Front Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); and Seen, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX (2017).
Recent two-person exhibitions: Mrs. Schmetterling Unframed at University of Houston Downtown’s O’Kane Gallery, Houston, TX (2022) and Found/Loaded at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX (2021). Recent group exhibitions: Ignition: G5 Collective at The Jung Center, Houston, TX (2023), 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lufkin, TX (2022), Bearing Witness: Houston Artists Respond, The Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX (2022); Portraits: Impressions of Our Times, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (2021), A Collection of Friends, Selections from the Estate of William F. Lassiter, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020). In 2021, Fisher was awarded the 2021 Summer Grant Trio Grand Prize by the Wendy Wagner Foundation. Her mixed-media work is published in Mrs. Schmetterling (Arrowsmith Press, 2021), a book of poetry by Robin Davidson. Fisher graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 and completed the MFAH Glassell School of Art BLOCK Advanced Studio program in 2018. She is a member of G5 Collective in Houston, TX, where she lives and works.
Doug Welsh bio: Doug Welsh is a queer painter, writer, curator and co-founder of G5 Collective. He received his MFA from University of Houston and his BA from Bates College. Doug is a regular contributor to Glasstire and has written exhibition essays for Sarah Fisher, Liz Gates, Chet Urban, Benji Stiles and Ian Gerson. He has curated and organized exhibitions at LRT Gallery, The Jung Center and Elgin Street Studios. As an artist, he has exhibited with Art League Houston, Pablo Cardoza Gallery, The Jung Center, F, Galveston Artist Residency, Jardín, Blaffer Art Museum, Foltz Fine Art, Anya Tish Gallery, Box 13, Sanman Studios, Hardy and Nance Studios, Elgin Street Studios, and Studio 9D in NYC. “

Reception: February 17, 2024 | 1–3 pm

Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery (Holy Family Episcopal Church)

3719 Navigation Boulevard

Houston, 77003 Texas

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