Exhibition Opens: John Henry Haseltine: The Mountain Clown & Other Foul Animals

Utilizing toys, puppets, and comics in addition to painting, sculpture, and performance, Haseltine explores how both self-produced folk art and kitsch mass production equally contribute to the legacy of western mythology. This exhibition examines the parallels between historical western expansion and contemporary gentrification in the region and presents the ways fabricated stories can be manipulated to present local and personal identities.

Alongside the exhibition of his artworks, Haseltine will bring his puppets to life with weekly theatre performances in the Charles M. Bair Gallery.