July 2 Serenade at NAAU

Oregon born artist Jacqueline Ehlis opens her show Serenade at the New American Art Union as part of its excellent Couture Series. The competitively awarded series offers an artist a stipend and a six week show. Ehlis received her BFA from PNCA, then an MFA from University of Nevada Las Vegas at where her thesis advisor was noted critic Dave Hickey. The UNLV philosophy has been a pleasingly serious admixture of brightness and beauty. Ehlis' take has been a use of non traditional materials, high and low, such as sparkly auto body paint, polished stainless, tinted gel and materials added to paint to produce a thick build off the canvas. At New American Art Union www.newamericanartunion.com 922 SE Ankeny Opening 6PM-9. Free