“Keeping it for Play” an exhibit by Kim Boggs

Keeping it for Play // Opening Reception March 2nd, 6-8pm // FREE // Exhibit up through March

Title: “Time is another Creation”

Kim Boggs has been working with found colors and objects since 2009, when she first really learned how to play.  She hopes for each individual to take away from “Keeping it for Play” the basic, yet profoundly important ideas to explore more and play more.

“I’ve been an accumulator since I was very young. I am primarily drawn to items in a state of disrepair and decomposition. The older and more storied. The better. The components of what I create already exist – left on the sidewalk, thrown into the trash, collecting rain in a parking lot …and in countless thrift stores. I spend a lot of time gathering color to be recombined. I do not paint – all of the colors you see in each piece are as found.  Messing around with objects and ideas, without judgement or a specific goal, is the key to most worthwhile endeavors. Children intuitively understand this and will do most anything to exercise it.  I would always hope to be more like a child,” says Boggs.

During the month of March, in conjunction with “Keeping it for Play”, several local classrooms have been invited to The Bridge.  Boggs will conduct a series of workshops with the students as they celebrate and explore different landscapes within the same image.  As a result, the students will celebrate one another’s creations, and most importantly, play.