Midnight Gallery

Past exhibition

To M(end)

Group Exhibition

A collective meditation on grief, change, repair, and the slow work of beginning again.

Pathways (2022) by Milan Jilka

Curatorial statement

BENTONVILLE, AR: Midnight Gallery is pleased to present To M(end). This group exhibition, on view from July 1st through September 29th, mirrors summer dwindling to a finish. To M(end) invites viewers into a shared meditation on grief, change, and the ebb and flow of transformation. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, July 5 from 3 to 4 PM.

Each artist included in To M(end) brings a unique entry point. From the tactile intimacy of stitched textiles to the weight of intergenerational grief, these works speak to the many ways we live through loss, repair the ruptures in our lives, and find quiet strength in what remains. The exhibition honors what it means to hold memory in your hands; to unspool it, reshape it, and try again.

Here, mending is not presented as a neat or final solution. Instead, it is a practice of attention, care, and slowness. It is a way of listening to what remains and allowing it to take new form. Across a wide range of materials and practices, participating artists offer powerful reflections on personal cycles of transformation, acts of healing, and the slow, sacred labor of care.

Midnight Gallery welcomes visitors to witness this tender collective exploration. It is an exhibition about endings, yes, but also about what it means to begin again.

For media inquiries, interviews, or to RSVP, please contact: info@midnightgallerynwa.com

Written by Emma Nilsson

Selected works

Pathways (2022) by Milan Jilka

Milan Jilka

Pathways (2022)

Acrylic on panel 25 x 19

I Lived (2025) by Kristi Whitcomb

Kristi Whitcomb

I Lived (2025)

Unstretched canvas, acrylic paint, and hand embroidery 11.5 x 10.5

Flicker and Pop (2024) by Molly Martin

Molly Martin

Flicker and Pop (2024)

Cavas, acrylic, butcher paper, paper, colored pencil, ink, pastel, and thread 8 x 10

The Second-hands (2024) by Karlena Fletcher

Karlena Fletcher

The Second-hands (2024)

Oil on hardboard in steel artist frame 12 x 18

After Tears Comes Laughter (2025) by Sydney Sharp

Sydney Sharp

After Tears Comes Laughter (2025)

Oil on canvas 24 x 20

Bug Leg Twist (2024) by Molly Martin

Molly Martin

Bug Leg Twist (2024)

Canvas, acrylic, colored pencil, butcher paper, paper, ink, and thread 6 x 11

Memorial by Sara Schellenberg

Sara Schellenberg

Memorial

Oil on canvas 24 x 24

End (2025) by Gabriel Allred

Gabriel Allred

End (2025)

serigraphy and acrylic on board 36 x 48

Needleminder by Sara Schellenberg

Sara Schellenberg

Needleminder

Oil on canvas 30 x 30

Assemblage (2025) and Assemblage 2 (2025) by Minahil Qazi

Minahil Qazi

Assemblage (2025) and Assemblage 2 (2025)

faded, discarded, and imperfect prints: materials meant to be discarded

The Lace (2024) by Karlena Fletcher

Karlena Fletcher

The Lace (2024)

Oil on canvas in floating red oak artist frame 29.5 x 24.5

Threshold (2025) by Anna Guyton

Anna Guyton

Threshold (2025)

Handwoven archival pigment print 40 x 65

from where the current slows (2025) by Amber Imrie

Amber Imrie

from where the current slows (2025)

Archival pigment ink on cotton and chiffon, hand stitched silver thread 15 x 9

The In between (2024) by Claire Pongonis

Claire Pongonis

The In between (2024)

Embroidery 11.5 x 11.5

Something to Lose (2024) by Fiona Scoggan

Fiona Scoggan

Something to Lose (2024)

Quilted repurposed fabric, image transfer on fabric, dead rose pedals, duralar, various thread 14 x 26

Life after death (2025) by Kylie Robinson

Kylie Robinson

Life after death (2025)

Lithographic print 20 x 15.5

Life after death- black version (2025) by Kylie Robinson

Kylie Robinson

Life after death- black version (2025)

Lithographic print 24 x 18

Moonlit Rabbit (2025) by Anne Gilley

Anne Gilley

Moonlit Rabbit (2025)

Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, and hardware on aluminum panel 7 x 7

Crown (2025) by Anne Gilley

Anne Gilley

Crown (2025)

Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, and hardware on aluminum panel 6 x 8

Arrangement (2025) by Anne Gilley

Anne Gilley

Arrangement (2025)

Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, hardware, and oil on aluminum panel 7 x 7

Lençol (2022) by Annika Ringle

Annika Ringle

Lençol (2022)

Acrylic on paper with floss, found wire frame, and found wood panel 13 x 6.5 x 1.5

Hope (2002) by Ben Dobbs

Ben Dobbs

Hope (2002)

Pen and ink stippling 12 x 18

I Miss The Way We Used To Be (2025) by Anna Stroud

Anna Stroud

I Miss The Way We Used To Be (2025)

Ceramic sculpture 9.5 x 10 x 7

Momento Mori (2025) by Lara Felipe

Lara Felipe

Momento Mori (2025)

Vintage binder with 29 pages, fabric, paper, photographs, digital print, crochet, glass, and moss 12 x 10 x 4

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