Past exhibition
To M(end)
Group Exhibition
A collective meditation on grief, change, repair, and the slow work of beginning again.

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

Milan Jilka
Pathways (2022)
Acrylic on panel 25 x 19

Kristi Whitcomb
I Lived (2025)
Unstretched canvas, acrylic paint, and hand embroidery 11.5 x 10.5

Molly Martin
Flicker and Pop (2024)
Cavas, acrylic, butcher paper, paper, colored pencil, ink, pastel, and thread 8 x 10

Karlena Fletcher
The Second-hands (2024)
Oil on hardboard in steel artist frame 12 x 18

Sydney Sharp
After Tears Comes Laughter (2025)
Oil on canvas 24 x 20

Molly Martin
Bug Leg Twist (2024)
Canvas, acrylic, colored pencil, butcher paper, paper, ink, and thread 6 x 11

Sara Schellenberg
Memorial
Oil on canvas 24 x 24

Gabriel Allred
End (2025)
serigraphy and acrylic on board 36 x 48

Sara Schellenberg
Needleminder
Oil on canvas 30 x 30

Minahil Qazi
Assemblage (2025) and Assemblage 2 (2025)
faded, discarded, and imperfect prints: materials meant to be discarded

Karlena Fletcher
The Lace (2024)
Oil on canvas in floating red oak artist frame 29.5 x 24.5

Anna Guyton
Threshold (2025)
Handwoven archival pigment print 40 x 65

Amber Imrie
from where the current slows (2025)
Archival pigment ink on cotton and chiffon, hand stitched silver thread 15 x 9

Claire Pongonis
The In between (2024)
Embroidery 11.5 x 11.5

Fiona Scoggan
Something to Lose (2024)
Quilted repurposed fabric, image transfer on fabric, dead rose pedals, duralar, various thread 14 x 26

Kylie Robinson
Life after death (2025)
Lithographic print 20 x 15.5

Kylie Robinson
Life after death- black version (2025)
Lithographic print 24 x 18

Anne Gilley
Moonlit Rabbit (2025)
Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, and hardware on aluminum panel 7 x 7

Anne Gilley
Crown (2025)
Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, and hardware on aluminum panel 6 x 8

Anne Gilley
Arrangement (2025)
Hand-shaped aluminum, wire, hardware, and oil on aluminum panel 7 x 7

Annika Ringle
Lençol (2022)
Acrylic on paper with floss, found wire frame, and found wood panel 13 x 6.5 x 1.5

Ben Dobbs
Hope (2002)
Pen and ink stippling 12 x 18

Anna Stroud
I Miss The Way We Used To Be (2025)
Ceramic sculpture 9.5 x 10 x 7

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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