Imagined Beyonds highlights the elegance of creative presence: Shelley demonstrates this through the meticulous portrayal of an immortalized bouquet of freshly cut flowers, while Eisenberg embodies this through her bursts of color that are created in moments of spontaneity and inspiration. Both artists test the boundaries of familiarity and objectivity, and the audience is asked to question the objects’ embodiment as they appear.

Through Collective Awareness, over 40 DVAA Members come together to prove that Landscape art is not limited to paintings of lush green hills and deep blue oceans. Reflecting the breadth of work represented at DVAA, Collective Awareness combines painting, photography, sculpture and craft. Individual perspectives harmoniously coming together to harness the natural energy of the world as this particular group of people experience it.