Saturday night saw the opening of two new exhibitions as well as a gallery talk by John Sealander, a local artist whose works have been on display at the Bath House since early December.

Photographs and stories from the Lakewood area 

Sealander's mixed media stories and color photographs will be familiar to all. He likes to capture moments and images from the Lakewood area, "especially those places that have gone or are going away," says Sealander. He points to his photograph of The Dreyfus Club, which burned to the ground last year.

Mr. Sealander's work hangs in the Cultural Center foyer as well as in the new White Rock Lake Museum, housed within the Cultural Center.

A Thousand Words are Worth a Picture, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This two-artist exhibit opened Saturday evening. Local artist Greg Stinson's large canvases of beautiful colors and almost graphic form invite interpretation. The abstract works pertain to "the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, color, generalized or geometrical forms," according to the artist's statement.

There is little doubt as to the meaning of most of Rita Barnard's works. The Lakewood artist has taken some of the most divisive and thought-provoking issues of our time and turned them into art that may leave you angry or sad or amused.