(COLLINGSWOOD, NJ) -- The Loft Gallery at Perkins Center for the Arts is presenting "Unbound Tethers," a solo exhibition by artist Kit Donnelly until April 30, 2025.
Inspired by a quote from death row inmate Alfred Mitchell – “The beauty of life is in the simple, worn, tattered, unbound parts of our imperfect lives, a tapestry created by love and loss” – Donnelly explores the natural world through a practice of wandering, seeking both solid grounding and renewed connections.
Her work, a rich tapestry of fiber, collage, monoprint, paint, and stitching, reflects the idea that life is a tapestry loosely woven yet strongly bound.
Donnelly’s intricate multimedia pieces, some of which are large-scale and suspended to allow viewing from both sides, invite contemplation and exploration.
Perkins Center for the Arts is lcoated at 30 Irvin Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey.
Perkins Center for the Arts is a regional, community cultural asset that enriches lives, inspires life-long learning, and offers interdisciplinary and intercultural experiences through the arts. Established as an arts education institution, Perkins is dedicated to providing exemplary arts experiences for all community members within the Perkins’ programs include comprehensive musical instruction through the Perkins Conservatory of Music; year-round visual & performing arts instruction; 18-22 exhibitions annually; free public concerts and ticketed concert series’; artist-led in-school residency programs; Summer Arts Camp; Perkins Folklife Center; and community enrichment projects throughout South Jersey.
Perkins Center for the Arts is recognized by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as a Major Presenting Organization for free and fee-based arts programs that promote participation, understanding, and communication among diverse audiences. Perkins Center is overseen by a dedicated Board of Trustees and is managed by a professional staff of arts administrators.
Since its 1977 incorporation in Moorestown, Perkins Center has expanded from a local, community arts center to a regional arts center presenting programs that support and expand relationships with artists, students, members and audiences in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester Counties and the greater South Jersey and Delaware Valley region.
Originally established in the Perkins family manor at 395 Kings Highway in Moorestown (an historic, 1910 Tudor home and carriage house), in 2002 the Center expanded to a second facility in Collingswood, NJ at 30 Irvin Avenue (another historic, 1910 modern-industrial style building). This location has enabled Perkins to expand programming and extend services throughout Camden County.
