Color Me Impressed!
DNWML Staff Art Show
Group Exhibition at Gallery Be
May 7 – June 6, 2025
Reception: June 3, 1:00-2:00pm
Gallery Be
Disability Network Washtenaw Monroe Livingston
3941 Research Park Dr | Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Open during office hours:
Tuesday – Thursday, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Contact Claire to schedule private/guided tour.
734.971.0277
Arts & Rec/Gallery Manager, Claire Moore
Audio Tour
Feel free to pause the audio tour at any time to allow yourself more time with each piece.
Foxy
Janeen Musselman
Community Support Specialist
Photograph
ID: A magical close-up, top-down view of the Caucasian female photographer lying on the grassy ground while a thick, multi-toned fur fox is nuzzling her face. The animal’s head is positioned directly over her face, obscuring most of her features except for her mouth and one eye.
Ruby Refraction: Scarlett’s Web
Janeen Musselman
Community Support Specialist
Photograph
ID: Reflective and refracting watery dew drops are carefully spun in a delicately woven spiderweb laying on dried straw and green colored grass. A scarlet red magnolia tree seed nestles among the delicate center of the spider web, creating a bright contrast among the refracting dew drops and verdant grass. The picture frame matches the straw colored grass and has a hatched patterned woven texture.
Eclipse Hubbub Passes
Will Purves
Director of Accessibility & Education
Poem on paper
ID: text on paper.
Duskheap Beacons
Will Purves
Director of Accessibility & Education
Zine collection including: Duskheap Beacons, Detroit Sounds, Hive of the Scalder & The Third Coast
Paper, found file folder, brads, spray paint
ID: folder with game play instructions and details.
The Shape of Healing
Rebecca Dooley
Employment & IL Specialist
Acrylic on canvas
ID: multicolored geometric shapes in gray, yellow, blue, and white.
Growth in all forms
Rebecca Dooley
Employment & IL Specialist
Watercolor on paper
ID: three separately framed paintings of wildflowers in vases. The flowers are green, yellow, pink, and purple.
The Path to Strength
Rebecca Dooley
Employment & IL Specialist
Plaster, canvas
ID: light gray plaster with geometric shapes and forms.
Petals of Light
Kari Havenaar
Community Support Specialist
Watercolor on paper
ID: A delicate pink morning glory blooms entwined with slender, winding vines. The soft, translucent petals are rendered with subtle gradients and fine detailing, creating a sense of gentle movement and natural elegance. Set against a pristine white background, the composition highlights the organic grace of the subject, emphasizing the interplay between fragility and resilience.
Bite me, I’m organic
Kari Havenaar
Community Support Specialist
Watercolor on paper
ID: A single orange carrot rendered with rich, dark orange accents for dimensionality. Set against a stark white background, the composition is enhanced by delicate iridescent and glittering details, lending a playful yet refined luminosity to the piece.
Knitted Sweater
Dana DeBord
Community Engagement Specialist
Textile
ID: Knee length knitted wool sweater with a hood. There is cabling (a cross over stitching) running from the bottom of the sweater opening up along the hood and back down. On the sleeves from the elbow to the wrist and on the body of the sweater from the waist to the bottom is a fair isle pattern, consisting of diagonal stripes, starbursts or abstract flowers, and a leaf pattern. Fair isle patterns use two colors of yarn in the same row to create patterns of color. The main color of the sweater is garnet heather (burgundy). The fair isle pattern consists of the following colors: marlot heather (dark brown), brindle heather (dark tan), brass heather (tan brown), clarity (light blue), oyster (off-white), rose hip (pale pink), and cornmeal (pale yellow).
Cross stitch Flowers
Dana DeBord
Community Engagement Specialist
Textile
ID: Three sunflowers (one large and facing forward, one large and facing to the left, and one closed) in the middle of the piece. A small monarch butterfly sits near the top by the large forward-facing sunflower. A large monarch butterfly is along the bottom of the piece near the stem of the large forward-facing sunflower. The background colors are shades of brown, while the sunflowers are shades of yellow and orange.
Street on My Run II
Claire Moore
Arts, Recreation, and IL Services Manager
Acrylic and pastel on Yupo
ID: a chainlink fence is overwhelmed with naked brown vines. A yellow sign, reading “DEAD END” is visible behind it. To the right and further back, green plants engulf a taller surface and creep onto electric lines. An electric pole, positioned in front of a light blue house, flanks the fence to the left, its lines extending off page. The sky radiates darkly from its pale blue center.
Street on My Run I
Claire Moore
Arts, Recreation, and IL Services Manager
Acrylic and pastel on Yupo
ID: a lush overgrowth of greenery with yellow flowers overtakes a fence. Next to the fence, the top of a yellow sign is just visible. An electric pole parallels the edge of the composition, while its lines carry through from left to right. The sky is bright blue with wispy white clouds.
Screen Door II
Claire Moore
Arts, Recreation, and IL Services Manager
Acrylic and pastel on Yupo
ID: a blue fence edges a grassy yard with the brown imprint of the space where a door once lay. The imprint reveals dead leaves and sticks. The edge of the white door is just visible on the right of the composition. Tree branches, full of leaves, hang over the space.
Screen Door I
Claire Moore
Arts, Recreation, and IL Services Manager
Acrylic and pastel on Yupo
ID: closely cropped view of a white screen door, lying on top of green grass and violets. The door has a window, through which a person’s shadow and cloudy blue sky are visible. Grass curls over the edges of the door.
La Mort
Krystina Johnson
Director of Community Engagement
Assemblage of pressed flowers, deceased bugs, snake skin, found materials and objects on board
ID: Natural and symbolic items. Inside, the background is dark with a faint textured background, allowing the colorful contents to stand out. Pressed flowers in shades of pink, purple, and yellow, as well as a preserved monarch butterfly and other insect wings. A cicada shell is positioned near the top center. White illustrations are scattered throughout, including a bat, a coffin, a hearse, a feather, and a stylized Ouija board with the words “GOOD BYE” above a planchette. The combination of natural elements and mystical symbols gives the piece a whimsical, slightly gothic aesthetic.
Fleurs
Krystina Johnson
Director of Community Engagement
Watercolor, pressed flowers on paper
ID: watercolor background with multicolored pressed flowers in foreground.