The show at the Durham Arts Council is definitely one to see!  The artists are diverse and provide interesting visual images and metaphors.  

Michael Meadors was picked by Barkley Hendricks to have this years solo show and it is apparent that Michael went away to grad school  in the interim and has reacted to some heavy duty themes.  He was concerned that it didn't flow as well as other shows because his old work was different from his new.  I think it is nice to see a continuum of the artist's thought patterns; you get a chance to take the creative journey with him.  Michael has great drawing skills. He is definitely one person I would like to follow in the future.

Ben Bruzac's installation is all over the place and it fun to keep returning to.  It is a whacky house with false door and plants of many different types of recyclables. There is a cabinet full of curios and a fountain that any oil barron would be proud to own.

I want to like Mark Gordon's work but except for a few pieces, I think the work is not pushed far enough. The forms are great but the glazing and surface finishes are not the right colors or textures and do nothing for the pieces.

Titus Heagins takes some stunning large photographs of people from a neighborhood street.  I wanted  to know more about his subjects; where they are from, where do they work, whom do they love?  They definitely pull you in just by their large size.  Titus is a strong photographer with a keen journalist eye - watch him!  You will be reading about him in the near future.