Just a reminder that there is a reception and artist talk with Stephanie Krimmel this Wednesday, July 30th at noon in the gallery. All are welcome! More about Stephanie's work below. This is an unusual show as the reception is NOT a closing event. If you are unable to attend, please drop by sometime in the next few weeks to view the show. It closes August 21st. Sarah Dillon Gilmartin Helen S. Smith Gallery Director Visual Art Faculty Green River College ________________________________ From: Sarah Dillon Gilmartin <sdillon@greenriver.edu> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 2:56 PM To: Sarah Dillon Gilmartin <sdillon@greenriver.edu> Subject: The Helen S. Smith Gallery Presents: Stephanie Krimmel | Whole Stephanie Krimmel | Whole An exhibition presented by the Helen S. Smith Gallery July 1 - August 21, 2025 Artist Talk and Reception: Wednesday, July 30th, noon [Stephanie Krimmel, LOVE, 2024, paper sculpture, 48 x 100 x 3.5 inches] Image above: Stephanie Krimmel, LOVE, 2024, paper sculpture, 48 x 100 x 3.5 inches Image below: Stephanie Krimmel, HOPE, 2024, paper sculpture, 48 x 144 x 3.5 inches In Whole, multidisciplinary artist Stephanie Krimmel presents paper constructions and augmented reality artwork exploring a range of emotional experience. Works in this exhibition include large wall-mounted paper sculptures depicting the words HOPE, LOVE and JOY in extreme oblique view. These are constructed with images selected from Krimmel’s daily digital painting practice that are printed as postcards, scored, folded, and assembled into the forms seen here. Krimmel previously used the same physical materials that make up HOPE, LOVE and JOY to create a different set of words, reading FEAR, LOSS and PAIN. The remainder of these works are shown alongside their counterparts in the gallery, and visitors can experience the original works using augmented reality technology on phone cameras. In this exhibition, Whole refers to the breadth of human experience, as well as the entirety of output from Krimmel’s autobiographical daily digital painting practice, which is also on view. [Stephanie Krimmel, HOPE, 2024, paper sculpture, 48 x 144 x 3.5 inches] The Helen S. Smith Gallery on Green River College’s main campus was named in honor of the college Foundation’s first President. In addition to being one of the college’s founding members, she was known as a strong advocate for the arts in the community. The Helen S. Smith Gallery is an academic resource for the Green River campus and regional art community. For over 50 years the gallery continues to carry on her legacy as an academic resource to Green River College by presenting compelling and innovative exhibitions featuring emerging and established Northwest Artists throughout the year. The gallery also highlights works by Green River student artists twice annually. Sarah Dillon Gilmartin, Gallery Director: sdillon@greenriver.edu<mailto:sdillon@greenriver.edu> 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn, WA 98092