Arapahoe Libraries is proud to host art exhibits each month at Eloise May, Koelbel and Smoky Hill libraries. Library galleries offer the community a place to view a variety of art at no cost while also providing visibility to local artists. A volunteer art selection committee selects exhibits based on artistic quality, variety of exhibits and the suitability of format for each exhibit space.
Have a question about the galleries or interested in showcasing your art? Visit the Art Galleries page for more information.
Kristen Williams
In this series of photographs, I delve into the landscapes, cities and neighborhoods that form the backdrop of America’s cultural mythology. These images, which appear at times dreamlike and at others surreal or nightmarish, explore the ways in which the American Dream is both constructed and experienced within the very fabric of the land. I've always been captivated by how landscapes—whether suburban streets, vast plains, or towering cityscapes—become vessels for a collective fantasy. The American Dream, this glittering idea of opportunity and prosperity, is something that is etched into the architecture, the streets, and the sky. Yet, beneath this surface, there is also a profound disconnection—a dissonance between the dream and the reality it purports to promise. This is where my work exists, in that liminal space between the ideal and the actual.
Lisa Kornblith
My art may seem chaotic, much like my brain can be as a neurodivergent human, but there’s an order to the chaos and beauty in the connections and depth. Creating this collection of neurographic abstract art helps me bring this inner complexity to tangible life, allowing the opportunity to cultivate love and understanding for myself and others.
Creating art is not just a practice for me but a grounding ritual — a way to embrace the chaos within as well as connect with what is swirling around me without trying to control it. Neurographic art lets me flow with this chaos, discovering the hidden order and beauty that emerge when we get in tune with it rather than fight it. Each piece is a visual conversation, a physical manifestations of what listening to the universe and your own mind can feel like.
As an Artist first and a Licensed Counselor second, I believe in the healing power of creativity. Using art like this, or any other form I work with, like clay, writing, painting, or digital art, creating is a journey in the work of deliberate self-exploration as well as conscious play. I invite everyone to simply create — without judgment or expectation — and to find joy in the process. Don’t worry about being “artistic enough.” Just grab a marker, let your inner doodler out, and embrace the messiness. You might discover something about yourself or your world, you might heal something you didn’t know you needed to, or you may just give your nervous system a massage in order to start fresh on the rest of your day. Your brain and body definitely improve and grow through the act of creating anything at all.
You may even find fun in the trying itself. After all, life is chaotic, but we can find the magic when we simply allow and tune in!
Thank you, thank you!
