The Front cooperative gallery in Montpelier presents Erica Cummings: Touch and Response from March 4th through the 27th. Erica was an active member of the gallery before she passed away one year ago from cancer. Together with her friends and parents, Ann and Regis Cummings of Montpelier, members of the Front have curated this solo show to share her work with her community.

Erica worked with ceramics for over twenty years, concurrent with her academic and professional career in agricultural and environmental science. The forms she uses in her sculptures reflect her ability to observe closely the way things grow and develop. The pieces feel overwhelmingly organic, yet still abstract; we do not know if the spiny object we're looking at is a life-sized fossil or a giant replica of a tiny molecule. Many of the pieces are modular, and seem to replicate themselves. Erica had a talent for setting a form in motion and letting it unfurl on its own as the viewer takes it in.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 4th from 4-7 pm at the Front, 6 Barre St. in Montpelier. There will also be a virtual panel discussion with friends and colleagues about Erica's work on Thursday, March 17th at 7pm – details and link at https://thefrontvt.com/.

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