GROWING TOGETHER: The Lyndon House Arts Center has a total of seven recently unveiled exhibitions to carry art enthusiasts into the new year. Ato Ribeiro’s solo show, “Growing Together,” consists of mesmerizing wall-mounted wooden assemblages with dizzying interlocking patterns. Additional three-dimensional sculptures reveal the complex process behind building these beautiful geometric patterns from small pieces of repurposed wood. Born in Philadelphia, Ribeiro spent his childhood and adolescence in Accra, Ghana, and much of his work centers near the intersection of his West African heritage and African American identity. His intricate wooden assemblages reference both Ghanaian kente cloth and Black quilting traditions of the American South, further exploring how symbolism can be communicated through textiles. THE IMAGE MOVES: Spotlighting artists who […]