Moon Shadows and Nightlights: The Work of Dennis Jones and Savannah Schroll Guz
fri30aug(aug 30)6:00 pmsun17nov(nov 17)10:59 pm
Event Details
Moon Shadows and Nightlights: The Work of Dennis Jones and Savannah Schroll Guz is the featured exhibit at The Gallery at Towngate August 30-November 17, 2024.
An artists’ reception takes place from 6-8pm Friday, August 30. The event is free and open to the public.
About Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones was born and raised in Weirton, WV, and is a retired electrical engineer from American Electric Power, where he worked for 33 years. Since retirement, he strives to capture the beauty of nature, focusing on scenes in our local Ohio Valley area. He has an eye for colorful morning sunrises, the mysteries of the moon, and spectacular thunderbolts, all captured in our local area. He also enjoys practicing wildlife photography, including many scenes of the eagles and reflections at the Backwaters of Tomlinson Run in New Cumberland, West Virginia.
His works can be viewed in Weirton Medical Center’s atrium, at Top of West Virginia’s Summit Art Gallery, at Mary H. Weir Public Library, on Facebook, and in many other galleries throughout the Tristate area. Dennis is a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists and was juried in as a Tamarack Artisan in 2023.
He often creates collaborative pieces with Savannah Schroll Guz under the name VanDenStar Studio.
About Savannah Schroll Guz
Savannah Schroll Guz’s work is in private collections from NYC to San Diego and has been shown in Asheville (NC), Cleveland, Harrisburg (PA), Hudson (NY), Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis, New York City, Weirton (WV), Wheeling, and York (PA).
Representing the state of West Virginia, Guz is one of the 36 artists involved in the Her Flag project (www.herflag.com), which has been on view on the facades of both the Clinton Library in Little Rock (AR) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington (DC).
Guz often creates collaborative pieces with photographer Dennis Jones under the name VanDenStar Studio. She lives with her husband Michael and their two dogs, Otto & Pepper, just outside Weirton, West Virginia.
Joint Artist Statement
In all his photographs, Dennis Jones strives to capture the idea of Nature vs. Man. For this reason, his works consistently include something man-made, as it complements or clashes with nature. With every picture of the moon, of every lightning bolt, of every sunrise, Dennis also depicts its relationship to man. Darkness always sparks one’s imagination and allows for dramatic lighting, shadows, and vivid colors.
In her works, Savannah Schroll Guz is equally interested in darkness and its ability to stimulate the imagination, especially as it relates to folklore, myth, and the spirit world. Savannah explores stories and legends that take place beneath the moon, and in her assemblages, she creates little tributes to the expansiveness of time.
The Gallery at Towngate
Towngate Theatre is well known in Wheeling and its surrounding communities for community theater productions, children’s theater, concerts, ballet, film screenings, spoken word and other performing arts events. But did you know that Towngate is also an art gallery?
The Gallery at Towngate is a small space gallery that features the work of regional artists and focuses on community engagement, inclusion, and the mingling of visual and performing arts.
2024-25 The Gallery at Towngate Exhibit Schedule:
August 30–November 17, 2024
Moon Shadows and Nightlights: The Work of Dennis Jones and Savannah Schroll Guz
January 18–February 15, 2025
West Liberty University Creative Arts Therapy Student Exhibition
February 21-March 29, 2025
Ceramic exhibit in conjunction with Ceramics Take Over Wheeling
April 11–May 23, 2025
Robert Villamagna
June 6–August 12, 2025
Text Art Exhibit
