Jacqui Hawk – ARTIST SPOTLIGHT at Barnstable Town Hall
Now through September 30, 2023
(HYANNIS, MA – July 10, 2023) The “Artist Spotlight “program displays the works of local artists on meeting room walls in Barnstable Town Hall. Artwork by artist Jacqui Hawk is featured in the James H. Crocker, Jr. Hearing Room and Selectmen’s Conference Room in Barnstable Town Hall, now through September 30, 2023. Artwork may be viewed virtually on the artsbarnstable.com website: https://artsbarnstable.com/interests/galleries/town-hall-hearing-room-gallery/ The exhibition is open to the public. Town Hall is open Monday through Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm (except State and Federal holidays). Town Hall is located at 367 Main Street, Hyannis, free parking in the Town Hall public parking lot. Enter Town Hall through the front doors on the Hyannis Village Green entrance. Handicap parking and entrance is located in the lower parking lot at Town Hall.
ARTIST RECEPTION:
An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 21, 2023, from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Come meet the artist and learn more about the stories and process behind the works! This reception is free and open to the public.
Artwork may be viewed virtually on the artsbarnstable.com website: https://artsbarnstable.com/interests/galleries/town-hall-hearing-room-gallery/
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jacqui Hawk was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and grew up in the English Lake District. In 1994 she moved to the United States and now lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
She began her career in the arts over 30 years ago. She is an experiential artist, impacted by a deep visceral connection to her soul and the innate desire to depict her intimate feelings and views on to the canvas in a spontaneous, raw and abstract self-expression. Color choice and formal elements are spontaneous and intuitive and driven by her own internal dialogue, emotional in nature and a metaphor for her life’s journey, from British origins, travels around the world, personal struggles and challenges, events in society. They embody the magic and whimsical illusions of a child, the strength and wisdom of a woman with an old soul. She brings an emotional voice and dialogue to the struggles of friends and strangers, and visually transcends the impact of that meeting, the lessons learned, and the associated inherent truths, in color, pattern and texture.
She works mainly in acrylic and mixed media, including wax, pearlescent powders, gesso of
different consistencies, stained glass pieces, collage, gold/silver leaf, and unusual objects she finds washed up on the beach. Her recent compositions are organic and primitive in nature and
reveal a range of emotions and narrative expression of joy, hope, peace, renewal, enlightenment and self-awareness.
Her work has been featured in solo, invitational juried state and national exhibitions
and represented in private and corporate collections in the US, Europe and Asia. She is
a member of Cotuit Center for the Arts, Sandwich Arts Alliance and the Cape Cod
Museum of Art.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM: Artwork is displayed in the James H. Crocker, Jr. Hearing Room and the Selectmen’s Conference Room, 2nd floor in Barnstable Town Hall, 367 Main Street, Hyannis. Artwork may be viewed virtually at: https://artsbarnstable.com/interests/galleries/town-hall-hearing-room-gallery/
For more information on this program email melissa.chartrand@town.barnstable.ma.us 508-862-4767 l www.ArtsBarnstable.com
