44 AT ROSEWOOD ARTS CENTER KETTERING HEALTH ART GALLERY WHITNEY SAGE (NAPERVILLE, IL), HOMESICKNESS SERIES, PORTRAITS OF HOME AND DOMESTIC FRAGMENTS NICHOLAS HILL (GRANVILLE, OH), PANDEMIC PORTRAIT DRAWINGS MARCH 9 – APRIL 11, 2026 CLOSING RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026 Whitney Sage’s acrylic, ink and gouache drawings connect to issues of absence, loss and memory as related to dissapearing homeland. The work is inspired by the artist’s own personal roots and focus on the sprawling midwestern neightborhoods of Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan. Through an incomplete picture provided by voided negative shapes, empty lots and incomplete artifacts on display, viewers are invited to consider the collective loss of identity, memory and belonging experienced in shrinking midwestern communities. playkettering.org/gallery Gallery Coordinator Laura Truitt 937-296-0294 [email protected] Whitney Sage, 230 Pasadena Street, Portraits of Home Series, 2022, acrylic ink on aquabord panel Nicholas Hill, Pandemic Portraits: Panel V, 2022, ink on newspaper NATHANIEL FOLEY (INDIANAPOLIS, IN), FLIGHT OF OBSCURITY XII APRIL 20 – MAY 23 2026 In his exhibition, Flight of Obscurity, Nathaniel Foley communicates concepts rooted in aviation history through a visual language that references both travel and warfare. With hand fabricated sculptures in an immersive installation, Foley’s work communicates tension between grace and imminent danger. Mina Kim’s work blends drawing and sculpture using a meditative practice of bending and binding materials together, echoing rhythms that reference Eastern thought where repeated action trains both body and spirit, Kim’s work moves between two and three dimensions. Their installations use everyday materials like twist ties and wire, and then shift into paintings and drawings, dissolving boundaries between technology and tradition. Nathaniel Foley, F-86 Sabre, 2021, Aluminum, Fabric, Wood, String,Clecos, Jack Gallery Programs Gallery Book Club Paula Hawkins' The Blue Hour Presented in partnership with the Dayton Metro Library Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Ages 16+ Join Rosewood Gallery and the Dayton Metro Library in a lively discussion about a current book featuring art and/or artists as central elements. Enjoy light refreshments and the company of fellow art and book lovers at our quarterly events. Books are made available for checkout at the Dayton Metro Library's Kettering Wilmington-Stroop branch. This quarter's book is The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins. Free and open to the public. Art Start Preschool Story Time with the Dayton Metro Library 2nd Thursday each month 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Foster an early love of art with Storytime at Rosewood Gallery! Parents and children ages three through six are invited to enjoy one to four stories followed by a hands-on craft led by a Rosewood instructor. Free and open to the public! Art Lunch 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month Noon – 1 p.m. Join fellow artists and art lovers for a casual lunch get-together. Share current projects, collected works or art stories. Bring a lunch and your love of art! FREE! Mina Kim, Rational Draft, 2025, oil on linen, steel wire, twist ties, acrylic medium MINA KIM (FORT LEE, NJ), DRAWINGS Nicholas Hill’s series, Pandemic Portrait Drawings, aim to bring a sense of humanity back to our collective memories of the pandemic five years on. Hill’s drawings were made in real time throughout the course of the covid crisis, on related pages from the New York Times. Using an Ink and Brush technique, Hill combed news photos for passersby and unintended subjects, creating portraits from these “found” faces. The portraits remind the viewer that each loss was and is a personal tragedy. Rosewood Arts Center
