Exhibitions

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  small works | big impact 2022

  group exhibition 17 Nov 2022 - 18 Feb 2023 This year’s diverse exhibition of intimately scaled works by gallery artists and special guests explores the surreal, with dreamlike compositions, ambiguous narratives, and imagery of the natural world. Innovative works reward an extended look and may have viewers doing a double take! Some of the highlights include Christian Faur’s pixelated... Read more

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  Hillary Waters Fayle & Ivy Jacobsen

  8 Sep - 12 Nov 2022 About her Botanical Mandalas and Botanical Blueprints, Hillary Waters Fayle comments, 'collected botanical material is meticulously dried and preserved, then arranged on and adhered to acrylic. Each leaf is placed with careful consideration in an intricate pattern, referencing the inherent patterns underlying everything in the natural world – echoed in... Read more

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  Bryce Lafferty

  Boundarylands 1 Sep - 12 Nov 2022 Bryce Lafferty’s unique works on paper appear to show the inner workings of a fantasized biosphere. Through inventive cross-sections and merged elements, Lafferty suggests hidden systems that affect topography and biomes. The artist notes, 'My landscape drawings emerge as poetic expressions of my wonderment for the natural world. They are... Read more

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  David Shingler

  solo exhibition 1 Sep - 12 Nov 2022 David Shingler's loose oil paintings capture the essence of the Western North Carolina landscape. Cool water rushing down rocky creeks, deep forests with thickets of Rhododendron, and expansive mountain overlooks are depicted through bold and graphic brushstrokes. Carolina cotton fields and coastal grasses also find representation in the show. Shingler's... Read more

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  Hoss Haley

  Topography 4 Aug - 31 Dec 2022 Hoss Haley’s monumental sculptures in steel, bronze, and concrete identify him as an accomplished artist with a strong point of view. His minimalist explorations of form take inspiration from geological features and architecture. Many of his works require a fair amount of engineering, and he often develops custom tools and... Read more

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  Mariella Bisson

  solo exhibition 30 Jun - 27 Aug 2022 Contemporary works depicting area woods and waterfalls feature highly textural surfaces that emphasize their subjects’ sculptural planes. Bisson’s current collection includes large-scale oil and mixed media paintings on linen along with several works on paper. A new hardcover book featuring an essay on the artist’s use of paper and images... Read more

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  David Ellsworth

  Visionary 30 Jun - 31 Dec 2022 David Ellsworth is one of the world’s premier wood turners. Over the past fifty years, he has achieved international recognition for his elegant hollow-formed vessels and sculptures. Ellsworth’s work is included in the permanent collections of forty-five museums. His understanding of material and process, a refined sensibility of form and... Read more

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  Thor & Jennifer Bueno with Samantha Keely Smith

  Blown glass and oil paintings 30 Jun - 27 Aug 2022 Created through a variety of techniques, the Buenos silvered and colored glass elements are arranged into wall-mounted compositions inspired by river stones and cairns, wildflowers and indigenous plants, pearls, and bubbles. Emotive color and sweeping brushwork define Samantha Keely Smith’s non-objective abstract oils. Read more

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  Andy Farkas

  solo exhibition 30 Jun - 27 Aug 2022 Moku hanga prints, or Japanese watercolor woodcuts, feature narrative imagery showing personified animals with poignant, original sayings in handset letterpress text. Farkas’ work is evocative and masterfully executed. Read more

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  Tommy Simpson

  solo exhibition 5 May - 25 Jun 2022 Simpson is an imaginist who has worked in nearly every medium, including woodworking, painting, printmaking, ceramics, bookmaking, jewelry, and writing. Whether it’s a painting or sculptural object, in each of Simpson’s works there is an identifiable style that puzzles together the artist’s personal and cultural references into a signature blend... Read more

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  Seth Clark

  solo exhibition 5 May - 30 Jul 2022 “My work focuses on deteriorating architecture. These structures, designed to be huge forces of permanence, are continually being challenged, destroyed and forgotten. I see an inherent honesty in the face of my subject. Among all of the clutter—the shards of wood and layers of rubble—there remains a gentle resolve. As... Read more

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  Dana Brown

  Encaustics 1 Apr - 25 Jun 2022 Dana Brown creates encaustic paintings, rendering remarkable imagery in pigmented wax. Inspiration for her work comes through such diverse subjects as branches, foliage, and berries as well as rusted machinery, and geometric architecture. Defined focal points with crisp lines give way to more painterly areas composed of marbled patterns and... Read more

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  Ann Harwell

  solo exhibition 3 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 Combining hundreds of pieces of fabric, Ann Harwell creates quilted scenes of outerspace, astral phenomena, people, and landscapes inspired by gardens and arboretums. With each piece of fabric, Harwell transforms scenes from nature and everyday life into dynamic compositions – enlivening the surface of each intricate tapestry with a mesmerizing... Read more

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  Michael Barringer

  Threshold 3 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 'In an age in which disbelief is so profoundly prevalent or, if not disbelief, indifference to questions of belief, poetry and painting, and the arts in general, are, in their measure, a compensation for what has been lost.' –Wallace Stevens We've all had experiences which seem to connect us to... Read more

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  Ani Kasten

  Mending Work 3 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 Ani Kasten’s highly textural ceramic vessels have a deconstructed aesthetic. Different types of clay and crusty glazes combine with ceramic detritus to create raw and dynamic surface qualities. The vessel forms are irregular and often include wire stitching and patched details. With each examination, the work reveals itself more –... Read more

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  Small Works | Big Impact 2021

  Group Exhibition 18 Nov 2021 - 26 Mar 2022 Small Works | Big Impact is an annual exhibition that assembles intimately-scaled works in a variety of media by gallery artists and special guests. Intricate details and concentrated energy define a collection that highlights the smaller side of works by Samantha Bates, Robert Bender, Mariella Bisson, Christina Bothwell, Andy Farkas, Ivy Jacobsen, Ani Kasten, Meg Lagodzki, Casey Roberts, Greg Sand, Sarah Vaughn, and more. Read more

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  Nocturne

  Group Exhibition 18 Nov 2021 - 26 Feb 2022 As winter approaches and the days get shorter, Momentum Gallery hosts Nocturne, a collection of enchanting works in a variety of media that celebrates the drama and mystery of the night. Nocturne includes paintings, photography, cyanotypes, plywood constructions, sculpture, and original prints, While the world is shrouded in shadow, the moon and artificial lights offer definition to shapes that emerge from the darkness. Imagination picks up where detail leaves off, imbuing this time of day with magic and intrigue - the potential of the unknown and unseen. Featuring works by John L. Cleaveland, Jr., Tom Eckert, David Ellsworth, Bill Hall, Ron Isaacs, Ron Layport, Casey Roberts, Sandy Rothberg, Paul Sattler, Brian Sostrom, Maltby Sykes, and more. Read more

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  Bill Hall

  Solo Exhibition 17 Sep - 13 Nov 2021 Spatial relationships define bold compositions in abstract and minimalist mixed media collages and paintings. Bill Hall was a master printer with Pace Editions in New York for nearly three decades. Working in a restrained palette, Hall’s work combines nuanced surfaces with graphic shapes to create sophisticated geometric abstractions. Read more

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  Mariella Bisson

  Solo Exhibition 17 Sep 2021 - 1 Jan 2022 Using the landscape as a foundation, with motifs centered around woods and waterfalls, Mariella Bisson’s oil paintings with collage elements capture the abstract and sculptural qualities of rock faces, sheets of water, and reflective pools. Light and shadow play a important role in the way the painter delineates space and serve as a metaphor for greater themes in the work. Read more

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  Jessica Calderwood | Jennifer Halvorson | Casey Roberts

  Group Exhibition 15 Jul - 13 Nov 2021 Three artists create clever and emotive works that explore narrative through the lens of domestic iconography. Serene cyanotype paintings depicting natural subjects, still lifes, and everyday imagery relate to cast glass and mixed media sculptures. Objects, figurative subjects, and animals engaged in lighthearted and occasionally mysterious situations. Read more

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  Paul Sattler

  Solo Exhibition 15 Jul - 7 Sep 2021 Paul Sattler’s recent oil paintings and drawings are a tour de force. Multiple characters are captured in moments taken from obscure narratives and unfolding dramas. Drawing upon color theory and surrealism for inspiration, mythology and historical references also inspire Paul Sattler's paintings and drawings. In the robust world Sattler creates,... Read more

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  Ivy Jacobsen

  solo exhibition 9 Jul - 6 Sep 2021 The beauty in nature is realized in Jacobsen's stylized botanical paintings that unfold in great detail, conveying a sense of space through a signature layering technique. The artist comments, 'For the last 10 years I've been focused on creating the illusion of depth within my landscapes. It is my hope... Read more

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  Brian Sostrom

  solo exhibition 2 Jul - 6 Sep 2021 Read more

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  Picture That

  Contemporary printmaking 2 Jul - 6 Sep 2021 The positive potential of this world is only limited by our ability to imagine it anew. This exhibition of prints and monotypes demonstrates the power of an artist's vision to influence our world with the images they conjure. Flowing between abstraction and representational works by renowned artists Chakaia Booker ,... Read more

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  Lisa Clague

  solo exhibition 1 Mar - 26 Jun 2021 Read more

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  Samantha Bates

  solo exhibition 1 Mar - 31 Dec 2021 Read more

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  Samantha Keely Smith

  solo exhibition 22 Feb - 26 Jun 2021 Samantha Keely Smith's paintings explore the dual worlds in which we exist: our inner lives and the changing world around us. The paintings represent the landscape of the psyche, the place where the conscious and unconscious meet, where outside forces and our own human nature collide as we grapple with... Read more

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  Ron Isaacs

  solo exhibition 22 Feb - 26 Jun 2021 Read more

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  Emergence

  Alysia Fischer, Vicki Grant & Ivy Jacobsen 15 May - 25 Jul 2020 As spring unfolds and bare winter branches give way to budding blooms, Momentum Gallery presents Emergence, a collection of recent works by three artists that reveals the magic and mystery of the season. Professor, artist, and anthropologist Alysia Fischer incises intricate leaf patterns into rubber innertubes, upcycling them into draping... Read more

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  Maltby Sykes (1911-1992)

  13 Feb - 28 Mar 2020 Momentum Gallery presents an exhibition of original lithographs and mezzotints printed in the 1950s and 1960s by southern modernist Maltby Sykes (1911-1992). Revered by generations of students, Sykes was Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, where he taught for many years. Having trained with John Sloan in New York, Diego Rivera... Read more

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  SMALL WORKS | BIG IMPACT 2019

  Intimately-scaled works by gallery artists and special guests 14 Nov - 31 Dec 2019 This year’s curated exhibition of intimately scaled works by gallery artists and special guests addresses themes of memory, the passage of time, mortality, and the natural world. Although small in scale, these works have real presence, conveying the sensibility and proficiency of their accomplished makers. Delicate wood feathers, atmospheric landscapes,... Read more

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  A New Leaf

  A foliage-themed exhibition 12 Sep - 9 Nov 2019 A New Leaf is a sophisticated collection of original works celebrating the charm and beauty of one of nature’s great wonders – foliage. From atmospheric photography to glass sculpture, trompe l’oeil relief paintings and eye-popping infinity mirrors, exquisite works are cast or constructed from actual leaves while others imitate their... Read more

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  Give Me Wood

  A group invitational wood show featuring internationally recognized artists 27 Jun - 31 Aug 2019 Give Me Wood is an imaginative and evocative collection of contemporary painting and wood sculpture. Central to the identity and creation of all the extraordinary two- and three-dimensional works in the exhibition is the common material of wood. The participating artists defy logic, explore space (both real and imagined), carve,... Read more

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  Mariella Bisson

  Setting Shapes; Solo Exhibition 27 Jun - 31 Aug 2019 Mariella Bisson deftly delineates the sculptural planes of regional waterfalls and sylvan scenes creating refreshingly contemporary landscape paintings. Her oil-over-collage paintings feature built-up texture, suggesting the complex surface of stone and tree bark, lichen, and moss. Bisson's paintings demonstrate a strong understanding of formal composition and reflect a sensibility honed... Read more

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  Introducing Two New Painters

  Oil Paintings by Paul Sattler and Samantha Keely Smith 27 Jun - 31 Aug 2019 Dramatic narratives unfold in Paul Sattler's charged and enigmatic oil paintings which reference historic and literary sources. Sattler comments, “A diverse population of animals are enmeshed in my works’ human-inhabited environments, theatrical locales, and domestic dramas.” Drawing upon color theory, surrealism, and folklore for inspiration, his works encourage questioning of... Read more

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  Dissolution

  Seth Clark & Jason Forck 2 May - 22 Jun 2019 The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. Clark and Forck came together through a... Read more

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  Vernacular

  28 Feb - 27 Apr 2019 Narrative watercolors, original etchings, and ceramic sculpture by Phil Blank, David C. Robinson, and Sasha Schilbrack-Cole respectvely, reference subjects such as faith, race, and identity in the South. The three-person exhibitions debuts at Momentum Gallery’s Lexington Avenue location in downtown Asheville on Thursday, February 28 with an opening reception from... Read more

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  In the Landscape and Of the Landscape

  28 Feb - 27 Apr 2019 Jennifer Bueno, Bryce Lafferty, and William Henry Price convey their wonderment with the natural world and allude to its unseen, inner workings. Through abstract expression, imaginative cross-sections, and works that depict satellite views of our planet, they take viewers on a journey of discovery and introspection. Dimensional blown glass and... Read more

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  Momentum Gallery at CONTEXT Miami 2018

  Booth C130 4 - 9 Dec 2018 VIP Opening Night Preview, Tuesday Dec. 4, 5:30 - 10p.m. Booth C130 Please Call Momentum for Tickets 828-505-8550 Read more

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  Casey Roberts – Cyanotype Paintings

  Grand Opening Exhibition of Momentum on Broadway at 52 Broadway! 15 Nov 2018 - 31 Jan 2019 Momentum Gallery is thrilled to announce the Asheville debut of artist Casey Roberts with a one-person exhibition to open the new space on Broadway Street. Dreamy and contemplative – Roberts’ large-scale cyanotype paintings on paper depict a variety of domestic and wilderness subjects which evoke a still and wonderous world.... Read more

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  SMALL WORKS | BIG IMPACT 2018

  at 52 Broadway Street in Downtown Asheville 15 Nov 2018 - 31 Jan 2019 SMALL WORKS | BIG IMPACT is an annual curated collection of paintings, sculpture, and mixed media works by gallery artists and special guests that offers incredible and unique handmade gifts for the holidays. Emotive ceramics, surreal painting, intricate glass curiosities, embroidered foliage, and memento mori come together in a provocative... Read more

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  Momentum Gallery at SOFA Chicago 2018

  1 - 4 Nov 2018 Read more

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  Pam Longobardi

  Drifters Project 28 Oct 2018 - 31 Jan 2019 With the Drifters Project, Longobardi collects, documents, and transforms oceanic plastic into installations and photography. The work provides a visual statement about the engine of global consumption and the vast amounts of plastic objects and their impact on the world's most remote places and its creatures. Longobardi's work is framed... Read more

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  Transformation

  Earth, Water & Wood 30 Aug - 31 Oct 2018 The group exhibition, Transformation: Earth, Water & Wood features recent work by five Momentum artist partners: Mariella Bisson, oil painting with collage; David Ellsworth, wood; Vicki Grant, porcelain and mixed media; Ron Isaacs, trope l’oeil painting on wood; and Ron Layport, wood. New York painter Mariella Bisson turns her attention... Read more

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  Samantha Bates

  solo exhibition 30 Aug - 31 Oct 2018 Momentum Gallery is thrilled to debut a collection of new mixed media paintings and textile works by Samantha Bates. Bates’ contemporary landscapes are inspired by her time in wilderness areas, largely in her home state of Washington. Through meticulous mark making and patterning, thousands of dashes and dots emerge into... Read more

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  Reflections

  Contemporary Glass 1 Jul - 25 Aug 2018 This curated exhibition features work by leading contemporary glass artists from NC and around the country. The overall collection alludes to timeless traditions of opulence and grandeur at Biltmore Estate through objects that reference the intricate detailing and ornamentation of the Gilded Age. Other works examine concepts of memory and... Read more

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  Michael Barringer | Jeannine Marchand | Michael Enn Sirvet

  4 May - 23 Jun 2018 Michael Barringer | Jeannine Marchand | Michael Enn Sirvet
  Abstract paintings referencing a variety of sources including Gee's Bend quilts, prehistoric cave paintings, and literature complement original, thoughtful and contemplative sculptures in clay, metal, stone, and wood. Read more

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  Duo Shows Pairing New Works by Gallery Artists

  BILL HALL | MALTBY SYKES + CHRISTIAN BURCHARD | DREW GALLOWAY 11 Mar - 28 Apr 2018 Local printmaker Bill Hall makes his Asheville gallery debut in a show that plays his graphic works off those of the late Maltby Sykes (1911-1992), while recent landscape paintings on found metal by Drew Galloway are presented with works by renowned wood sculptor Christian Burchard. Master printer Bill Hall worked... Read more

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  Momentum Gallery at Art Wynwood 2018

  Booth #AW 222 15 - 19 Feb 2018 Since 2012, Art Wynwood has been the premier South Florida winter art fair for contemporary and modern art. Art Wynwood debuted February 15 - 19, 2018, at the former Miami Herald site. Featuring emerging talent from the contemporary market, mid-career artists, and modern masters, Art Wynwood continues to showcase a... Read more

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  Small Works, Big Impact

  OPENING RECEPTION - NEW YEAR'S EVE - Sunday, December 31, 5-8 pm 30 Dec 2017 - 24 Feb 2018 Small Works, Big Impact is a curated collection of paintings, original prints, and sculptural works in wood, ceramic, fabricated bronze, and cast concrete with handwoven textile by gallery artists and special guests. Artists' professional experience and visual expression is concentrated in new, intimately-scaled pieces by Michael Barringer, Samantha Bates, Mariella... Read more

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  Andy Farkas: wood engravings and moku hanga

  OPENING RECEPTION - NEW YEAR'S EVE, Sunday, December 31, 5-8 pm 30 Dec 2017 - 24 Feb 2018 Asheville printmaker Andy Farkas’ magical work occupies Momentum’s Feature Gallery. His wood engravings and moku hanga (Japanese watercolor woodcut) prints consistently delight young and old with their narrative depictions of personified animals combined with poignant original sayings in handset letterpress type. Come see a selection of Andy’s recent works including... Read more

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  Momentum Gallery at FORM Miami Beach 2017

  Booth #105 6 - 10 Dec 2017 FORM MIAMI is Miami’s only art fair dedicated to the applied arts and sculpture objects. The fair takes place during Miami Art Week, the city’s busiest week for contemporary art. FORM will feature prominent international galleries whose programs showcase innovation in contemporary decorative arts and design, highlighting work in ceramics,... Read more

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  Momentum Gallery at SOFA Chicago 2017

  Booth #1321 2 - 5 Nov 2017 Featuring:
  
  Thor + Jennifer Bueno
  Lisa Clague
  David Ellsworth
  Vicki Grant
  Crystal Gregory
  Amy Gross
  Hoss Haley
  Ron Isaacs
  Jeannine Marchand Read more

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  Asheville Gains Momentum

  An Introduction to Gallery Artists 19 Oct - 16 Dec 2017 Presenting: Michael Barringer Samantha Bates Mariella Bisson Thor and Jennifer Bueno Lisa Clague David Ellsworth Andy Farkas Drew Galloway Vicki Grant Crystal Gregory (with Alexa Williams) Amy Gross Hoss Haley Ron Isaacs Anne Lemanski Jeannine Marchand Maltby Sykes (1911-1992) Read more