The Goldmark Cultural Center’s John H. Milde Gallery is proud to present The Dance Lives On, a solo exhibition featuring sculptural and installation works by artist Amy Branch-Lambert.
The exhibition is on display in the Goldmark Cultural Center’s John H. Milde Gallery from 27 May 2024 to 29 June 2024 with an opening reception on Saturday, 8 June 2024 from 1pm - 4pm.
Amy will be present at the reception to respond to questions and comments about the exhibition.
About the Exhibition
I am heavily influenced by the ideas of beauty and grief and how they are so often intertwined. My art delves into issues facing the historically marginalized of society: women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ communities. I am interested in the story that might not get told or heard. I am curious how materials might respond when asked to perform outside what one might consider traditional, much like the marginalized people the art often represents.
Specifically in this body of work, I explore my brother’s life through the greater project of the AIDS Memorial Quilt and what ceramics might have to say as a response. I am using a hard material in direct correlation to a soft one. The idea of a quilt is generally one of comfort and warmth. My hope is that comfort will still come through the ceramic material as well, even after being fired to vitrification.
For this show, I am combining an actual panel in honor of my brother, Kenneth Branch, to be included in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and a quilt made of ceramics. The ceramic material itself is fragile, even after firing. It might break but the remnants remain long after we are gone.
As I delve into my brother’s life and the pandemic that claimed it, I think of the fragility of life itself and the permanent, indelible print one person’s life can have on another.
About the Artist
Amy Branch-Lambert is a Dallas/Fort Worth based artist. After spending 25 years as a chaplain, she transitioned to working as an artist. Her studio work often deals with marginalized people and issues facing women…usually in a serious way, occasionally using humor.
Amy has worked most recently in ceramics including experimental techniques such as slip-dipping and firing found items in porcelain and constructing sculpture from paper clay.
Amy has exhibited in juried shows across the US since 2016 allowing her to win several awards along the way. Recently, she won 1st place in sculpture of the Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibit and had a painting permanently installed at the Bill J Priest Center in Dallas. She currently has sculpture displayed in the Dallas College collection.