Marilyn Andrews Silent Auction for Out Now

Silent Auction to benefit Springfield LGBTQ youth organization Out Now As part of the retrospective exhibit Marilyn Andrews: Works in Clay, Salmon Falls Gallery is auctioning a sculpture made collaboratively by Marilyn Andrews and Andrew VanAssche to benefit Out Now, a Springfield based youth group empowering LGBTQ youth for the last 21 years. The piece was created by the couple in 1983 to explore the gender roles in their own marriage with the intention of discarding them. Marilyn Andrews died in December of 2019. She leaves behind a large body of artwork that speaks eloquently and questions everything. In Marilyn Andrew’s own words: “When I strip away clothing and hair, with their signals about gender and class, I have a powerful basic symbol to work with. When I depict figures as I see them around me, I get the same symbolic power with the weight of culture added. When I create an imagined figure I have a symbol of the Self removed to a perspective that moment-to-moment living can’t access.” The exhibit can be seen through October 31 with a reception Saturday, October 2, 2-4pm with music by Forest Avenue. You may place a bid over the phone, in person or by emailing the gallery. For more information, SalmonFallsGallery.com or call the gallery at 413.625.9833.