Past Showings
We're always having fun at Front Street! Check out these past events for a flavor of the Front Street experience.
Stay Black and Die: A Black Life in 3 Acts
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March 7 - 28, 2025
On March14th, 23rd, and 28th, the gallery will transform into a living, breathing artistic space where poetry and visual art collide to create an unforgettable experience.
Guests will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in original artwork, live poetry readings, and deep storytelling, making each night a unique and meaningful journey. READ MORE |
A Few of Our Favorite Things
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Since 2018, Women Strong has been showing the world how a diverse group of artists can build a community of friendship around art. Co-founders Audrey Davis and Janet Lasley invited artists of various ethnic backgrounds, ages, cultures and life experience to come together with the purpose of supporting one another while sharing and showing their art together. Their exhibitions include panel discussions about the importance of art and friendships across cultures.
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Alchemic Configurations
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Over a period of 35 years, David has developed what began as a hobby into a serious second career as a master jeweler/metalsmith artist. David’s engineering background lends a certain precision and inventiveness to his work, which has at the same time a studied looseness of style. David has developed his metal skills by attending workshops with Internationally known metal artists, and by extensive self study and research. He exhibits in national level juried art shows with his wife, Sandra, and has won several Best in Show, and First Place awards. His pieces are included in exhibitions across the country, in the permanent collection of the Ohio Craft Museum and several jewelry design books which has brought him international recognition. READ MORE |
Squiggle Conversates
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Timothy Wells unveils his latest masterpiece, "Squiggle Conversates" cartoon series, and invites you to witness this extraordinary experience at the Front Street Gallery through the month of May!
Known for his Goobstuff art, Wells brings his unique vision to life through random squiggles transformed into captivating single moments. Since 2022, he's been making imaginative creations. READ MORE |
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Living Arts Center at Front Street
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Friends of the Living Arts Center (FOTLAC) will host a benefit at Front Street for their documentary about the legendary Living Arts Center in Dayton, Ohio 1967-1977. Artwork for the exhibition includes photography, paintings, mixed media, and textiles by alumni and friends. Displays include a silent auction, activities such as a digital photography workshop, mixed media workshops, Sip and Stitch, and children’s art drop-in classes. READ MORE |
Jeffrey Rutledge
| The Front Street Gallery proudly presents the work of Jeffrey Rutledge. Simplicity, cleanliness of line, juxtaposition of incongruous elements, and a certain air of whimsy are hallmarks of Jeffrey's sculpture whether it occurs in an abstract or organic form. For these reasons his art has been highly favored by architects, interior designers and planners who seek to discover an unusual or inspiring piece of art which enhances and completes a contemporary space. Jeffrey welcomes you for conversation and a look at some of his newest work during the opening reception. READ MORE |  |
Bible Road
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Pilgrim Fairchild is an American Folk Artist living in Waldwick, New Jersey. His work can be seen across the country at popular folk fests like Minnie Atkins Day and Finster Fest as well as private collections. Pilgrim creates a variety of styles of work including paintings and wooden sculptures. READ MORE |
Sticks and Stones
| Sticks and Stones is a dialectical audit of language as it relates to identity. Language can be harmful and healing. It creates a framework for us to understand each other but is often loaded with content from the projection of others. Assumptions, presumptions and ideals about who we are or who we might be based on tropes we learned and consumed creates the dissonance that leads to marginalization. “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words will never hurt”. Over the course of my lived experience as much as I may have wanted to believe this, I have learned that it is not accurate. Words hurt. READ MORE |
Momentum Series
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Artwork was selected for this exhibition with the intention of bringing an awareness to the diversity in culture found here in Dayton, Ohio. Through visual art, we can acknowledge, educate, and celebrate our differences. Together, we can build momentum that will propel us toward a more inclusive, and vibrant community.
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Somebody that I Used to Know
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“An Artist wears his work in place of his wounds.” -Patti Smith Returning to photography after a 30-year hiatus has been how I wear my wounds. Not only do I see the world through the lens of my camera, but I have found myself again. My Art has always been about finding beauty in the overlooked or the declining city scape. My photographs range from industrial abstract to environmental portraiture. READ MORE |
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Olufela Zumbi Rodriguez
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I am Olufela Zumbi Rodriguez, a nineteen year old Painter, Illustrator, and Sculptor raised in Dayton, Ohio. I am in my first year at the University of Cincinnati studying Industrial Design. READ MORE |
Chasing Urban Shadows
| Chasing Urban Shadows, my latest body of work is a major departure from familiar subjects that I have worked with over the years and was a deep dive exploration of new subject matter. My goal was to highlight the hidden beauty of industrial buildings and warehouses in our urban environment that have been transformed by weather, neglect, age, partial demo or nature. READ MORE |  |
Between Realms
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Photography has a special way to invite its viewers into the past; into worlds long gone, exposing the reality and the mystery between the “then” and the “now.” Faded images, yellowed through the years, enhances the feeling of time and distance. Photos of the motherland, great grandparents, long-gone babies, historic events, even past wonders-of-the-world take us into other worlds, where time travel is possible and the mystery of living and dying is revealed for just a moment, somewhere between realms. READ MORE |