ยDining In III: An Artful Experienceย serves up plenty of reasons to set the table. The exhibition features handcrafted place settings and other tableware such as candelabras, pitchers, teakettles and cups, butter dishes and more. Elizabeth Cohenยs Floral Nesting place setting seems to bloom from the table, while Susan Curry hones in on a tropical motif with a lagoon-shaped serving dish and matching palm tree candlesticks. The most interesting pieces, however, are those that usually donยt make it to the table these days. Cheyenne Chapman Rudolphยs rattling cob knobs will keep your fingertips free (and fashionable) when youยre chowing down on corn-on-the-cob, and Martina Lantinยs flower bricks are a unique alternative to vases. See these and more ways to add a different taste to dinner during an opening reception at 6 p.m. August 7. Regular viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Through August 31. 18 Hands Gallery, 249-B West 19th Street. For information, call 713-869-3099 or visit www.18handsgallery.com. Free.
Saturdays, Sundays. Starts: Aug. 7. Continues through Aug. 29, 2010
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.