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LRAC EXHIBITION:
Tranquility & Turmoil

Lake Region Arts Council Main Gallery Opens New Exhibition
Tranquility & Turmoil

Opening: Monday, January 12, 2026
Closes: Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Location: Lake Region Arts Council Main Gallery
Joint Artist Reception: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | 5:00–6:30PM
Artist Talks Begin: 5:30 PM
Reception held jointly with Solo Exhibition – Jammie Niemeyer

The Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC) Main Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Tranquility & Turmoil, a new group exhibition opening Monday, January 12, 2026. The exhibition explores the dynamic tension between calm and disruption, revealing how growth, insight, and transformation often emerge from uncertainty as much as from intention.

Through ceramic sculpture, suspended installation, and painting, Tranquility & Turmoil brings together the work of Blayze Buseth, Desiree Logan, Sam Busko, and Kiley Busko—artists who examine fragility, pressure, and imbalance within both natural and emotional landscapes.

Blayze Buseth’s ceramic practice embraces experimentation and imperfection, pushing clay to the edge of cracking, remixing materials, and allowing flaws to become integral to the final form. His sculptural vessels take on organic, elemental qualities reminiscent of wood grain, tree bark, eroded earth, and landscapes shaped by time and pressure—embodying turmoil as a necessary force in creation.

Desiree Logan contributes sculptural elements that reflect human presence within imagined environments. Drawing visual parallels to traditional shan shui landscape painting, her forms suggest emotional terrains that bridge inner human experience with contemplative, otherworldly spaces.

In dialogue with these works, Sam Busko presents a suspended flock of ceramic birds that embody freedom, movement, and wildness. Some birds are partially or fully coated in a dark, toxic-appearing substance that weighs each form down differently. As the coating increases, the birds become distorted and unrecognizable, prompting the question: if a bird loses the ability to fly, can it still be considered free?

Kiley Busko’s watercolor paintings extend this conversation by exploring tranquility alongside vulnerability in the natural world. Her vivid depictions of birds capture moments of stillness and grace, inviting quiet observation. This serenity is unsettled by more confronting works—portraits of injured or deceased wildlife rendered through expressive inks and gestural washes—exposing loss, fragility, and environmental consequence.

Together, the works form a shared landscape where beauty and disturbance coexist rather than cancel one another out. Across ceramic vessels, sculptural forms, and painted imagery, Tranquility & Turmoil invites viewers to reflect on how imbalance, pressure, and fragility shape both the natural world and human experience.

Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Closed Friday – Sunday
(Please call or email in advance to ensure the gallery is open on the day of your visit.)

About the Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC):
The Lake Region Arts Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and encouraging the vitality of the arts in west central Minnesota. LRAC provides grant opportunities, workshops, technical assistance, and publishes a monthly ArtsNews newsletter for artists and arts organizations in the counties of Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin.