Arts + Literature Laboratory will hold an opening reception for new art exhibitions on Saturday, January 10, 2026, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Free admission. At 6:00pm there will be an artist talk by Beth Racette and Bert Zippered regarding "Diastole & Systole" in Gallery 2.
Our latest round of exhibitions feature artists Randall Berndt in Gallery 1, Beth Racette and Richie Morales in Galleries 2 + 3, and 27 members of Roundhouse Studios for a Group Show encompassing the Reception Gallery and the Third Floor Gallery.
All three exhibitions opened January 2, and will remain on display through February 21, 2026.
Berndt's exhibition, Stories: Words & Images, features works from the artist's book of the same name, providing a retrospective view of Randall Berndt's rich practice. In the book and exhibition, Berndt embraces the marriage of image and text, creating what he describes as something like "elaborate cartoons that have need of elaborate captions."
Morales and Racette's joint exhibition, Diastole & Systole: A Pulse of Life, invites us to immerse ourselves in the beauty that persists despite the shadows outside and within us. The exhibition reflects on our human condition and Earth’s fragility, highlighting the need to live in harmony, and to build a more just and compassionate world.
The group show Pulling Together: Work from Madison's Roundhouse Studios spotlights the diverse community of creators working together in one of the city’s newest creative hubs, a complex of 40 artist studios which opened in January of 2025.
