The Walter Art Gallery is excited to present an installation by local artist, Heidi Dauphin. Titled “Visual Days,” this show was inspired by the artistic discipline of creating one piece of art every day. In the year 2000, Dauphin decided to record her daily life by creating a 4x6 collage for each day as a visual history of that particular day. 10 years later, in 2010, Dauphin decided to do another yearlong project. She collected a small object or objects for each day and pinned them to wall calendars. For this exhibition, the objects are collected in small plastic bags. In 2020, another decade having passed, Dauphin returned to a daily practice by creating small, patterned pencil drawings on 2.5x3.5 cards for each day.

Each of these 365 day projects was begun with some fear and hesitancy – would she be able to complete the daily projects, would life get in the way, was it too big of a commitment. In the end, Dauphin successfully completed all three annual projects, and this abundance of art, more than 1000 pieces, are being shown all together for the first time at The Walter Art Gallery. Opening reception on February 17, 6:30-9pm.