Installation view Detail Exhibiting artist Melissa Staiger and Kent Place School gallery director, Ken Weathersby. From the Press Release: The Kent Place Gallery presents a solo exhibition by New York artist Melissa Staiger from Friday, September 7 through Monday, October 1 . Staiger's exhibition, titled “Open the Door,” will fill the gallery with vibrant, powerful assemblages and collages, creating an atmosphere of harmony and surprise through color and texture. The artist has said that opening her heart (the door), and letting her emotions out through her work has become her guiding principle: “I carefully arrange objects, shapes, lines, and colors. I pay attention to relationships, patterns, and shifts of movement . . . I need time to immerse, experiment, listen, and draw in my sketch-book to push my work further . . . using color as the structure in my work opens up a glimpse of understanding that I crave within my inner self.” Staiger’s work...