The exhibition, "Volume UP: Artists Responding to Music and Sound" curated by Monica King features contemporary artists, in all media, who find themselves impacted by or intrigued by audio and sound within the studio or within the larger context of their work.

The Painting Center is pleased to present "Volume Up: Artists Responding to Music and Sound" curated by Monica King. For many, art is seen as a wholly visual practice, inexplicably tied to the presentation of ideas in a manner that engages the optical nature of how we experience life—our literal “seeing” of the world. While artistic practice is often physically grounded in vision, much of what is “seen” in art stems from experiences linked to our other profoundly innate senses. The exhibition, "Volume Up: Artists Responding to Music and Sound" features contemporary artists, in all media, who find themselves impacted by or intrigued by audio and sound within the studio or within the larger context of their work. Whether deliberately or subliminally allowing acoustic exploration to impact their process of making. Perhaps it appears in the final work in an obvious way, or in a manner which cannot be fully discerned without a deeper dive into artist intention or our own openness to fully experiencing a work through all our senses. Artists include: Beth Adams, Roberta Aylward, Shannon Blanton, Dawn Boyer, Lauren E. Cassidy, Sandra Cavanagh, Raúl de la Torre, Tommaso Fattovich, Tom Flanagan, Simona Frillici, Mike Glier, Ellen Gordon, Linda Gritta, Monroe Hodder, James Horner, Hannah Jones, Barry Katz, Pamela Keravuori, Jill Kirschen, Tyler Kline, Sam Koren, Carole P. Kunstadt, Nikki Lindt, Susan Luss, Michela Martello, Ana Martinez Orizondo, Elizabeth Mead, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Victoria Palermo, Erin Parsch, Theresa Passarello, Dean Radinovsky, Ryder Ritz, Christine Romanell, Sara Sandler, Tina Scepanovic, Stefanie Schulte, John Sousa, Robert Straight, Tricia Lynn Townes, Cedric van Eenoo, Mira Vitarello, Susan Walsh, Doug Waterfield and Douglas Witmer.