Artist Stacie Monday has a beautiful show on the second level of Dallas’ Pencil on Paper gallery, titled Let the Church Say Amen.  I happened to take a little art tour with some art lovers from Fort Worth to collect a couple scoops on the current art and artist happenings, and I unintentionally met Stacie not once, but twice in the same day.  The first time our paths crossed was at Talley Gunn Gallery, where she was visiting and supporting other artists. 

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Later in the afternoon, while I was at Pencil on Paper, I noticed a beautiful woman enter the upstairs gallery with an equally beautiful white dress on.  Her sweet, engaging smile is what made me realize I had met her a few hours before while she was wearing a Tee that said, “Torn between eating a snack and being a snack”. <— I mean…💜

Stacie’s work is worth seeing.  Most, if not all of the works presented in her exhibit were created in 2022 and have titles such as, “Little light of mine” and “Purity Culture”.  I was especially drawn to the large paintings on old-school handheld fans (you know, the ones with a popsicle stick). She said she was concerned that people wouldn’t get the concept, but at this moment in time, in this Texas heat wave, just looking at those art inspired fans somehow makes the air feel cooler.  I just love this collection so much!

In a recent Instagram post Stacie said, “Church fans were a large part of my memories growing up. They always had pictures of perfect families in prayer, or MLK, or white Jesus, and had an advertisement for a funeral home on the back. I was inspired by these images and wanted to make a statement about what I really saw in church… women who were oppressed by a system of patriarchy and had to form a sisterhood to survive.”

I’m happy to report that the fan (pictured below) and titled, “We Were United In Our Oppression #1” Has SOLD! Congrats!! The owners of Pencil on Paper continue to show amazing artists and I’m always excited to see who and what they choose to feature on their walls.

The gallery will be having an opening reception this Saturday, July 23rd at 5pm to celebrate two new shows, “A Woman Callused” & “Two Stories of Life” by Fort Worth artists Ladi Di & Miguel Martin. Stacie’s work will also be on view upstairs, so swing by, have a cool beverage and take in the inspirational artwork.

To explore more of his body of Stacie’s work, visit her  website and/or Instagram.

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