A day is composed of 24 hours; split in half, the cycle is equal parts day and night, twelve-hour intervals – heralded by the transitional phases of dawn and dusk. The exhibition series SONORAN HOURGLASS surveys how time moves over the Sonoran Desert in the most obvious and subtle of ways – through the air: the light, the temperature, the mood, the pressure – through the landscape: the creatures, the water, the plants, the earth – through the cosmos. Using abstract notions and temporal quotients of past, present, and future, the classic form and function of an hourglass hearkens time’s effect in slow dissolution or methodical accretion, lending a timeless tone and romance to this project.

Concentrating on the timeframe of dawn and all its workings, Dawn’s Early Light is the first installment in the series, SONORAN HOURGLASS. It will be followed in sequence by the exhibitions: SONORAN HOURGLASS ablaze the brilliant sun (day), SONORAN HOURGLASS behold the gloaming crepuscular (dusk), and SONORAN HOURGLASS into the inky night (night).

SONORAN HOURGLASS: Dawn’s Early Light Exhibiting Artists: Michael Afsa, Carolee Asia, Corinne Babcock, Lance Bell, Amy Bright, Jane Buckman, Mariluz Burr, Sasha Case, Reed Coffey, Shari Coia, Alisha Conner, Katie Cooper, Ian Crombie, Rick DeMont, Bruce Fulton, Patti Gardiner, Hannah Heaton, David Holder, Mel Hombre, Patrick Hynes, William Lesch, Ric Maledón, Joseph Marshall, Eric Mckinley, Terry Moss, Gary O’Brien, Julia Patterson, Len Poliandro, Lisa Rooney, Amala Rose, Dee Ruff, Judith Shangold, Amber Vanhatala Stene, Myra Teak, Paul Waid, Beata Wehr, Dan Weisz, Jim Woodside, Holly Worthington

Image: details (clockwise from top left): Rick DeMont, Patti Gardiner, William Lesch, Beata Wehr