Artist Statement
“Synapses and Mentalectica” is a self-invented phrase meant to capture visually those contact moments between brain cells. Sometimes the charge is imperative, other times it is inward and contemplative, while there are also moments where the charge is filled with humor and spirit.
Bio
Tom Geis started painting during the COVID-19 pandemic as catharsis from the turmoil, uncertainty and isolation surrounding those turbulent times. He has won awards from the Madison Arts Commission for two works, “Excubare” and “popArt2,” which will soon be featured on utility boxes at the corner of East Main and South Webster streets — one block from the Capitol Square. He also earned an honorable mention for “popArt1” during the 2023 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Spring Gallery Night. Geis is a software engineer emeritus, retiring earlier this year from the University of Wisconsin.
About the Ballweg Gallery
Goodman Center's Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery displays work by emerging and contemporary artists with a tie to Madison. It's free and open for all to enjoy — check out our latest exhibit off the main entrance of our Ironworks Building.
Eagle Scout project will fix Goodman’s Little Free Library
September 15, 2023
Little Free Libraries have become beloved. The one at GCC will be fixed up and the community can help by adding books to the library.
Eastside News Stories, Neighborhood News, Teens, At the Center
Goodman’s Living Wage Initiative focuses on employees
September 1, 2023
GCC adjusts pay so employees have more financial security working in the nonprofit sector.
Eastside News Stories, Living Wage Initiative
From Light Into Dark - At the Ballweg Gallery in September 2023
September 1, 2023
iPhone art by Tom Turnquist