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DESCRIPTION:Altered States is an exhibition and a full weekend of experienc
 e.\n\n \n\nTwo artists. Two visual languages. One source.\n\n \n\nTyler Wc
 islo's digital collages erupt with color\, sacred geometry\, and the raw e
 xposure of interior states. Ross Gronvold's sculptural works pull toward e
 lemental silence — deeply textural\, form arrived at through material in
 telligence. Both speaking from somewhere beyond the self and asking you to
  listen.\n\n \n\nFRI APR 17\, 6–8PM Opening Reception + Live Music w/ Fa
 ther Otter\n\nSAT APR 18\, 6–9PM Live Music w/ Draiodoir + open floor\n\
 nSUN APR 19\, 5–7:30PMContemplative Movement + Live Sound\n\n \n\nStuden
 t Union Art Gallery\, Room 235 · UMass Amherst\n\nFree to attend. Open to
  all. Donations in support of the artists and musicians are deeply appreci
 ated. Venmo: @brianna_barry\n\n \n\nSunday / Contemplative Movement + Live
  Sound :: An invitation to enter the work from the inside. This evening ta
 kes the observer and makes them a participant. Join us for an intimate exp
 loration of free-form contemplative movement within the exhibition — lig
 htly held by facilitator Brianna Barry and accompanied by improvisational 
 live sound by Nash Atkins + Glenn Smith\, whose music emerges in direct di
 alogue with the art that surrounds us. This is not a performance. There is
  no right or wrong way to move. This is an exploration — an invitation t
 o bring the texture and the feeling of the work into your body. What does 
 it feel like to mirror in your body what you are seeing? What does the mat
 erial ask of you? The music informs the movement. The art informs the musi
 c. Everything is in dialogue.\n\n \n\nThe evening closes with tea and an o
 pen conversation about our experience. 5pm arrival / 5:15pm opening / 5:30
 pm music begins / 7pm tea + conversation / 7:30pm close Suggested donation
  $10–30 in support of the artists [ Venmo: @brianna_barry ] Space is lim
 ited — RSVP encouraged\n\n \n\nROSS GRONVOLD (b. 1987\, Rhode Island) is
  a contemporary artist and spatial designer based in Holyoke\, Massachuset
 ts\, working in sculptural wall works and functional objects made from raw
 \, elemental materials — charcoal\, beeswax\, concrete\, sawdust\, and w
 ood. His practice begins with listening: not to a fixed idea\, but to the 
 materials themselves\, each carrying its own intelligence\, its own desire
  to become. A background spanning photography\, creative direction with Na
 tional Geographic\, interior design\, and finish carpentry shaped both his
  aesthetic sensibility and technical range — he designs and builds every
  element by hand\, from grinding charcoal for pigment to constructing each
  panel and frame. The result is work that is singular\, emergent\, and unr
 epeatable — artifacts for contemplation that ask for presence.\n\n \n\nT
 YLER WCISLO (b. 1998\, Massachusetts) is a conceptual artist and writer ba
 sed in Amherst\, working in digital collage — a medium whose capacity fo
 r rapid iteration and revision has transformed the creative act from one o
 f deliberate construction into one of emergent discovery\, in which each c
 omposition arrives at something that could not have been planned\, somethi
 ng not so much built as followed through the feelings it invokes. At the f
 oundation of his work is the conviction that the human experience is divin
 ity recognizing itself as what is — and that to hold suffering through b
 eauty is to take the very thing consciousness holds apart from itself and 
 fold it back into wholeness. Wcislo is a BDIC student at UMass Amherst\, g
 raduating 2026.\n\n \n\nFATHER OTTER (Nash Atkins) is a lifelong disciple 
 of music. Learning piano at the age of 7 has dovetailed into a myriad of g
 enres\, cultures\, and approaches to the musical terrain. Over the last 10
  years he has traveled all over the US offering sound journeys and live mu
 sical performances across intentional gathering spaces. He draws from a de
 ep well of musical knowledge put into practice with experiential spiritual
  awareness and full presence. Employing a powerful mix of droning sounds\,
  hypnotic guitar playing\, complex harmonies and alluring beats — Father
  Otter connects the listener inward and upward.\n\n \n\nDRAIODOIR hails fr
 om southern Vermont\, playing hypnotic metal — long immersive riffs drif
 ting between stoner groove and the heavy mood of 90s rock\, steeped in dar
 k musical sorcery.\n\n \n\nBRIANNA BARRY is an experiential event producer
  and artist manager based in Western Massachusetts. She has facilitated fr
 ee-form dance and contemplative movement experiences since 2018\, drawing 
 from a deep personal practice in embodied work. As an aspiring curator\, s
 he is drawn to art that holds the sacred in darkness — devotional\, rest
 rained\, alive in its material and form.
GEO:42.390842;-72.527656
LOCATION:Student Union Art Gallery\, 235
SUMMARY:Altered States Exhibition and Experience
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.umass.edu/event/altered-states
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
CATEGORIES:Concert/Performance/Film
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DTSTAMP:20260606T221736Z
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DTSTART:20260418T220000Z
DTEND:20260419T010000Z
DESCRIPTION:Altered States is an exhibition and a full weekend of experienc
 e.\n\n \n\nTwo artists. Two visual languages. One source.\n\n \n\nTyler Wc
 islo's digital collages erupt with color\, sacred geometry\, and the raw e
 xposure of interior states. Ross Gronvold's sculptural works pull toward e
 lemental silence — deeply textural\, form arrived at through material in
 telligence. Both speaking from somewhere beyond the self and asking you to
  listen.\n\n \n\nFRI APR 17\, 6–8PM Opening Reception + Live Music w/ Fa
 ther Otter\n\nSAT APR 18\, 6–9PM Live Music w/ Draiodoir + open floor\n\
 nSUN APR 19\, 5–7:30PMContemplative Movement + Live Sound\n\n \n\nStuden
 t Union Art Gallery\, Room 235 · UMass Amherst\n\nFree to attend. Open to
  all. Donations in support of the artists and musicians are deeply appreci
 ated. Venmo: @brianna_barry\n\n \n\nSunday / Contemplative Movement + Live
  Sound :: An invitation to enter the work from the inside. This evening ta
 kes the observer and makes them a participant. Join us for an intimate exp
 loration of free-form contemplative movement within the exhibition — lig
 htly held by facilitator Brianna Barry and accompanied by improvisational 
 live sound by Nash Atkins + Glenn Smith\, whose music emerges in direct di
 alogue with the art that surrounds us. This is not a performance. There is
  no right or wrong way to move. This is an exploration — an invitation t
 o bring the texture and the feeling of the work into your body. What does 
 it feel like to mirror in your body what you are seeing? What does the mat
 erial ask of you? The music informs the movement. The art informs the musi
 c. Everything is in dialogue.\n\n \n\nThe evening closes with tea and an o
 pen conversation about our experience. 5pm arrival / 5:15pm opening / 5:30
 pm music begins / 7pm tea + conversation / 7:30pm close Suggested donation
  $10–30 in support of the artists [ Venmo: @brianna_barry ] Space is lim
 ited — RSVP encouraged\n\n \n\nROSS GRONVOLD (b. 1987\, Rhode Island) is
  a contemporary artist and spatial designer based in Holyoke\, Massachuset
 ts\, working in sculptural wall works and functional objects made from raw
 \, elemental materials — charcoal\, beeswax\, concrete\, sawdust\, and w
 ood. His practice begins with listening: not to a fixed idea\, but to the 
 materials themselves\, each carrying its own intelligence\, its own desire
  to become. A background spanning photography\, creative direction with Na
 tional Geographic\, interior design\, and finish carpentry shaped both his
  aesthetic sensibility and technical range — he designs and builds every
  element by hand\, from grinding charcoal for pigment to constructing each
  panel and frame. The result is work that is singular\, emergent\, and unr
 epeatable — artifacts for contemplation that ask for presence.\n\n \n\nT
 YLER WCISLO (b. 1998\, Massachusetts) is a conceptual artist and writer ba
 sed in Amherst\, working in digital collage — a medium whose capacity fo
 r rapid iteration and revision has transformed the creative act from one o
 f deliberate construction into one of emergent discovery\, in which each c
 omposition arrives at something that could not have been planned\, somethi
 ng not so much built as followed through the feelings it invokes. At the f
 oundation of his work is the conviction that the human experience is divin
 ity recognizing itself as what is — and that to hold suffering through b
 eauty is to take the very thing consciousness holds apart from itself and 
 fold it back into wholeness. Wcislo is a BDIC student at UMass Amherst\, g
 raduating 2026.\n\n \n\nFATHER OTTER (Nash Atkins) is a lifelong disciple 
 of music. Learning piano at the age of 7 has dovetailed into a myriad of g
 enres\, cultures\, and approaches to the musical terrain. Over the last 10
  years he has traveled all over the US offering sound journeys and live mu
 sical performances across intentional gathering spaces. He draws from a de
 ep well of musical knowledge put into practice with experiential spiritual
  awareness and full presence. Employing a powerful mix of droning sounds\,
  hypnotic guitar playing\, complex harmonies and alluring beats — Father
  Otter connects the listener inward and upward.\n\n \n\nDRAIODOIR hails fr
 om southern Vermont\, playing hypnotic metal — long immersive riffs drif
 ting between stoner groove and the heavy mood of 90s rock\, steeped in dar
 k musical sorcery.\n\n \n\nBRIANNA BARRY is an experiential event producer
  and artist manager based in Western Massachusetts. She has facilitated fr
 ee-form dance and contemplative movement experiences since 2018\, drawing 
 from a deep personal practice in embodied work. As an aspiring curator\, s
 he is drawn to art that holds the sacred in darkness — devotional\, rest
 rained\, alive in its material and form.
GEO:42.390842;-72.527656
LOCATION:Student Union Art Gallery\, 235
SUMMARY:Altered States Exhibition and Experience
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.umass.edu/event/altered-states
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
CATEGORIES:Concert/Performance/Film
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DTSTART:20260419T210000Z
DTEND:20260419T233000Z
DESCRIPTION:Altered States is an exhibition and a full weekend of experienc
 e.\n\n \n\nTwo artists. Two visual languages. One source.\n\n \n\nTyler Wc
 islo's digital collages erupt with color\, sacred geometry\, and the raw e
 xposure of interior states. Ross Gronvold's sculptural works pull toward e
 lemental silence — deeply textural\, form arrived at through material in
 telligence. Both speaking from somewhere beyond the self and asking you to
  listen.\n\n \n\nFRI APR 17\, 6–8PM Opening Reception + Live Music w/ Fa
 ther Otter\n\nSAT APR 18\, 6–9PM Live Music w/ Draiodoir + open floor\n\
 nSUN APR 19\, 5–7:30PMContemplative Movement + Live Sound\n\n \n\nStuden
 t Union Art Gallery\, Room 235 · UMass Amherst\n\nFree to attend. Open to
  all. Donations in support of the artists and musicians are deeply appreci
 ated. Venmo: @brianna_barry\n\n \n\nSunday / Contemplative Movement + Live
  Sound :: An invitation to enter the work from the inside. This evening ta
 kes the observer and makes them a participant. Join us for an intimate exp
 loration of free-form contemplative movement within the exhibition — lig
 htly held by facilitator Brianna Barry and accompanied by improvisational 
 live sound by Nash Atkins + Glenn Smith\, whose music emerges in direct di
 alogue with the art that surrounds us. This is not a performance. There is
  no right or wrong way to move. This is an exploration — an invitation t
 o bring the texture and the feeling of the work into your body. What does 
 it feel like to mirror in your body what you are seeing? What does the mat
 erial ask of you? The music informs the movement. The art informs the musi
 c. Everything is in dialogue.\n\n \n\nThe evening closes with tea and an o
 pen conversation about our experience. 5pm arrival / 5:15pm opening / 5:30
 pm music begins / 7pm tea + conversation / 7:30pm close Suggested donation
  $10–30 in support of the artists [ Venmo: @brianna_barry ] Space is lim
 ited — RSVP encouraged\n\n \n\nROSS GRONVOLD (b. 1987\, Rhode Island) is
  a contemporary artist and spatial designer based in Holyoke\, Massachuset
 ts\, working in sculptural wall works and functional objects made from raw
 \, elemental materials — charcoal\, beeswax\, concrete\, sawdust\, and w
 ood. His practice begins with listening: not to a fixed idea\, but to the 
 materials themselves\, each carrying its own intelligence\, its own desire
  to become. A background spanning photography\, creative direction with Na
 tional Geographic\, interior design\, and finish carpentry shaped both his
  aesthetic sensibility and technical range — he designs and builds every
  element by hand\, from grinding charcoal for pigment to constructing each
  panel and frame. The result is work that is singular\, emergent\, and unr
 epeatable — artifacts for contemplation that ask for presence.\n\n \n\nT
 YLER WCISLO (b. 1998\, Massachusetts) is a conceptual artist and writer ba
 sed in Amherst\, working in digital collage — a medium whose capacity fo
 r rapid iteration and revision has transformed the creative act from one o
 f deliberate construction into one of emergent discovery\, in which each c
 omposition arrives at something that could not have been planned\, somethi
 ng not so much built as followed through the feelings it invokes. At the f
 oundation of his work is the conviction that the human experience is divin
 ity recognizing itself as what is — and that to hold suffering through b
 eauty is to take the very thing consciousness holds apart from itself and 
 fold it back into wholeness. Wcislo is a BDIC student at UMass Amherst\, g
 raduating 2026.\n\n \n\nFATHER OTTER (Nash Atkins) is a lifelong disciple 
 of music. Learning piano at the age of 7 has dovetailed into a myriad of g
 enres\, cultures\, and approaches to the musical terrain. Over the last 10
  years he has traveled all over the US offering sound journeys and live mu
 sical performances across intentional gathering spaces. He draws from a de
 ep well of musical knowledge put into practice with experiential spiritual
  awareness and full presence. Employing a powerful mix of droning sounds\,
  hypnotic guitar playing\, complex harmonies and alluring beats — Father
  Otter connects the listener inward and upward.\n\n \n\nDRAIODOIR hails fr
 om southern Vermont\, playing hypnotic metal — long immersive riffs drif
 ting between stoner groove and the heavy mood of 90s rock\, steeped in dar
 k musical sorcery.\n\n \n\nBRIANNA BARRY is an experiential event producer
  and artist manager based in Western Massachusetts. She has facilitated fr
 ee-form dance and contemplative movement experiences since 2018\, drawing 
 from a deep personal practice in embodied work. As an aspiring curator\, s
 he is drawn to art that holds the sacred in darkness — devotional\, rest
 rained\, alive in its material and form.
GEO:42.390842;-72.527656
LOCATION:Student Union Art Gallery\, 235
SUMMARY:Altered States Exhibition and Experience
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.umass.edu/event/altered-states
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
CATEGORIES:Concert/Performance/Film
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