"Begin Again" by Adrienne Mixon
The City of North Charleston’s Cultural Arts Department is pleased to announce that concurrent exhibitions of collage works by Adrienne Mixon (Charleston, SC) and ceramic sculptures by Tennyson Kovach Corley (Columbia, SC) will be on display at Park Circle Gallery from December 3-27, 2025. The artists will host a free public reception at the gallery on Friday, December 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
MK-Ultra Free – Collage works by Adrienne Mixon
In her exhibit, MK-Ultra Free, Charleston-based artist Adrienne Mixon presents a visual diary of spiritual recovery and resistance to mind control. This collection of analog collage work invites contemplation of the natural world, unseen forces, and material illusions. The work emerges from the recovery of intuition with a focus on transformation, destruction, and rebirth. By sharing her personal unconscious through repurposed and recontextualized materials, she intends to guide the viewer through their own layers of psyche and potential for internal revolution. A lifelong creative, Mixon’s professional journey began at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts. After graduating with a B.F.A., Mixon pursued a career in the fashion industry, designing handbags, shoes, and accessories for over a decade in New York City. Having since departed the corporate fashion world, she is now dedicated to following the artist’s way.
Through surreal and nostalgic imagery in analog collage, Mixon’s work explores subconscious material and popular culture. Emerging from spiritual inquiry and a resistance to mind control, the art focuses on transformation, destruction, and rebirth. She is drawn to images with conflicting relationships and playful, absurd combinations. The tension between the natural, unseen, and material illusions is conveyed through repurposed and recontextualized materials. The pursuit of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual integration is a recurring theme in her work. Each piece is an invitation to pause and reflect on what lies beneath the shallow surface of everyday life. Reconfiguring matter and meaning through healing serves as a foundation for Mixon’s creative process. She hopes to guide viewers toward introspection of their own layers of psyche, their relationship between the temporal and the spiritual, and their own potential for internal transformation. Learn more about the artist at adriennemixondesign.com.
"Let Them Eat Art" by Tennyson Kovach Corley
Let Them Eat Art! – Ceramic Sculptures by Tennyson Kovach Corley
With a nod to Marie Antoinette and a wink toward the absurd theater of modern America, Let Them Eat Art! serves up a feast where humor, opulence, and critique share the same plate. The “Girl Dinner” series transforms comfort food, guilty pleasures, and curious table scraps into ceramic still life. Lavish in detail, decadent in spirit, yet grounded in the grit of daily life. Vintage dinnerware becomes the stage for these edible vignettes, each one blurring the line between indulgence and excess, nostalgia, and satire. Like a banquet that is equal parts celebration and commentary, these works invite the viewer to laugh, to reminisce, and to consider who gets a seat at the table—and who is left outside, hungry.
Tennyson Kovach Corley studied Fine Art at Columbia College before leaving in her second year due to a battle with meningitis. She began sculpting in 2022 after joining the Columbia Art Center, quickly developing a playful, offbeat style that has drawn national attention. Her work has been featured in shows across the U.S., and she is a recurring art contributor for Pepper Magazine, based in Texas. Tennyson lives in Columbia, SC, with her husband, son, and a small zoo of rescue animals. Learn more about the artist at tennysoncorleyart.com.
The Park Circle Gallery is located at 4820 Jenkins Avenue in North Charleston. Admission is free, and free street parking is available on Jenkins Avenue in front of the gallery, as well as on the adjacent streets and in parking lots close by. Gallery hours are 10:30 am-5:30 pm Wednesday-Friday, and Noon-4:00 pm on Saturday. The gallery will be closed for the Christmas holiday on December 24 & 25. For more information about PCG, call 843-637-3565 or email culturalarts@northcharleston.