June Barn Door Gallery 2026

Seven Moons From Jupiter

Jupiter Ariel, aka Lex Grotesque

June 5- June 26

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Opening Reception on Arts Night Out

Jupiter Ariel, aka Lex Grotesque, sees themselves as a collective system rather than a single individual. Through parts work (Internal Family Systems therapy) and a range of internal and spiritual healing practices, Jupiter has created these artworks, each emerging from distinct states of consciousness. This exhibit represents a decade-long collaboration within their shared system and features contributions from their youngest part, a 7-year-old girl named Seven. The collection was born from an ongoing emotional, spiritual, and healing journey—marked by character development through performance art, fostering community, and, most importantly, cultivating a strong sense of self. These artworks serve as portals into the ongoing process of healing different parts (personalities) that have emerged over the years.

Meet some of the identities in the Jupiter Ariel system:

Andromeda, a twenty-something-year-old female with the energy and tenacity of a teenager.

IO, a queer, flamboyant but shy male whose age is not yet clear.

Most importantly, the youngest of Jupiter's parts, Seven. Seven is a child who was originally identified by Jupiter via their therapist back in 2012. Seven has ranged in age from 5 years old at times and othretimes more like an 8 or 9 years old.

The work is ongoing because living with complex trauma and Dissociative Identity Disorder does not have to destroy or damage lives, but can be understood as one result of childhood trauma bestowed upon the most resilient of people. To manifest beautiful things from some of the darkest of experiences.

• Lex Grotesque

  Jupiter Ariel, aka  Lex Grotesque (they/them), is a BIPOC educator and activist dedicated to building community through interactive healing theater and queer burlesque in Western Massachusetts. Focused on raising awareness, dismantling oppressive systems, empowering marginalized voices, and fostering relational change. Uses diverse mediums such as pen & ink, acrylics, and textiles to create art reflecting personal journey with parts work (Internal Family Systems) and collage art. These creations aim to promote queer liberation and support social change through art and activism.

  IG@jupiterreturned

June Split Level Gallery 2026

We Contain Multitudes

Curated by M Rudder

June 4 - June 26

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Opening Reception on Arts Night Out

I am an artist of intersectional identities, a creative entrepreneur holding space to center and uplift other 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC creatives, and one who experiences the sacred in the natural world. The phrase 'We Contain Multitudes' is one that reflects the interconnected aspects of my life, identity, and lived human experience. 

In the Fall of 2024, I felt the tender edges of this phrase pushing and pulling for more space in this world - seeking an opportunity to weave together a reality that could stand in its wholeness in the face of established systems of oppression. This phrase - We Contain Multitudes - is not political - but the identities and the wisdom of those who express this within their work, whether here or in other spaces of culture and art, have been politicized. 

And so those tender edges wishing for more space became this invitation to BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives from all genres to share their voices in reflection of this phrase. It was particularly important to me in this process that I reach across the awkward divides of the art world to intentionally include those who may have never shown in a gallery setting, in order to break down the invisible barriers that often segregates within our own community of creatives. 

What you will find here in this exhibit are moments of tenderness, vulnerability, honesty and artistry that cultivates connection to oneself, each other, and to the world that we are co-creating in these historic times. Let these works have space within your heart rather than your head. Let these creations unbind you from the -isms that wish to chain you. Let their truths return you to the deep knowing and wisdom of your own multitudes.

• M Rudder

  M (they/them) is a local creative and entrepreneur who co-founded Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market, HYPHAE, and Rooted Resilience, and who seeks to create ventures that build economic stability and belonging for the vibrant community of 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC creatives who are often underrepresented in the art world. Their own creative work explores and affirms the multitudes we contain through the lens of the natural world, identity, and the sacred.

Exhibiting Artists:

Noah Osowski

Noah Thompson

Oleander Smith

Robin Griffith

Ryn Hodes

Sam Friedland

Sol Weiss

Tobias Wilson

Xander Rabii

Yami Nath

Cabrini Merclean

Cleopatra Redbird

Emet Aron

Jacob Clayton

James Lipshaw

Jasper Alexander

Johanna Bates and Xan Pirdy

Julien Majonen

Lachlan Thompson

Luke "Tt" KingMars