The quirky kid at your favorite coffee shop, the cute server that your friends always hit on, the crabby bartender at your nearby dive, the nurse at the clinic with the cold hands… What are these people really like, and what do they do when they aren’t at work? A remarkable number of them are artists, make their living not with art but with their service. How do their jobs affect them as artists? What do they think of their jobs, their employers, and what do they think of YOU?

In Altered Esthetics’ February exhibit The Art of Service, 20 artists examined their work, themselves, and those they serve. An eclectic display of photography, poetry and painting, The Art of Service provided a penetrating look into the service industry.

The Art of Service group exhibit featured work by the following artists:
Matthew Dahl
Steven M. Edmundson
Robert Klein Engler
Margaret M. Gamache
Travis Halverson
Kara Hendershot
Adam Knott
Tracey Levine
Michael Mason
Ron Merchant
Kerri Mulcare
Corinne Nelson
Dorothy Joan Riley
Justin James Sehorn
David Alan Sisk
Tonja Torgerson
Michael Harlan Turkell

Curated by:
Lucas Schulze
Jamie Schumacher