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SUMMARY:Gallery Tour & Contour Drawings with TOMO Mags and McLennon Pen C
 o.
DESCRIPTION:Join Future Front and TOMO mags for a tour of "Silencio en el
  fondo\\," a solo show by Atlanta-based artist Aineki Traverso at McLenno
 n Pen Co. The tour begins promptly at 6 PM\\, followed by blind contour d
 rawing sessions\\, a visit from the TOMO mags bus and open gallery hours.
  Come and go as you wish after 6:30 PM! All are welcome. Scroll for detai
 ls. WHAT TO EXPECT BEHIND THE SHOW Atlanta-based artist Aineki Traverso w
 as McLennon Pen Co’s 2026 Summer Artist-in-Residence. Traverso spent th
 e month of August working within the gallery's Austin space\\, transformi
 ng the exhibition venue into a temporary studio and producing the solo sh
 ow now on view\\, “Silencio en el fondo.” The 2026 Summer Artist-in-R
 esidence marks the fourth year of McLennon Pen Co.’s annual residency p
 rogram\\, which transforms the traditionally quiet month of August into a
  period of artistic production and public engagement. Rather than closing
  during this seasonal lull\\, the gallery invites an artist to temporaril
 y inhabit and activate the space\\, culminating in a public exhibition of
  newly created work. This year\\, the program has become fiscally sponsor
 ed by Future Front\\, allowing McLennon Pen Co. to seek and accept donati
 ons in support of the residency and provide resources for the artist’s 
 travel\\, lodging\\, and materials. The program is committed to supportin
 g artists at pivotal moments in their careers while fostering dialogue an
 d exchange between visiting artists and Austin’s creative community. Ge
 nerous support provided by Suzanne Deal Booth\\, Michael Zamkow and the S
 ue Berman Charitable Foundation\\, and Alina and David Casner. ABOUT THE 
 ARTIST Aineki Traverso (b. 1991\\, Washington\\, DC) is a painter based i
 n Atlanta. Her work has been exhibited in spaces such as Half Gallery (Ne
 w York\\, NY)\\, March Gallery (New York\\, NY)\\, and MEY Gallery (Los A
 ngeles\\, CA). She has participated in residencies at R&F Handmade Paints
 \\, Vermont Studio Center\\, the Hambidge Center\\, VCCA\\, and is a curr
 ent resident in the Studio Artist Program at Atlanta Contemporary. Traver
 so’s work has been reviewed in ArtReview\\, Burnaway\\, and Impulse Mag
 azine\\, and was featured on the cover of Issue #178 of New American Pain
 tings in 2026. Aineki has received the 2024 Atlanta Artadia Award and the
  2023 Edge Award from the Forward Arts Foundation\\, among others. Aineki
  is represented in the Southeastern United States by Wolfgang Gallery (At
 lanta\\, GA). Traverso’s paintings explore the relationship between mem
 ory\\, absence\\, and the body\\, considering painting as a means of pres
 erving\\, transforming\\, and making sense of human experience. Her works
  emerge from moments of disappearance: the spaces where memories fade\\, 
 identities shift\\, or something once present becomes inaccessible. For T
 raverso\\, painting functions simultaneously as an act of mourning and ce
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LOCATION:McLennon Pen Co.
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