Tria Gallery presents its "Summer Cocktail" from June 26 through August 1, 2008. On display to help viewers escape the heat will be a cool mix of artwork, including mixed media sculpture by Monica Banks and Howard Kalish, prints and woodcuts by Karen Kunc, and paintings by Jenny Nelson, Annamaria Suppa and Joanne Topol.

The works in Tria Summer Cocktail vary in terms of medium and style, but are united in their undeniably playful quality. Each presents the viewer with its own type of innocent joy; some conjuring up childhood memories of trips to the beach, or the feeling of a hot summer day with grass underfoot, others the simple and almost innocent thrill of viscerally connecting to a vibrant color or compelling arrangement of geometric shapes. In the dog days of summer, this "Summer Cocktail" is intended to provide viewers with some respite and to impart a cool, colorful and joyful experience - a visual popsicle, if you will.