EXHIBITIONS
Saelyx Finna Debuts Short Film "Dreams Travel Wondrous Wires"
On view January 14 - February 21, 2026
CapSOUL Gallery
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Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026 from 5:00 - 7:30PM
Saelyx Finna is not only a filmmaker, but an emerging authority in dream neurotechnology. With several working projects, including feature film UNDER THE DREAM and The Akron Dream Hotline, Finna’s research explores the wonder, potential, and multiverse of the dreaming mind.
As an artist-in-residence, Saelyx Finna co-created and produced the short film “Dreams Travel Wondrous Wires.” The film is inspired by the life and work of poet Jane Roberts, whose trance-channeling of the metaphysical entity "Seth" became the canonical texts of the New Age movement in the 1970s-80s. The film takes audiences on a dream-like journey through Roberts’ Victorian house in Elmira, NY, where Jane channeled Seth’s teachings on consciousness, reality, and dreams. The film aims to connect viewers to their own dreamworlds, offering a nocturnal exercise for experiencing the transformative power of dreams. After the film, gallery visitors may privately recollect and record their own dreams on The Akron Dream Hotline, or browse the mini-library of Jane Roberts’ books.
“Everybody dreams. Throughout history, entire civilizations revered dreaming as a means of communing with the gods, seeing the future, making art, and healing the body. Scientific research shows that without the movies our minds make every night, we would lose our emotional regulation and our grip on reality. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and many years dreaming. If dreams grant us such gifts and sleep is the scaffolding of waking life, why do we place so little value on dreams today? If we started paying attention to our dreams again, what could change?” –Saelyx Finna
About Artist Saelyx Finna:
Saelyx Finna (she/they) is a filmmaker, impact producer, distribution consultant, and dream tech researcher. Saelyx’s consultancy, Context Moves, has worked with Sundance, Film Independent, and George R.R. Martin's Highgarden Entertainment, and oversaw the releases of multiple award-winning independent films. She is the former artistic and executive director for Northwest Film Forum, and was named one of the “50 Most Influential Women in Seattle” by Seattle Met Magazine in 2018. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and on the Criterion Channel. Saelyx’s current projects focus on the emerging space of dream neurotechnology. Her directorial feature debut is UNDER THE DREAM, a work of somatic cinema about the multiverse of dreaming minds. Saelyx has presented on the neuroethics of dream technology at the Interaction Design Association, MIT’s Dream Engineering Seminar, Casino Display in Luxembourg, and the International Association for the Study of Dreams, among other Universities and platforms.
PJ Hargraves is The Fruit Man
On view January 14 - February 21, 2026
Burton D. Morgan Foundation Gallery
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Opening Celebration: Friday, January 16, 2026 from 5:00 - 7:30PM
PJ Hargraves presents a celebration of abundance and joy in his exhibition, The Fruit Man. Hargraves’ inspiration for his new work comes from his small urban farm in Northwest Akron, with its colorful bouquets and plentiful bounty of vegetables and fruits. Using his gardening practice as a springboard, The Fruit Man explores his personal love for the land, its plants and animals, and reflects his relationship to place, nature, and community.
When January no longer permits outdoor colors and growth, The Fruit Man exhibit will act as a stand-in joy garden, where neighbors and passers by can stop and have a conversation about the volume of tomatoes or the beautiful blooming flowers. Through his playful and colorful ceramics, Hargraves brings a dull winter back to life with vibrant strawberries, jam, tomatoes, peppers, and asparagus—all of which he intends to share with his community.
“One day, while tending the garden, a young boy about 10-years-old stopped by on his bike. He was lost on the way to his friend's house and his phone was dead. I offered directions and helped him charge his phone. While we were waiting, he was curious about my several large bowls of tomatoes, and asked, ‘What are you? Some kind of fruit man?’ I loved the question and replied, ‘Ya know, I guess I am.’ After this, I was deemed ‘The Fruit Man,’ a title I proudly enjoy.” –PJ Hargraves
About the artist PJ Hargraves:
PJ Hargraves is currently the Ceramics Program Coordinator and 3D Technician at the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron. Originally from the Philadelphia area, PJ holds a BFA in Ceramics and Glass, along with a K-12 Art Education certificate from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. He later earned his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. PJ was an Artist in Residence at the Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange in Reykjavik Iceland, Watershed Center for the Arts in Newcastle Maine, the LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln Nebraska, Pocosin School of Fine Craft in Columbia, North Carolina, and a visiting artist resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. In addition to his art practice, PJ loves teaching classes and workshops for kids and adults.
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