The ghosts of Joey Veltkamp

• March 2 – April 2, 2011

• Opening reception:
  Thursday, March 3, 6–8pm

My family has a morose habit of borrowing worry. It can be 75 degrees without a cloud in the sky and invariably someone will say, "Sure hope it doesn't rain." This outlook has helped to foster an ingrained pattern of always hoping for the best but expecting the worst. At age 39, my life remains virtually untouched by death. Yet instead of celebrating this fortunate anomaly, I spend my time attempting to mitigate the unavoidable pain that the death of a loved one will bring.