Summer Exposure 2026 - Session 5

Yazz Fawaz  | Adrienne Hodge  |  Betsy Murphy

Exhibition dates: August 7 - August 16

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 8, 5-7

Artist Talk: Sunday, August 16, 3pm

Summer gallery hours: Friday - Sunday, 1-5

Link & Pin is pleased to present Summer Exposure, a series of two-week group exhibitions showcasing local artists working in a variety of media. Session 5 features the work of local artists Yazz Fawaz, Adrienne Hodge, and Betsy Murphy.

Yazz Fawaz uses bold colors and textured brushstrokes to explore themes related to womanhood, self-discovery, nature and belonging. Through acrylic, wood, aquatic substrate and other organic matter, she creates textures that invite the viewer to touch and feel, reflecting her journey towards self-determination, emotional liberation, and acceptance. She is fueled by her perspective and experiences as a multicultural woman of color, an immigrant, and her time as a research academic in African francophone literature and postcolonial ecocriticism. She has participated in group exhibits at local Austin venues such as Cloud Tree Gallery, Riches Art Gallery, Propaganda HQ, Austin Fine Arts Gallery, Hive Mind Studios, Bolm Arts Studios and ContraCommon Gallery.

Adrienne Hodge is a multimedia artist and art educator working primarily in calligraphy ink. Her work explores the incandescent quality of life events, imagined landscapes, asemic writing, and dreams. She primarily works on paper using calligraphy ink in a process that blends drawn and painted layers. Hodge received her BFA in Visual Art Studies, University of Texas at Austin and has been teaching in community arts programs, public school, museums, and the corporate sector since 2010. She currently teaches national online drawing and painting classes for Michaels Stores as well as in-person classes at the Contemporary Austin Art School at Laguna Gloria in addition to ongoing private lessons and customized online courses from her home studio in East Austin. 

Betsy Murphy’s work deals with biophilia— the idea that humans intuitively seek out a connection with nature. She observes wildlife in the landscape around her, and then deconstructs and reimagines it through line. shape, pattern, rhythm, most importantly color. Her process involves printing layers of color and pattern on canvas, then painting her interpretations of flora and fauna over those textures. Her aim is to establish an emotional connection to the natural world. Murphy taught art in Texas public schools for 30 years. More recently she worked as an Assistant Professor of Instruction at UT Austin. In 2019 she was named Art Educator of the Year for Higher Education by the Texas Art Education Association. Murphy is also a Texas Master Naturalist and a backyard beekeeper.