Bender Gallery will welcome Common Ground, a solo exhibition of new works by Asheville-based artist Linda Gritta, from June 5 to 27. An artist reception will be held on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. Common Ground aims to offer a space of visual refuge, inviting viewers into a shared experience rooted in color, gesture, and sensation. Her work proposes that connection can be found not through argument or explanation, but through the universal narrative of painting itself.