The show presents recent work by Alison Crossley, Tristan Roberts, and Felix Roberts, a family of three who make art together, and who are all now showing their work for the first time. Alison shares a painting studio with Tristan’s 10-year-old son Felix, while Tristan sculpts with rocks and boulders on the land outside, a process he documents through photographs and stories.

“Art has become my freedom,” says Alison, whose colorful, large-format canvases will light up 118 Elliot. Why “cheekbones”? Felix, who contributes deliberate use of language and color to the show, explains that cheekbones are “The part of your body that holds your cheeks together so you can fully experience the art.”

Tristan is known to readers of the Brattleboro Reformer via his regular column, “This Spot on Earth.” Visitors to 118 Elliot will recognize Tristan’s storytelling, in which he doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable eggshell-laden topics. They will also see it extended into stone sculptures on his farm in Halifax and gallery installations that include documentary photographs by Guilford resident Kelly Fletcher. Each piece invites the viewer to participate in completing the telling of the story.