LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society presents “Design Poetics” and “Walls of Viet Nam,” exhibitions of artwork by Tal Gluck and Melinda Wallach, at the CAS Arts Center at 48 Main St., from October 15 through November 20. There will be an artists’ talk on October 15 at 3 p.m., followed immediately by an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. The event is free and light refreshments will be served.

At the root of the three-dimensional sculptural objects by Tal Gluck is a desire to manipulate the viewer into an unresolved state, balancing creativity and problem solving, leaving the viewer caught with one foot in the world of craft and one foot in the world of fine art. These works that are almost furniture, almost ritual artifacts, seek to hold a sense of the numinous within the mundane.

The “Walls of Viet Nam” series came from artist Melinda Wallach’s travels in Southeast Asia and her amazement at the vast accumulation of paint, graffiti, stickers, paper, mold and lichen on the surfaces of walls she encountered. The walls struck her as art pieces themselves. She used her camera to create unique compositions, and these photographs then inspired a series of paintings with found objects.

Gallery hours at the CAS Arts Center are Thursdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays om 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Mondays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The CAS Arts Center is wheelchair accessible.