‘What else can they become?’

Work by Cynthia Atwood (polish, fabric, paint, interior fan, extension cord), in her joint show with Mark Lorah, “Visceral Resonance,’’ at AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, N.H., through May 1o.

She says she is “attracted to materials and takes pleasure in handling and pushing them and wonders what else they can become? I enjoy being struck by a concept and then playing with it, wondering how the concept can become an object and visa versa.’’

‘Fragile places’

“Distant Lands” (cold wax, oil stick, graphite, ink, on Bristol board), by Natick, Mass.-based artist Deborah Marum Pressman, in the group show “Forces of Nature,’’ at the Ava Gallery, Lebanon, N.H., through Aug. 24.

She says:

‘‘My relationship with the land is with the fragile places . . . their beauty and vulnerability are undeniable.’’