Artists Katie Scarborough, Camiwips and Jacob Boland focused more on the hustle and bustle of the Municipal Building’s staff and visitors. The notion of employees burdened under a heavy city work load and the hierarchy of bureaucratic agencies reminiscent of a royal court alongside their implied stress-induced-nightmares, as seen by an artistic outsider, can be seen depicted in several of their art works.

Katie Scarborough’s works can be seen as a colorful, whimsical object depictions. Taking a single subject and creating a hyper, vivid version. Whether it is a friend tied up in a phone call or deck or an old school computer, they are alive in color. Katie’s use of, almost sickly, greens and grays in her works for this showcase display the taxing day-to-day of the office environment. Her untitled work of a stack of playing cards is reminiscent of stacks of paperwork in an inbox; ready to be processed.

Camiwips also utilizes bright color in her neo-psychodelic-folk translations of day-to-day life. Camiwips often portrays characters in a relatable way, often using elements from her own lived-story. An avid boarder herself, her works can be seen painted on upcycled skate boards. While many of Camiwip’s pieces display her own stylings outside of this showcase, her callborative piece with Joey Hart stands out. Her meditating figure starkly contrasts Joey’s graphically linear clouds. It gives a sense of the need for a work-life balance.

This all is in contrast with Jacob Boland’s use of bold black and white as he uses ink pens to draw fantastical, emotive characters. His creatures present on the page in a way that is reflective of the human experience while under pressure. His work can be described as an illustrative, whimsical re-interpretation of a darker reality. For this showcase, Jacob collaborated on a work with Joey Hart around the idea of the history of the Municipal Building as a fall-out shelter.