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Gallery: Jubilee hosts local artist for Women’s History Month, ‘The Goddess Within’

The exhibit is Carol Ann Boecker’s ode to women through portraiture and stills.
Roshay Grant
Two of Carol Ann Bocker’s self portraits are placed on a shelf at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway, as part of The Goddess Within exhibit. Jubilee is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star)
By Roshay Grant, Photojournalist
Mar 23, 2026
An assortment of paintings from “The Goddess Within” exhibit are displayed on a wooden wall at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. This exhibit was showcased for international women’s day and featured solo art by Carol Ann Boecker. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
Margaret Thomas, an energy and environmental engineering technology senior, admires some of the self-portraits of Carol Ann Bocker for “The Goddess Within” exhibit at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. She was amazed at the attention to detail and the emotion that came through the painting. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
“Midnight Repast” by Carol Ann Bocker sits on a wooden wall for “The Goddess Within” exhibit at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. It depicts grapes, pomegranates and a bottle of wine, multiple metaphors about women from Greek mythology. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
This art piece by Carol Ann Bocker titled “Garden” sits on a wooden wall for “The Goddess Within” exhibit at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. The exhibit’s opening reception was 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 8. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
A painting called “Morning Unveil” by Carol Ann Boecker is hung on a wooden wall for “The Goddess Within” exhibit at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. Boecker described the exhibit as “an ode to women, the divine feminine and everything in between” in her promotional post on her Instagram account “printedpooch.” (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
“Divine Dining” by Carol Ann Boecker sits on a wooden wall for “The Goddess Within” exhibit at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. This piece depicts grapes with grape leaves which is often a metaphor for life, growth and fertility. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star) (Roshay Grant)
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Various paintings from The Goddess Within exhibit are displayed on a wall on Wednesday at Jubilee Art Gallery, 128 E. Lincoln Highway. The exhibit can be visited from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. (Roshay Grant | Northern Star)
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