The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara will present COUPLETS, an exhibit of work from three Slingshot/Alpha Art Studio artists.

The show, featuring artworks by Michelle Oliner, James Jasper and Tom Neumeyer, runs Jan. 11-March 8 at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St.

Slingshot is a progressive arts studio that supports the creative practice and professional visibility of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Santa Barbara County.

COUPLETS presents work from these artists in different media – printmaking, drawing, embroidery and ceramics.

Slingshot’s gallery director Jessica Schlobohm, who curated the exhibit, will give an informal tour of the show and an introduction to the studio’s progressive practices, 2 p.m., Feb. 8 at the gallery.

COUPLETS takes inspiration from several series of prints by Oliner. Her prints are created by drawing into a foam plate with a dulled instrument such as a pencil, pen, or sharpened dowel.

After printing the plates, typically in black, Oliner adds colored pencil overlays to each successive print, creating novel versions. The prints are presented as mated pairs to highlight the rhythm and meter of their relationships.

Jasper’s works on paper are methodical but economical. He completes each portrait in a single sitting in permanent pen or thick, indelible charcoal, without hesitation.

His embroideries consist of concentric rings of linear stitches and patches of colorful texture, and are created sporadically over the course of months, if not years.

Neumeyer’s ceramic pieces are inscribed with strong glyphic markings that mimic and dissect their ceramic forms and contain intriguing hidden figures, cryptic messages, and tessellating geometry.