I made a Saturday night stop – along with senior associate editor Andrea Griffith – to the Ackland invitation-only opening of artist Aldwyth’s exhibit. This is Aldwyth’s first major exhibition. The 73-year-old recluse from Hilton Head in South Carolina has quietly made her giant collages and three-dimensional boxes for years before she received recognition from the art world Saturday. I couldn’t resist asking her why she chose to make a giant collage out of eyes, one of her pieces that is displayed prominently at the museum. Without missing a beat, she answered, “I just wanted to make a piece of art where something was looking back at you.” Check out her work (it will be at the Ackland until Sept. 13) and check out these photos that Andrea and I snapped at the event: