June 2023: WILDFIRE! & VESTIgES

This interdisciplinary exhibit will feature paintings, photographs and language as vehicles for processing the wildfires of 2020 which now visit us annually along the West coast. Painting by Ann Ruttan, photography by Sarah Grew and writing by Apricot Irving will transport you through creative interpretations of this collective experience. Driven equally by hope and despair, Ann has emerged with breathtaking landscape oil paintings showing the unstoppable force of the flame. Sarah has developed sobering carbon photographs onto glass, composed of the ashes from these very same forests, and Apricot’s blog entries capture the reader with personal and tangible lyricism. Please join us on First Friday, June 2 from 4-8pm for the opening reception and on Saturday June 17 from 1-2pm for the artist talk. We will also have available important information on protecting the home and environment from and during an uncontrolled burn.