January 12, 2024 5:00pm February 24, 2024 9:00pm
Free
Nature continually calls out to our childlike curiosity, should we choose to stop and listen, and invites us to explore all of its wonders. We are often stuck, running on auto-pilot, in our repetitive day-to-day routines and forget that we live in an enchanting natural world that holds more wonder and beauty than one could ever imagine. Angie Pickman attempts to recreate some of that enchantment through detailed hand-cut paper collages, inspiring the viewer to stop and explore and, hopefully, spark some of the same joy she finds when exploring the natural world. The title of this exhibit came to Pickman as she was taking in the sights near the beautiful shore of Lake Quinault in Washington last summer. She observed a young girl trailing behind her family, making their way around the lake’s edge to go to their car. As the family continued, the girl stopped beside a patch of rushes nearly twice her height, growing alongside the water. With both hands, she slowly began to pry open a space to peek her head in, but just as quickly, her parents called her to hurry along, and she backed away and ran to catch up with them. Pickman immediately began imagining what enchantment awaited her beyond those rushes had she been allowed to explore as she had wished. The rushes not only refer to tall grasses that might prevent us from seeing what is beyond them but also to the distraction of a busy life, rushing from one place to the next as many of us do, keeping us from experiencing the enchantment that the natural world provides.
Opening Reception | January 12, 5-7 PM
INSIGHT Art Talk | Tuesday, January 16, 7 pm
Final Friday Reception | January 26 and February 23, 6-9 PM
