Land, Mark, a new exhibition curated by Ginger Myhaver that draws attention to the beauty, power, and generative possibilities of listening to and collaborating with—rather than working against—nature. The exhibition brings together five artists, all with deep ties to Massachusetts’ North Shore, whose process is fundamentally informed by and embedded in the natural world.

In each body of work, natural forces exert their own iterative agency - leaving surface marks, color, texture, and form, and registering the interchange that has occurred between artist and natural environs. The work resonates with esthetic depth and acknowledges our interdependence with and absolute inseparability from other lifeforms and geological entities on this planet. While not denying the possibilities of mutual destruction brought on by humans’ rapaciousness, the reference to the climate crisis here is indirect and offers glimpses of hope.

Through their practices, these artists demonstrate the necessity and promise of developing a more intimate, caring, and humble relationship with nature.

• EXHIBITION ARTISTS

  Featured artists include New York-based artist Beatrice Modisett, the printmakers/conceptual artists Stacy Thomas-Vickory and Hugo Pellinen of Beverly and Salem, sculptor/mixed-media artist Caroline Bagenal of Newburyport, and interdisciplinary artist and creative technologist Sarah Trahan, now based in Vejle, Denmark.

• RELATED EVENTS

  UnEarthing Rocky Neck Narratives
  Saturday, September 24, 2-5 pm
  Join artists Hugo Pellinen and Stacy Thomas-Vickory for an interactive demonstration of their “Earth Narratives” of Rocky Neck series. With artist Mahayana Landowne and percussionist/composer Nikki Joshi. Prints will be available for purchase on site.

  Electrify Everything! Affordable Ideas for Action
  Thursday, Oct. 6, 7-8:30 pm
  Cape Ann Climate Coalition presents a public workshop on how to electrify our homes and places of business as well as ways to engage in community renewable energy projects.

  Virtual Book Group — Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  Tuesdays, October 4th & 18th, 6:30-8 pm (Zoom)
  A two-part discussion of Kimmerer’s groundbreaking book. Free and open to all with prior registration

  Virtual Artists Panel
  Wednesday, October 12, 5-6:30 pm (Zoom)
  Land, Mark curator and artists discuss their processes, the artworks on display, and their connection to the climate crisis.

• VIDEOS

  CAROLINE BAGENAL
  The Great Marsh Drift

  HUGO PELLINEN & STACY THOMAS-VICKORY
  Preparing the Matrix for Printing Earth Narratives

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Caroline Bagenal, Swimming; Sarah Trahan, Within a Landscape

Opening Reception
Sunday, September 18, 4-6 pm

Gallery Hours
Thursday-Sunday, 12-5 pm