It’s Only Natural: The Summer Salon at Living with Art
July 1, 2022 – September 21, 2022

Member Previews throughout the 4th of July weekend

Opening Reception Saturday July 09, 2022. 3:00 – 6:00 pm Invitation Only

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Michele Brody

Stacy Bogdonoff

Alison Cuomo

Cinzia Meneghello

Priscilla Stadler

Susan Stair

Curated by Connie Lee

It’s Only Natural explores how nature informs the artists practice. 6 women artists were invited to install their artwork, inhabiting a space in a Harlem brownstone. Their works are informed by trees, plants and the discoveries of nature’s communication network that thrives underground and outside of our view. Each artist takes a different approach to make the connection between the natural world and how humans shelter and survive in the urban landscape.

Curator’s statement “If you asked an interior designer to bring the outdoors in, they might choose colors found in nature, incorporate plants, and artworks that reference the natural environment. This exhibition takes that design principle to a whole other level. One that the artist has creative license to interpret.” ~ Connie Lee

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Michele Brody is an installation artist who works with handmade paper produced from locally sourced natural detritus. https://michelebrody.com/

Stacy Bogdonoff, a mixed media artist who explores themes of shelter and home. https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/

Alison Cuomo is an abstract painter. Her landscapes reflect the variation of colors and light found in nature. https://www.alisoncuomo.com/

Cinzia Meneghello is a mixed media artist. Her paintings illustrate imaginary environments. https://www.cinziameneghello.com/

Priscilla Stadler is a multi-media artist exploring nature below the surface. https://www.priscillastadler.com/

Susan Stair is an environmental artist with a mission to inform her audience about the benefits of trees in our daily lives and to cure plant blindness. https://www.susanstair.com/

PROGRAMMING:

Clay Casting Workshop: Saturday July 16, 2022 - 10:00 am

Artist Susan Stair will show participants how to take clay impressions of live tree bark on the beautiful brownstone block where Living with Art is. Stair will walk us through the process for preparing the clay for firing. This is an excellent workshop for artists who don’t usually work with clay and non-artists too.

Stories of Migration: Saturday July 30, 2022 – Noon  

Participants will be asked to write briefly about their family stories of migrating to the U.S. on handmade milkweed/mugwort paper. The artist, Michele Brody, will give a workshop using the Origami technique to fold the paper into the shape of a butterfly that will be part of a future installation focusing on the annual migrations of the Monarch Butterfly and what we can do to save their habitats.