Plant Matter, A Group Exhibit Opens at the Roxbury Arts Center

ROXBURY — Plant Matter, a group exhibition with a focus on flora and biomaterial matter and a secondary focus on invasive plants and the effects of climate change, opens at the Walter Meade Gallery at the Roxbury Arts Center with an Artist Reception on Saturday, August 17 at 4:00p. The Roxbury Arts Center is located at 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury, and the Artists Reception is free and open to all. The exhibit is open through October 19. For complete details, visit roxburyartsgroup.org.

Featuring the work of twenty local and regional artists, Plant Matter explores all aspects of plant life and decay, from representational works to art made with plant pigments or constructed using found organic materials. Works included in this exhibit span a wide range of media, including painting, print, lithograph, collage, sculpture, ceramic and sound.

“Artists create from their lived experiences, and nature is an inherent element to life in the Catskills and larger East Coast. It is no surprise then that plant matter has become incorporated into their work,” says Ursula Hudak, the Creative Opportunities Coordinator of the Roxbury Arts Group and curator of this exhibit. “Now more than ever it is time to feature these works in the context of the interconnectedness between the human condition and the fate of the environment as we know it.”

The featured artists in Plant Matter include Richard Barlow, Marieken Cochius, Margot Elizabeth Glass, Elaine Grandy, John Hudak, Megan Irving, Emily Johnston, Alethea Maguire, Amy Masters, Lukas Milanak, Carol Rudowsky, Jackie Skrzynski, GG Stankiewicz, Linda Stillman, Holly Sumner, Kamilla Talbot, June Tyler, Gerda Van Leeuwen, Susan Weisend, and Amy Wilson.

The Artist Reception for Plant Matter, taking place on Saturday, August 17 at 4p at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury, is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be available. For complete details about this and all events offered by the Roxbury Arts Group, visit roxburyartsgroup.org or call 607.326.7908.

This exhibit is generously sponsored by Roxbury Wine & Spirits. All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, the Tianaderrah Foundation, the Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and by the generosity of business sponsors and individual donors like you.