“Portals & Pathways” Artist Talk with Kerrie Smith
Wildling Museum of Art and Nature
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Date & Time
Sun, May 22 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang, CA 93463
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Wildling Museum of Art and Nature
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce a new yearlong, site-specific installation featuring Santa Barbara-based artist Kerrie Smith. Portals & Pathways, designed for the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery, is on view April 2022 through February 2023.
Smith’s multisensory installation features flowing banners printed with Smith’s vivid abstract paintings inspired by daily walks along Santa Barbara’s More Mesa. Interspersed are sheer banners featuring personal poetry hand-stamped with wooden blocks carved by Smith. Circular “portals” hang from floor to ceiling adorned with Smith’s photography of local flora and fauna, as well her paintings and impressions of the trails that surround More Mesa. Ambient sounds of crashing waves, animal life, and encounters recorded by Smith also invite visitors to take in the experience of walking along the trails as nature and human life collide and overlap.
Smith will continue to update the gallery with the changing seasons, transforming the space throughout 2022-2023 as part of the Wildling Museum’s inaugural artist-in-residence program for the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery.
Special thanks to Sonos for their support of this exhibition.
The public is invited to join the Wildling for an Artist Talk with Kerrie Smith on Sunday, May 22, 2022 from 4 – 6 p.m. followed by a chance to explore the installation and ask questions. To RSVP for this event, please email lauren@wildlingmuseum.org. Seating is limited.