Friday, August 8 | 5 – 7 pm (drop-in) | Artist talk at 5:30 pm
(Regular exhibit hours 9 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday, July 9 through September 25)

Please join us for an evening celebrating our summer art exhibit, Light & Shadow: Botanical Dualities by Katama Murray. Browse the gallery, meet the artist, and enjoy some light refreshments. Katama will give a short artist talk at 5:30 pm. A portion of artwork sales will support NBNC.

About the Exhibit:

Light & Shadow: Botanical Dualities features a collection of multidisciplinary cyanotype prints and poems inspired by seasonal plant species and elements of nature. This series of work explores and honors an amalgamation of wild, local New England plants which bloom throughout spring, summer, and autumn, and offers an alternate avenue of experiencing their multitude of characteristics. Using this photographic printmaking process, each print on paper and fabric is created using the chemistry of natural sunlight, water, and time, thus transforming shapes and textures into a memory that is tied to time and place.

 Visit our Art Gallery page to view the show online starting in mid July.

About the Artist:
Katama Murray (she/her) is an artist, educator, naturalist, and small business owner from the Blue Hill peninsula now residing in Deer Isle, Maine. Her mixed media work and company, Teach Peace Prints, are inspired by place-based making and our interconnectedness to the environment. While living and studying throughout regions of New England and the Midwest, she has always been influenced by the outdoors and the ways in which we coexist with the natural world. Utilizing locally foraged natural materials, she layers print and fiber processes to visually communicate ideas, observations, and perpetual experimentation. Through hands-on techniques, Katama teaches regional workshops focused on versatile methods that encourage exploration and foster life-long learning. Katama also teaches at the Blue Hill Harbor School as their Visual Arts Educator. With a passion for multidisciplinary making, she enjoys inspiring others to become more connected to the earth through the power of art and community.