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Rising Tides: Contemporary Art & the Ecology of Water Exhibit


  • James A. Michener Art Museum 138 South Pine Street Doylestown, PA, 18901 United States (map)

Rising Tides: Contemporary Art & the Ecology of Water, Curated by Dr. Laura Turner Igoe, Ph.D., Curator of American Art at the James A. Michener Art Museum.

Current Exhibition dates: July 20 - Jan 10, 2021

See Rising Up event for details : Oct 15, 2-3pm. Curator Laura Igoe talks with exhibitors Diane Burko and Marguerita Hagan along with Youth Leaders about today, climate change, our current environmental impacts and life-sustaining directions for future and planet.

Join us for presentations and conversations with exhibiting artists and our future climate ambassadors. Going virtual allows guests from anywhere to join!

Listen to Rising Tides Audio: Exhibiting artists talk about their work and process.

April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, founded in 1970 to educate the public about environmental issues impacting our planet. To commemorate this event, the Michener Art Museum will feature work by contemporary artists from the Bucks County and greater Philadelphia region that are investigating the effects of global warming, climate change, and related environmental concerns on bodies of water and aquatic species. Including large-scale painting, works on paper, sculpture and installation, this exhibition will celebrate the power of art to visualize ecological crisis and global change through a variety of media.

Honored to exhibit sculpture and an installation in this female show revering 100th anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote and our Blue Planet.

Find my custom Pennsylvania Petroglyph and Primary Producer Tableware for sale in the Michener Museum Gift Shop.

Earlier Event: October 15
Rising Up Virtual Event