Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art 1775-2012

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November 3, 2013 - March 16, 2014

Lightcatcher Building

Rockwell Kent American, 1882-1971\ Resurrection Bay, Alaska, c. 1939 Oil on fabric on board

Rockwell Kent
American, 1882-1971\
Resurrection Bay, Alaska, c. 1939
Oil on fabric on board

The Whatcom Museum’s Vanishing Ice exhibition, curated by Whatcom Museum Curator of Art, Barbara Matilsky, introduces the rich artistic legacy of the planet’s frozen frontiers now threatened by climate change, a phenomena understood by the public primarily through news of devastating climactic events. The exhibition offers another perspective by providing visitors an opportunity to experience the majesty of sublime landscapes that have inspired artists, writers, and naturalists for more than two hundred years. Comprised of 70 works of art, Vanishing Ice has traveled throughout the US and Canada.

Whatcom Museum
Bellingham, Washington
November 3, 2013 – March 16, 2014

The El Paso Museum of Art
El Paso,  Texas
June 1, 2014 – August 24, 2014

Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
September 27, 2014 – January 4, 2015

McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
January 31 – April 26, 2015

David Brower Center
Berkeley, California
February 11 – May 11, 2016

Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 27 – May 13, 2018

For more information about this exhibition, please call 360.778.8966 or email the Curator of Art.

Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions: From Shimmer to Sister Gertrude Morgan

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November 3, 2013 - March 16, 2014October 23, 2011 - March 4, 2012

Lightcatcher Building

Drawings, and cut-outs from Hell Hell Hell /Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan and Revelation (at Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, 2010) Variable dimensions Courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans

Drawings, and cut-outs from Hell Hell Hell /Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan and Revelation (at Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans,2010)
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans

Lesley Dill is one of the most prominent American artists working at the intersection of language and fine art. Her elegant sculptures, art installations, mixed-media photographs, and evocative performances draw from both her travels abroad and profound interests in spirituality and the world’s faith traditions. Exploring the power of words to cloak and reveal the psyche, New York-based Dill invests new meaning in the human form. Intellectually and aesthetical engaging, the core of her work emerges from an essential, visionary awareness of the world. Her multi-faceted work appeals to a wide range of interests. This exhibition, curated by Whatcom Museum Curator of Art, Barbara Matilsky, has traveled to a couple of select museums in the US.

Whatcom Museum
Bellingham, Washington
October 23, 2011 – March 4, 2012

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
September 28 – December 9, 2012

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Charleston, South Carolina
January 25 – March 8, 2013