Join us for an evening with artist Catherine M. Stewart, creator of our feature exhibition Skin & Bones, as we celebrate the release of two new books based on her exhibits at the Beaty.
The Skin & Bones exhibition explores our complicated relationship with the animal world through photography, natural science and the applied art of fashion design. The exhibition runs until August 13th 2019.
Invoking Venus opened at the museum in 2013 and juxtaposed images of bird specimens from the Beaty alongside those of sumptuous fabrics to explore the role colour, patterning and adornment play in courtship and attraction.
Catherine will be speaking about her work combining scientific specimens with artistic principles, and you’ll be free to explore her latest exhibition, and the collections that inspired it.
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The museum will be open from 5pm to 8:30pm
Admission by donation
There will be a cash bar and free appetizers
Schedule:
6:00 – Tour of the museum’s tetrapods collection, which inspired Skin & Bones and Invoking Venus
7:00 – Museum as Muse – Catherine will speak about utilising the museum’s collections in her artistic work
7:30 – Book signing
Copies of books based on the Skin & Bones and Invoking Venus exhibitions will be available for purchase throughout the evening.
Skin & Bones is generously supported by ABC Photo.
This event is part of the 2019 Capture Photography Festival Event Program.
