Join Artist-In-Residence, Natalie Tyler, for an opening reception of her exhibition, “FIRE & ICE”, on Friday, September 2nd, with an in-person artist talk from 5 to 7 p.m. at Chesterwood.
While in residency at Chesterwood, Tyler has been creating outdoor sculptures inspired by the natural landscape and grounds of the site. Through exploring the fragile and forceful elements of nature, Tyler’s most recent large-scale sculptures, “Thaw” and “WildFire”, are about the effects of climate change on the environment, symbolizing the elements of fire, air, earth and water. Tyler’s work will be on display at Chesterwood through October 24th, 2022.
ABOUT NATALIE TYLER
Natalie Tyler, originally from Encinitas California, is an artist, whose work has shown in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe. She has twice been a US Embassy sponsored artist, once in Dublin, Ireland and again in Tallinn, Estonia exhibiting at the Estonia Museum of Applied Art and Design. She has received grants and awards from art institutions including Mass MOCA Assets for Artists, Art Students League of New York, Vermont Studio Center, and Cornell University. She received her Master's in Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and studied in Bologna, Italy. Her sculpture will be in the Innovators in Contemporary Glass exhibition at The Sandwich Glass Museum in Cape Cod this summer. She lives and works in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and is inspired by the natural beauty and vibrant arts community of the Berkshire Mountains.
Thank You to Our Supporters!
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Stockbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
