Healing Nature: Human Vision, Art & the Environment

Together we hope to create in this exhibition, a little cosmos, a platform to observe nature keenly, to ask questions about the earth’s systems and to make commitments that these inspirations will continue to make life rich for those that follow us. – Juror Mark Adams

More than 700 diverse artworks expressing the artist’s relationship to the natural world or their response to issues confronting the environment were submitted for Healing Nature from around the country.

Juror Mark Adams, a cartographer/geologist with Cape Cod National Seashore and a painter, selected the work of 56 artists for the show which includes painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

“Because the beauty and diversity of Cape Cod’s natural environment is integral to the life of Cape Codders and to so much of the deeply felt work of our artists, the Museum is putting this Spring’s spotlight on nature’s importance and its connections to art both locally and nationally in two exhibits,” said Angela Bilski, interim operations director of Cape Cod Museum of Art.(CCMoA)

Preserving the Very Nature of Cape Cod, in collaboration with the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), is currently on exhibit through June 2, 2018, and the national juried show, Healing Nature:  Human Vision, Art & the Environment exhibit is on view from March 29 through May 27.

About Cape Cod Museum of Art

Founded by artists in 1981, the Cape Cod Museum of Art preserves and celebrates the distinctive artistic identity of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.  CCMoA is the home of Cape Cod art and a major hub of cultural growth and creativity that educates, inspires and excites the imagination through its outstanding art collection and diverse programming. Located in a beautiful setting surrounded by a sculpture garden, the museum has seven galleries, a museum shop and film screening room. The museum is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

CCMoA is located at 60 Hope Lane, just off Route 6A, on the same campus as the Cape Cinema and the Cape Cod Playhouse in Dennis, MA. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm Tues through Sat and noon to 5 pm on Sunday.  It is open on ARTfull Thursdays from 5 – 8 with no admission fee.  General Admission is $9, $7 for seniors and students 19+ with school ID, $5 for students 13 to 18, and free for children 12 & under. For more information, see www.ccmoa.org or call (508) 385-4477. Follow on Facebook and Instagram.