Saturday in the Park Closing Reception for Fragile: Works from the Everglades National Park Collection
Saturday, 09/28/2019 – 09/28/2019 01:00 pm – 03:00 pm
AIRIE Nest Gallery, Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, Everglades National Park
40001 State Road 9336,
Homestead, Florida 33034
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Cost: Free

Celebrate National Public Lands Day with Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) at Everglades National Park on Saturday, September 28, 2019, 1-3pm. Enjoy free admission to the AIRIE Nest Gallery to view the exhibition Fragile, a multi-media exhibition exposing and examining the delicate fragility of the Everglades ecosystem, as well as special free entrance to the park itself. Comprised of works by 11 multidisciplinary artists who have participated in the AIRIE residency, living and working for an entire month in Everglades National Park, Fragile unearths new perspectives on the intricate and complex systems in which the vastness of the River of Grass operates. Featured in the exhibition are Israeli artists/collaborators Keren Anavy and Tal Frank (AIRIE Fellows 2018), Miami-based visual artists Franky Cruz (2015) and Naomi Fisher (2013), Israeli and Australian collaborators Itamar Freed and Courtney Scheu (2019), Florida-based photographer Karen Glaser (2009), Miami-based sculptor Brookhart Jonquil (2016), Miami-based performance artist Ana Mendez (2013), Savannah based fiber artist Sara Beth Rabinowitz (2014) and British artist Rebecca Reeve (2012). Fragile closes on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.