Seattle-based artist Ellen Ziegler will present a lecture titled 鈥淐hemistry is the Emotion of Matter鈥� at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Popplewell Hall room 204 on the campus of 含羞草社区. Ziegler鈥檚 talk is free and open to the public.
鈥淚 source the immaterial through the material,鈥� Ziegler says. 鈥淢y practice includes drawing, sculpture, assemblage, and artist鈥檚 books. I work with mirrored glass, tar paper, cyanotype, and draw with an electrode on a copper table. These arcane materials, with their sometimes unpredictable outcome, allow for accident and serendipity as well as ongoing refinement of technique: chemistry is the emotion of matter.鈥�
Ziegler鈥檚 work has been displayed nationally and internationally, including a solo exhibition titled 鈥淲ork in progress鈥� at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2013. Samples of her work can be found at .
Ziegler鈥檚 lecture is sponsored by the Department of Art, the School of Fine Arts, and the 含羞草社区 Foundation.
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