July 15-September 16, 2023

Curated by Kristina Murray and Micah Lockman-Fine

Featured artists: Cindy Stockton-Moore, Katie Westmoreland, Jennifer Manzella, Lisa Imperiale, Alexandra Orgera

Please join us at The Schuylkill Center on August 26th from 12-2:30pm for the Nature’s Alchemy Festival!

Alchemy is the process of transforming form into substance. Through creative, chemical metamorphosis, natural materials become something new, experimental and exciting. The environment exhibits its own alchemy: forces like sunlight and water bleach, mold, mature and regenerate the world around them. Humans have long added their own hand to these processes, harnessing the power of nature to create artwork. 

Nature’s Alchemy features sculptures, paintings, textiles and videos in which nature itself serves as artistic material. By exhibiting finished artworks alongside the tools and processes used to create them, we uplift the artistic collaboration between nature and the people who channel its offerings.

Events

Please join us at The Schuylkill Center on August 26th from 12-2:30pm for the Nature’s Alchemy Festival! This free, family-friendly summer arts festival includes workshops and hands-on demonstrations you won’t want to miss. Enjoy food and drink while joining the six artists featured in Nature’s Alchemy to learn cyanotype, light painting, pigment and ink-making, and foraging! Register here to attend the festival.

The artists featured in this exhibition were included in 2022’s iteration of Art in the Open, Philadelphia’s biennial outdoor arts event organized by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists in partnership with Fairmount Water Works. 

This exhibition is supported by the Schuylkill Center’s members, friends and donors. The Nature’s Alchemy Festival is supported by the Neighborhood Arts Program Grant.