Opening Reception and Exhibition Tours: March 25, 2-4:30pm

A Precarious Edge is a personal vision of the current state of our environment. The exhibit explores aspects of the natural environment via abstract and hopeful works of art. The artwork is a statement of the beauty that has surrounded us in the past, but is fading due to man’s interruption of the natural processes that keep forests, oceans, rivers, and skies clean, vibrant, pristine and wondrous.

Today we sit on a precarious edge viewing and experiencing these natural wonders. While the beauty is still present, it’s only a facade for what lies beneath. Hidden behind that beauty are vital resources that are being devastated by procrastination, ignorance and greed. Both exhibitions recognize that our world has been altered in unprecedented ways. Human intrusions and the degrading of our natural habitats rob us of our connection to beauty and ultimately to all living things. Yet it is our natural beauty that informs our perspective of time and place.

In conjunction with A Precarious Edge, the mezzanine will host Exploring the Edge featuring invited multimedia artists Karen Hackenberg, Steve Jensen, Natalie Niblack, Ann Reid, Joseph Rossano, Lucy Mae and Pieter VanZanden, Max Benjamin and Lesley Langs. In our era of high impact climate change, the artists in both exhibitions seek to share their visual interpretations of the dangers facing this planet in their individual, thought provoking, meaningful and beautiful expressions of a changing landscape.

ABOUT SCHACK ART CENTER

Schack Art Center is an admission free, visual art center in Everett, WA. We exhibit contemporary art focusing on issues of social justice, celebrating diverse cultures, and bringing nontraditional art to the public. Our galleries are open 6 days a week and feature artwork from local, national, and international artists, as well as emerging young talents. Schack Art Center also offers classes for all skill levels in state- of-the-art production studios and a wide array mediums.