Artists make changes in their art practice for many reasons — a move from one country to another, interest in a new technique, a change of physical or personal circumstances, an exhibition challenge and, in the last year, the preoccupations wrought by a global pandemic. At browngrotta arts’ Art in the Barn exhibition this Spring, 48 artists explore the theme of change and its influence on their art in Adaptation: Artists Respond to Change.

Several artists changed the size or subject or the nature of the way they worked in reaction to Covid-19. Others artists offer earlier examples of change: a work of repurposed gloves found bicycling after a move from the country to Copenhagen; another reflecting a change in ceramic shape spurred when the artist’s kiln was destroyed in a mudslide in Japan and still another that was the winning entry in a competition to create a gift from Canada for the US. Adaptation will be documented in a full-color catalog (browngrotta arts’ 51st).

Hours:

Opening: Saturday, May 8th, 11am to 6pm

Sunday, May 9th, 11am to 6pm

Monday - Saturday, May 10th - 15th, 10am to 5pm

Sunday, May 16th, 11am to 6pm

Safety protocols:

Limit of 15 visitors per hour • Appointment and masks required • Socially distanced path through the exhibit • Contact-less check out for art and catalog sales