Monroe Arts Center (MAC) announces another exciting exhibit to be on display in Frehner Gallery from January 27 through March 24, 2017.  The exhibit, "Seasons of the Sugar River-Catching the Light: Cultural Edges and Transitional Spaces", showcases the scenic landscapes of the Sugar River Watershed from the headwaters region in western Dane County to the lower basin where the river converges with the Pecatonica River in northern Illinois.  The artwork by over twenty artists using a variety of media will be on display.  An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 3, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

This exhibition is the result of an open call for artists to enter artwork in the Lower Sugar River Watershed Association's (LSRWA) fourth annual juried exhibition.  In keeping with the theme, artists were invited to create artwork focusing on the cultural and ecological edges and transitional spaces on our watershed landscape, where field or pasture meet woods, or stream meets wetland, or road meets prairie.  These are the edges and transitions that our eyes see regularly on our patchwork landscape, where nature and cultivated and developed spaces meet and sort themselves out as hard and soft edges.  These are the transitions dramatized by light and shadow, and where we often attempt to mitigate and buffer the impact that our developed world has on our natural world.

The artists selected to participate in this exhibit are Dave Aslesen, Sally Berray, Polly L. Brockert-Prochaska, Jill Capps-Folkerst, Kathleen D'Angelo, Jan Douglas, Meredith Dragovich, Tina Duemler, Kathy King, Jocelyn Kline, Larry McCoy, Susan McCoy, Patrick McGowan, Gigi Mullen, Jan Norsetter, Georgene Pomplun, Mindy Reinstra, Linda Shannon, Nana Schowalter, Joan Stackpole, Peter Steinmetz, Jonathan Wilde and Dave Williams.

In addition to meeting the artists, the opening reception includes an educational and science display that highlights issues facing the health of the watershed.  The display is provided by LSRWA Citizen Science volunteers.

An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 3, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in MAC Frehner Gallery, 1315 11th Street, Monroe.  A brief gallery talk begins at 5:30 p.m.  This event is free and open to the public.

This exhibit has been made possible by MAC Corporate Underwriter: Colony Brands, Inc., and Season Media Underwriters Monroe Publishing, LLC and Big Radio, with additional support from Michael and Shelley Muranyi, Paul and Sue Barrett, Pete Guenther and Barb Woodriff, and Lee and Chris Knuteson.