Logjam
Brenda Baker, Kevin Giese, Mark Iwinski
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Overture Center-James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy 201 State St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
ISTHMUS PICK
Friday, Sept. 11, Overture Center’s James Watrous Gallery, 5:30-7:30 pm (reception)
Using sculpture, printmaking, texts and photographs, these three artists present an organic, visceral approach to Wisconsin’s historic, commercial and aesthetic relationship to its forests and wood. The beauty of wood in its most simple forms can emerge here like abstract imagery, or natural objects rooted deeply in an ancient collective memory. The impact of clearcutting and modern sustainable forestry practices are considered in this meditation on our state’s primal legacy. Exhibited through Oct. 26.
LOGJAM FOREST PRODUCTS LAB TOUR
Friday, October 16, from 12–1:00 pm at the USDA Forest Products Lab, 1 Gifford Pinchot Dr., Madison
Join us for a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison. While FPL work began in 1910 with preserving railroad ties, today FPL researchers work in bioenergy, composites, nanotechnology, green building, and in efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change. This tour is presented in conjunction with the LOGJAM exhibition at the James Watrous Gallery. Free with advance online registration. Space is limited.