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Filed Under (ART, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Hamilton Trenton Bordentown Marsh, Jewelry, NJ WILD, Trees) by Carolyn Foote Edelmann on 03-23-2009

Four panels stun in the lobby of D&R Greenway Land Trust, for the latest in their series of exhibitions - ART as ADVOCACY -

to appreciate nature

to preserve open space in New Jersey:

Hamilton Trenton Bordentown Marsh Handmade Paper Marie Sturken

Marsh, handmade paper, Marie Sturken

New Art Exhibition

at the Johnson Education Center

Marie L. Matthews Gallery

The Hand of Nature

Opening Reception:

Thursday, March 26, 5:30  - 7:30 p.m.

D&R Greenway Land Trust invites the public to its latest art exhibition, showcasing “not illustrations, but evocations,” according to D&R Greenway Curator Jack Koeppel.  The exhibition’s invitation reflects the brilliance and power of cave art.

In “The Hand of Nature,” he explains, “nature is revealed as guiding force, she herself as artist, these six women her tools.   The artists honored in the exhibition are Marie Sturken, Joan Needham, Eve Ingalls, Joy Kreves, Catherine Gowen, and jewelry designer, Robin Hepburn.

The Exhibition can be viewed in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery of D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center from March 23 to May 8, on business days, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The reception is free, but please call to register:  609.924.4646.

Wood-Wizard, Mira Nakashima, with Redwood Burl

Mira Nakashima carries on woodworking tradition of her father, George Nakashima

D&R Greenway Presents

Voices of Vision

Mira Nakashima Yarnall, architect, furniture designer, author, daughter of renowned woodworker, George Nakashima will speak on the relationship between nature and the furniture created by the Nakashima legacy.  Free and open to the public!  The program will take place at the Johnson Education Center on Thursday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. Register



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  • About Author


                                     by Tasha O'Neill

    Carolyn Foote Edelmann is a poet, writer and photographer on nature, travel, history and art.

    She considers nature in general and the D&R Canal and Towpath in particular her university, mentor and constant inspiration - particularly from a kayak.

    Her quest is the wild that infuses our beleaguered state, the wild out our windows.