September 6 – October 15, 2019

Opening Reception Friday, September 6th, 5:30-7:30pm

Artist Talk Friday, October 4th, 4pm

Hird’s work explores cultural mythologies and the roles they play in our societal perceptions of each other. She has spent years moving across cultures listening and collecting stories. She’s fascinated by the way some tales survive and evolve to transfer easily between illusion, reality, myth and metaphor. Hird is particularly interested in how iconic images and forms – familiar to all – can be interpreted differently by viewers in different countries and cultures.

Hird’s new work created for this exhibit is the final installment of her new mythology series. For the past decade she has created a colorful new elemental world and invested it with mythological symbols from our shared legends and folktales.

Professor of Art, Saint Michaels College, and Professor of Visual Linguistics, CORE Division, Champlain College, in Vermont. BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. MFA from Vermont College. Represented by the Nohra Haime Gallery, 500 West 21 St, New York, and the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT. Recent exhibitions include MASSMoCA, Portsmouth Museum, Tampa Art Museum, DIVA in Paris, American University of Dubai, Global Center For Drawing, Melbourne, Australia and at the American Corner, University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.