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DESCRIPTION:The Gregg Museum of Art & Design celebrates the opening of In S
 earch of Thoreau's Flowers and the halls of a changing sea.\n\nCome to the
  museum to view the works\, enjoy live music by Counterclockwise String Ba
 nd in the garden and meet the exhibit's creators. Light refreshments will 
 be provided. \n\nIn Search of Thoreau's Flowers is an immersive multidisci
 plinary exhibition that combines art\, science and the humanities to explo
 re the impact of climate change on plant life around Walden Pond over the 
 past 120 years. The exhibition invites visitors to connect emotionally wit
 h the loss of biodiversity and encourages reflection on the need to protec
 t the natural world through the writings of Henry Thoreau. This exhibit fe
 atures the work of NC State alumni and faculty.\n\nthe halls of a changing
  sea features a collection of artworks by Claire Alexandre that reflect he
 r experiences as a child of the Diaspora living on unceded Indigenous and 
 Afro-Carolina land. The vibrant representations of her ancestors\, friends
  and mentors are interwoven with the broader landscape of North Carolina. 
 Her artworks utilize natural plant pigments transformed into paints and dy
 es\, as well as chlorophyll painting and found objects from nature.
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LOCATION:Gregg Museum of Art & Design
SUMMARY:Celebrate the Opening of Two Exhibitions at the Gregg
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 earch-of-thoreaus-flowers-and-the-halls-of-a-changing-sea-at-the-gregg-mus
 eum-of-art-design
CATEGORIES:Community Events
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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