“Toward the Trees” Artist Meet & Greet

Walk toward the trees! Take in Mary Pat Maracle’s textured photo encaustics of detailed broadleafs and Kristen Palm’s vivid, representational abstract trees and landscapes. Step back to experience Palm’s bold colors and shapes that evoke our tall sylvan relatives in acrylic, then step closer to observe the blankets of palpable wax, layered intricately by Maracle. Though both artists depict trees in different ways—sometimes playful and loud, other times ghostly with an underlying structure of branches and twigs—each style of work celebrates their own connection to the trees that surround us.

Cost: Included with general daily admission, which is free for members and ages 15 and younger and $20–25 for non-members ages 16 and older. Indigenous peoples receive waived general daily admission to the Arboretum when making a reservation by calling 612.301.6775.

Artist Meet & Greet

1–3 p.m. May 16 in the Cafe Gallery

Meet the artists behind two very different media, but equally inspired by the natural world and their places within it. Artists include Mary Pat Maracle and Kristen Palm.