Wild Journeys

Exhibition by Laurel Birk and Rachel Davies

Nov. 24 - Dec. 21, 2023

Nov. 24 - Dec. 21, 2023

FREE

Wednesday Nov. 29 • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Nov. 24 - Dec. 21, 2023

Many of us are seeking to connect deeply with ourselves and the wild landscapes around us. Each of us navigates our own path to find and make these connections.

Artists Rachel Davies and Laurelle Birk share in this exhibition, their personal journeys and knowledge on how they have each found and cultivated these connections. It is the artists’ hope that by collectively sharing their unique and different perspectives that they create a welcoming space for people to reflect on their own connections with themselves and the wild landscapes around them.

Meet the Artists

Rachel Davies

Davies has worked across the outdoor industry for over 10 years as an outdoor educator and guide. Her watercolour illustrations and maps aim to marry two often opposing sides of the outdoor experience - the technical skill development and the connections with the landscapes we move through. She has taken her breadth of experience in the outdoors and distilled it into this work to kindle the connections we all seek in ourselves, each other, and the incredible places we move through.

Laurelle Birk

For 13 continuous moon cycles, Birk retreated into nature alone for four days in order to connect to the wisdom of her body and the Earth. Her mixed media artwork recounts her year-long journey, each piece a documentation of her challenges, learnings and the wisdom that she received through dreams, meditations and her time on the land. Collectively, they tell the story of her journey to come back home to herself and to the Earth.

Artwork by Laurelle Birk

Artwork by Rachel Davies

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