Water, Water Everywhere Exhibit at Beacon Institute

Laura Moriarty Tidal Pool Images of water are often idealized in art as a tranquil surface reflecting sunrises, sunsets, and moonscapes, or as the turbulence of mountain streams coursing their way through deep wilderness. In Water, water every where, a new exhibit at Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, water appears in a variety of unexpected forms—from the suggestive glance at an urban rooftop water tower to the contemplative image of rain falling on pavement to the molecular turbulence of tidal churning—evoking the presence of water in ways that remind us how ubiquitous and important water is to our busy modern lifestyles.

For this exhibit, curator Linda Stewart has brought together seven Hudson River region artists whose art explores and conveys the elemental nature of water in its varied forms. Water, water, every where features works by Joel Adas, Peter Brauch, Erica Hauser, Laura Moriarty, Richard Sigmund, Shawn Snow, and Ian Wickstead, and takes its title from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge.

Water, water, every where opens on Saturday, March 13, with a free public reception with the artists from 6 to 8pm at Beacon Institute’s Gallery at 199 Main Street in Beacon. The gallery hours are weekdays 9am–5pm; Saturdays 11am–5pm (second Saturdays until 8pm); and Sundays 12- 5pm. For more information call 845-838-1600 ext 16 or visit bire.org.