On Wednesday, March 24, the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang will host a virtual artist panel, Art Through the Window, with guest speakers Holli Harmon and Nicole Strasburg, from 4 to 5 p.m., via Zoom.
Harmon and Strasburg are the two artists behind the museum’s current duo of window installations, The Nature of Clouds and Wintering: A Fox Tale, respectively. During the upcoming Zoom program, both artists will discuss their experiences creating the installations, as well as their own creative processes and tips for aspiring artists.
“I plan to focus on how an artist uses materials to express and communicate a story,” Harmon said in a press materials from the Wildling Museum. “We’ll look at what an installation entails—and how we got to this point.”
Among various behind-the-scenes tidbits, Harmon will share insight into how she built her three-dimensional clouds and planted live kokedama plants for installation. Strasburg will share similar insight into how she created her series of paper-cut fox silhouettes, which becomes illuminated at night for passersby outside the museum to enjoy.
To pre-register for Art Through the Window and receive the Zoom link to view the discussion, visit wildlingmuseum.org. The suggested donation for this virtual program is $5. Call (805) 686-8315 for additional details. Both The Nature of Clouds and Wintering: A Fox Tale can be viewed through the windows of the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, located at 1511 Mission Drive, unit B, Solvang.
This article appears in Mar 18-25, 2021.