Inside the Art, Outside Ourselves is a series of workshops that each invite you to spend time reflecting on a specific artwork from our main exhibition, An Invisible Current: Engaging with History, curated by Epiphany Knedler & Tim Rickett. Through guiding prompts and conversation, we encourage you to dig deeper into the work, think meaningfully about the ideas presented, and to respond with drawing or writing exercises. Artists to be featured include Cody Henrichs, Leah Schretenthaler, and Cory Knedler & Young Ae Kim.
This month, we’ll be looking at Leah Schretenthaler’s work “The Invasive Species of The Built Environment” and talking about tourism & ecology in Hawaii as well as the connection between land & material.
Leah Schretenthaler was born and raised in Hawaii. After relocating to the mainland, Hawaii continues to be a point of reference for her research and studio practice. Her work uses traditional photography, laser etching, and metal casting to create images. Through her art practice, her research presents a connection between land and material.
Schretenthaler holds an M.A. in art education as well as an M.F.A. Recently, she was awarded the prestigious Mary Nohl Fellowship for Emerging Artists as well as the College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship in the Visual Arts. She was named one of LensCulture’s Emerging Talents of 2018 and was awarded 2nd place in the Sony World Photography Awards. In 2019, she was awarded the Rhonda Wilson Award through FRESH2019 at the Klompching Gallery. In the Fall of 2019 she received the Film Photo Award.