Please join me for the opening reception of Fragility, a series of photomontages in dialogue with Lacing Communities Together at the Columbia Gorge Museum.

The Lace project celebrates both, the heritage art form of lacemaking and a community of people dedicated to preserving traditional skills and/or elevating them to new forms fit for this century. Under the auspices of Australian artist Maggie Hensel-Brown, lace guilds in the PNW, and the engaged team at the Columbia Gorge Museum, a lace installation will be revealed in September.

People from all over the world have sent lace triangles to be included in a huge compilation – as of this point, there are over 380 of them to be sewn together…. Local libraries in WA have offered workshops and get-togethers, for people to learn the art form and find community with others around them. Details can be found here.

My contribution to this communal effort, other than a wonky little triangle,

was the inclusion of lace of all kinds into photographs of landscapes.

“Fragility: This 2025 series of photomontages grew out of ongoing concern about insufficient environmental protection. Fauna and flora in these landscapes – photographed predominantly in the Pacific Northwest – are endangered. Climate change and the renewed threat of industrial extraction of resources, forests and minerals alike, will do irreparable harm. I thought the ephemeral nature of clouds and the fragility of lace were fitting symbols for why we need step up in our efforts to turn things around.”

The photographic exhibition is on view now, ongoing through late fall.

The joint opening reception with the Lacing Project will be

Friday September 11, 2026 5:30 – 7:30 pm.

Columbia Gorge Museum

990 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA 98648 (near Skamania Lodge)

Hope to see you there!