Opening: Beth Krensky: The Trees Will Love You and the Earth Will Hold You

Beth Krensky: The Trees Will Love You and the Earth Will Hold You

On view: August 22–September 26, 2026 (during events and by appointment)
Artist talk and opening reception: Friday, August 22, 5:30-9:00 pm
Public reception and gallery stroll: Friday, September 19, 6:00–8:00 pm
Closing reception: Friday, September 26, 6:00–8:00 pm

This multimedia exhibition features selections from several ongoing series. In “Wish”, Krensky presents wands made from detritus gathered along beaches, mountains, and streets. “Keys to Open the Beginning Before the End” is a series of antique skeleton keys paired with organic fragments, transformed through electroplating. Material will debut a new video from Krensky’s “Dispatch from Solitude” performance series. Also featured is “Store of Wishes”, objects collected or created over decades across continents. It merges wonder with intention—offering space to hold wishes and a marketplace to acquire them.

Beth Krensky is a Utah-based artist exploring the borderlands between spirit and matter. A Distinguished Professor of Art Teaching at the University of Utah, she trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies. She holds an M.Ed. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including the Jerusalem and Larnaca Biennales, and is currently touring Australia for the International Textile Biennial. She was a finalist for the 16th Arte Laguna Prize, and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music recently presented a 20-year retrospective of her art.

Image: Reliquary for a Dream, Bronze, 23 k gold leaf, mica, milkweed floss, 13” h x 11” w x 4½” d, 2025