Opening: The Moon is a Lantern

The Moon is a Lantern, opening October 7, 2023, is an exhibition of radically diverse artists and media, each turned toward Earth’s only natural satellite as an allegory for change and remaking. In experimental works of photography, neon, resin, glass, and painting, incorporating moon dust as a material and moonlight as a processing agent, thirteen artists including Binh Danh, Ala Ebtekar, Cameron Gainer, Timothy Horn, Mayme Kratz, Richard Laugharn, Michael Lundgren, Marie Navarre, Luis González Palma, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Charlotte Potter, Lily Reeves, and James Turrell consider Earth’s moon as a contemporary metaphor and a sublime example, illuminating human darkness with a continuing cycle of renewal and reflection.

The Moon is a Lantern proposes that our planetary guidepost possesses literal and symbolic powers deriving from its movement and position: As we orbit the sun, so the moon orbits us, shaping our awareness of time, raising tides, and waking us to the radiance of night. The works in this exhibition follow the moon’s refulgent light to discover the persistence of hope, the urgent need to re-envision our relationship with the Earth, and the shining beacon of our constant lunar counterpart as an example of our interconnectedness with the cosmos.