Join us tonight for the Closing Celebration of Mirthe Berentsen & Martín La Roche: Sandplay from 6 pm – 8 pm at Reilly Gallery, Smith Center for the Arts. At 7 pm, artist Mirthe Berentsen and Dr. Tuba Agartan, Department of Health Sciences will give a gallery talk to explore their interconnected interests in creativity and care.
It is free! Refreshments provided.
Sandplay is an ongoing collaboration between artist/writer Mirthe Berentsen (b. 1984, Netherlands) and artist Martín La Roche (b. 1988, Santiago de Chile) that explores the transformative value of storytelling and memories associated with tangible objects, posing the question: How do personal objects shape our stories and connect us to others? The collaboration between Berentsen and La Roche originated from their participation in an artist-in-residence program organized by the Dutch organization Beautiful Distress at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Their work interweaves personal and shared narratives, reflecting on how we remember and describe moments that define our lives and our connections to one another.
