Art at Silverwood
Explore art inside Silverwood's Visitor Center! Art can be found around every corner. Walk through the gallery space to see larger installations or wander down the halls to see smaller exhibitions.
The gallery has hosted artwork from numerous artists since the visitor center opened in 2009, and focuses on elevating local artists that explore nature themes. From one-person shows to group shows, Silverwood has created a home for contemporary visual art in a variety of mediums.
Exhibitions rotate throughout the year.
Current Exhibitions
March 14–April 30, 2024
Opening reception: Thursday, March 14, from 6–8 PM
Distance Over Time
Mike Marks
Distance Over Time explores themes of movement and permanence within the landscape, depicting nature as a series of fragmented moments. Based on personal observations, these works address changes in the land from multiple vantage points where large expansive views quickly give way to intimate objects embedded in between places. Distance Over Time asks viewers to contemplate the fragility between what lingers with us from nature: memory and place, representation and surface, and presence versus absence.
How Will You Know When You Belong
Nicole Sara Simpkins
How Will You Know When You Belong transforms the Silverwood Park Gallery into a lush installation of sculptural tapestries featuring botanical and industrial prints mended together with rich, unusual embroidery. Translucent, two-sided and full of openings, this immersive work invites viewers to locate themselves as bound-up-with shifting patterns in ecosystems and seasons. It asks: The land is changing; how are we going to change along with it?
Upcoming Exhibitions
May 3–12, 2024
Opening reception: Thursday, May 9, from 6–8 PM
Naturally, Saint Anthony
Saint Anthony Middle and High Schools
May 14–26, 2024
Opening receptions: Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, May 16, from 5–7 PM
Expressions
Columbia Heights School District (all schools, from elementary through high school)
Art on Foot
Looking for more art? Step outside! Take virtual tours of the art-on-foot poetry trail and sculpture trail at Silverwood.