Environment + Microclimates

Environment + Microclimates is an immersive art experience showcasing environmental- and fiber-based art. Explore art that engages the senses in this dynamic and vibrating collaboration between leading botanical artist Lisa Waud, curator/artist Rosie Sharp, and Fiber Club*, a collective of fiber artists based in the Detroit area.  Following a dynamic opening event on September 6, additional events and programming throughout the month will provide opportunities to engage with participating artists, collaborators, partners, and organizations, within the exhibit at the Boyer Campbell Building.  

Event Details

September 6 

• 5-7 PM (ticketed Opening Reception) 
• 7-9 PM (General Admission - Free)

The Boyer Campbell Building 

6540 St Antoine, Detroit, MI 48202

About Fiber Club

* Fiber Club* was founded in October 2022 by fine artist and arts administrator Katie Shulman as a response to an expressed need among creative practitioners in Southeast Michigan to organize around a shared interest in advancing fiber art processes and practices. Fiber Club* welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities, and ages for skill-building workshops, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and monthly meetings which seek to develop craft-based knowledge and cultivate community centered around the exploration and promotion of fiber art.  

About Lisa Waud 

Based in Detroit, Michigan, Lisa Waud creates multi-sensory, site-specific botanical public art installations offering exploration of the brief space between living and decay and nature as a cleansing reset. Built on her background in professional garden and floral design, Lisa's work intervenes within existing architecture mimicking natural armatures as a rare pause button in the context of perishability and impermanence. Heavily influenced by land art and large-scale installation artists, Lisa is drawn to create ephemeral works with plants and flowers that immerse and engage the hosting community throughout the project—in the planning process, throughout the exhibition, and in the project’s afterlife.  

About Sarah Rose Sharp 

Sarah Rose Sharp is a writer, photographer and multimedia artist. She writes about art and culture for a number of print and online venues. Sarah was a 2015 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for Art Criticism and is a 2018 recipient of the Rabkin Foundation Prize. She is a guest lecturer at several universities in Southeast Michigan and served as a mentor in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program in 2018. 

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environment-microclimates-tickets-929119701037?aff=oddtdtcreator