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Artist Reception: Linn Cassetta on ‘Eggcentric'
Join us on Wednesday, September 17, for our artist conversation with Linn Cassetta, whose exhibit, Eggcentric, will be on display in the Jesup Gallery from August 2 through October 5.
There will be a reception from 6 to 7 pm, followed by a conversation between Cassetta and Miggs Burroughs from 7 to 8 pm.
Eggs are represented in every piece of art Linn Cassetta makes. Her connection to eggs goes back to some of her earliest experiences as a young girl in western Pennsylvania, where she spent her days wandering in the woods, drawing organic forms of nature, and finding feathers, broken eggs, and nests.
"At my aunt's chicken farm, I'd sit for hours, mesmerized by the eggs going down the conveyor belt, enchanted by their perfection, enchanted by the calm I felt." Cassetta said, speaking to the perfect shape of an egg and the power of what it represents. "As a structure, it has magical qualities. A shape and form that has existed forever, it represents beginnings, hope, and perpetuity. An egg equals creation, simultaneously strong and fragile."
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For more about the Library art exhibits, visit the Art at the Library page.
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