Art Seen: ‘Witchgrass’ looks differently at nature now at speedwell projects through October

Article in the Portland Phoenix by Edward Allen Beem

Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück’s poem “Witchgrass” lets Mother Nature speak for herself:

 “I was here first, /before you were here, before/you ever planted a garden. /And I will be here when only the sun and moon/ are left, and the sea, and the wide field.”

Glück’s defiant words in “Witchgrass” inspired the four-artist Speedwell Projects exhibition of the same name (through Oct. 30) at Woodfords Corner in Portland. The show features artists Josephine Chase, Karen Gelardi, Hilary Irons, and Juliet Karelsen.  READ FULL ARTICLE