Artist Claudine Metrick’s project bears witness to the decline of 3 Threatened and Endangered species in New York State: the Bogbean Buckmoth, the Karner Blue Butterfly, and Northern Long-eared Bat. She specifically draws our attention to the hibernation disturbances of the Northern Long-eared Bat; the relationship between the Sundial Lupine and the Karner Blue butterfly; as well as the Bogbean Buckmoth’s struggle with acclimation.
The culmination of Claudine’s project was a screening of her animated film “Imperiled”, which was hosted in her native plant garden in Central New York.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Philadelphia, PA Claudine Metrick is an interdisciplinary artist and Associate Professor at Pratt Munson, an affiliate of the Pratt Institute.
In 2023 and 2024, she was an artist in residence at The Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Other awards include an artist residency at The Walkaway House, The Sumac Project and a Rural and Traditional Arts Fellowship from the New York State Council on the Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Vessels’ Gallery formerly in Boston’s South End, as well as Carroll and Sons, The Boston Center for the Arts, the Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Danforth Museum of Art, the New Bedford Art Museum, the Cotuit Center for the Arts, AS220, the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY, Arizona State University, Morehead State University, Adams State University and in the New York City area at The Painting Center, Site: Brooklyn, and Curious Matter.
Recent shows include the “Crit Ecologies: Artists, Community, and Criticality” at Hudson Valley MOCA in Peekskill, NY, and a solo exhibition of works “Biophilia” at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY.
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Photo credits: Photos by Jill Bornand
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New York State Rural & Traditional Arts Fellowship 