PORT TOWNSEND — “Evolving Body Metaphors,” a show combining painting, sculpture and words, will begin Thursday.
The show at the Cotton Building at 607 Water St. in Port Townsend will be open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day through Saturday. Face masks are required.
It includes paintings by Elisabeth Haight, a Port Townsend artist; writing by Jordan Hartt, often a part of Centrum’s writing workshops and now living in Olympia; and a collection of mannequins made by artist collaborators, Haight said in a press release.
Hartt will provide a reading at 7 p.m. Friday.
The exhibit “is unusual, in that for the sculptural portion, artist, non-artists and children participated,” from Swan School’s Explorer Art Class, Haight said.
The show has been in development since 2019, she said.
It investigates “how the body creates a language of its own, and what it means living in a body,” Haight said on her website at http://www.elisabethhaight.com.
“Currently, the term, body politic, shapes the socio-political landscape and affects human rights, where human bodies suffer political violence, but also wield political authority,” she said.
“While the traditional historical view of the body politic is valuable in understanding our cultural systems, it needs to understand and act in considering the unforeseen consequences of not involving systems of inclusion, health and economies of equality and justice for All; Earth’s ecosystem,” she added.
For more information, see http://www.elisabethhaight.com.
