In The Dark At Sea
A working exhibition by Heather Watkins

Artist Reception on:
Sunday, February 21st from 1-3pm
Free and open to the public

In The Dark At Sea is an evolving installation of prints, drawings, texts and collected ephemera, created and assembled during a six-week artist’s residency at Em-Space. Thematically linked by the language we use to characterize emotional or mental states, the exhibition’s elements explore intersecting narratives of loss and uncertainty.

Heather Watkins is a visual artist whose studio practice includes experimental forms of drawing and printmaking, book arts, installation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her current work explores the physical and metaphorical language of fibers, focusing on ideas of entanglement and tension. She has shown her work in numerous exhibitions, recently at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Nine Gallery, and PDX Contemporary Art’s Window Project in Portland. She received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and held a faculty appointment at Lewis & Clark College from 2002–09.

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Located at the start of the Springwater Corridor in SE Portland, Em Space Book Arts Center offers artists and interested community members access to rare equipment and beautiful, bright studio space. Studio Memberships are currently available. (info@em-space.org)