Artist-in-Residence, Heidi Wiren Bartlett, conjures latent energies from rocks, bodies of water, and the natural environment to narrate stories about history, experiences, and mythologies that make our daily lives magical.
Upriver was a project including a series of sculptures culminating in a performance event on Bushkill Creek. Debuting on July 8, the work is an active collaboration with local artists, scholars, geologists, musicians, and engineers. In a procession down the Karl Stirner Arts Trail, stories will be told, action will transform, and each element will be constructed to reflect the potent history of the Lehigh Valley and mythologies of “The Place at the Forks.”
There will be sacred rocks, iron, steel, hex signs, and witches.