Art Through the Window: A Conversation with Holli Harmon & Nicole Strasburg
Holli Harmon (left), photo by Kerrie Smith. Nicole Strasburg (right), photo courtesy the Artist.
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce its March virtual program, Art Through the Window: A Conversation with Holli Harmon & Nicole Strasburg, taking place Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 4 – 5 p.m.
Artists Holli Harmon and Nicole Strasburg are the creative force behind the Wildling’s two new art installations. Both Holli Harmon: The Nature of Clouds and Wintering: A Fox Tale by Nicole Strasburg were designed specifically to be viewed from the outside-in during the Wildling’s mandated Covid-19 closure. In their upcoming presentation, the two will discuss their process and the work that went on behind-the-scenes while creating these site-specific installations.
“I plan to focus on how an artist uses materials to express and communicate a story,” says Holli Harmon. “We’ll look at what an art installation entails – and how we got to this point.”
Harmon will give attendees insight into how she moved from painting to building three dimensional clouds and planting live kokedama plants in the course of her work. Artist Nicole Strasburg will also share an inside look into her process creating silhouetted papercut window designs from studio mock-ups to full scale installations at the Wildling.
The suggested donation for this virtual event is $5.00, click here to donate what you wish. To register to attend this event, click here to sign up on Zoom.
Questions? Email info@wildlingmuseum.org or call (805) 686-8315.
The Wildling Museum’s ongoing Zoom programming is sponsored by Montecito Bank & Trust.
About Holli Harmon
Holli Harmon’s work is rooted in California's culture and environment. In 2020, her solo exhibition, CALIFIA, at Sullivan Goss Gallery summarized her interpretation of the California experience. This followed recent exhibitions and projects focusing on California’s environment and cultures.
In 2018, Harmon co-created The River’s Journey project, which documented the Santa Ynez Watershed. The exhibition debuted at the Wildling Museum, followed by exhibits at Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara City Hall, and Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. She worked with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in 2017 to create a portrait of Juana Maria, also known as “The Lone Woman of Santa Cruz Island” following a major portraiture exhibition, Portraits of the Central Coast, at the Elverhøj Museum in Solvang, CA in 2016.
Harmon earned her master’s degree from San Diego State University and her bachelor’s degree from University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She has attended Santa Barbara City College for life drawing and printmaking classes, as well as the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA and Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, AZ. For more information about Holli Harmon’s work visit: www.holliharmon.com.
About Nicole Strasburg
Nicole Strasburg is a locally-grown Santa Barbaran. After spending years roaming the UCSB campus where her father taught set and lighting design, it seemed a natural fit to accept a fellowship to the College of Creative Studies and later graduate in the studio art program. Nicole’s focus is contemporary landscape paintings in both oil and gouache.
Nicole has a long history with the local Santa Barbara art scene as contributing member of SB Arts Collaborative, past president of Santa Barbara Printmakers, and current member of both Westmont Arts Council and Wildling Exhibition Committee. After owning and running her own studio gallery in downtown Santa Barbara for 12 years, Nicole closed her doors to be represented locally by Sullivan Goss and nationally by the Sundance Catalog. She is currently co-curating a new show with the Wildling for when they reopen, as well as preparing her next solo show for Sullivan Goss which opens in July 2021. For more information about Nicole Strasburg’s work, visit: www.nicolestrasburg.com.