Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands
Red Cloud Opera House
413 North Webster Street
Red Cloud, NE 68970
United States
The National Willa Cather Center welcomed artist Matilda Essig of Sonoita, Arizona, on October 4, 2019. Essig has created a digital imagery folio suite entitled Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands. Her work centers on the subtle diversity that underlies ecosystems worldwide and examines the complex relationships within a grasslands community not unlike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie.
ON DISPLAY
October 4, 2019, to January 9, 2020
ARTIST LECTURE AND RECEPTION
Friday, October 4, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Matilda Essig is a traditionally trained fine artist whose career has been devoted to conservation of the natural world. Recent work in natural science illustration and interpretive design has left her with a passion to preserve America's open spaces and a desire to see art address relevant issues.