Sustainability Artist To Show Works

Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery will present “Proposals,” a solo exhibition by artist Mary Mattingly. The exhibit will be on view from Sept. 4 through Oct. 25.

Mattingly will also give a public artist’s talk on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall’s Concert Hall, followed by a reception.

The exhibition and reception events are free and open to the public.

New York-based artist Mattingly works in various media to explore issues around sustainability, climate change and consumerism. She is best known for creating sculptural ecosystems such as “Swale,” a floating food forest that was open to the public as it traveled through the harbors of New York City. The exhibition in Staniar Gallery will present a series of photographs and sculptures from an ongoing series in which the artist wraps up collections of personal objects into dense bundles that comment on consumption, waste and the environment.

Mattingly is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and the recipient of grants from the James L. Knight Foundation, the Harpo Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Staniar Gallery is located on the second floor of Wilson Hall, in Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts. When the campus is open to the public, gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (540) 458-8861. For more information about the 2023-2024 exhibition and programming schedule, visit https://my.wlu. edu/staniar-gallery/currentseason.