An Evening with Aurora Robson

You're invited to a special evening with featured artist and co-curator of the Sequesterings exhibition Aurora Robson. Aurora has pioneered many ways to sculpt with plastic debris, including fastening, weaving, sewing, ultrasonic welding, injection welding, and 3-D printing. She is also the founding artist of Project Vortex, a global collective of artists and designers working with plastic debris and the intention to create change. Enjoy refreshments while getting a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition and taking a deep-dive into Robson's work, which inspired the exhibition.

Working primarily with post-consumer and post-industrial plastics, Robson sculpts toxic waste into playful yet slightly menacing forms. Her practice explores the material irony of plastic, simultaneously indestructible and destructive, transforming it into objects of beauty while keeping its troubling origins ever-present. The work serves as both a personal meditation on childhood fears and a broader engagement with worldwide plastic pollution while conveying the delicate connection between human culture and the natural world.

Currently on view at the Center for Visual Art, Sequesterings brings together ten contemporary artists who utilize discarded materials to explore the intersections of art, environmental activism, and human impact on nature, challenging viewers to confront our world’s ecological crisis through the lens of radical transformation.

The evening is sponsored by the CVA Leadership Council as a fundraiser for CVA’s programs.

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