On October 11th at 6:30 PM, Suzanne will be the featured speaker at the Steele Creek Park’s Wildlife Weekend (Bristol, TN). Her talk is titled “Taking the Pulse of Place: Connecting to the Natural World Through the Arts.” On October 12th she’ll be leading a drawing/journaling session from 1-3. Concurrent to these events, Suzanne’s artwork will be displayed in the Lakeshore Gallery at the park’s nature center from October 1 — December 31
Check out “Sky Sketches” on the Center for Humans and Nature’s website: https://humansandnature.org/sky-sketches Suzanne compares her low-tech sketches of a solar eclipse with the phenomenal James Webb Space Telescope pictures and comes out even.
Suzanne’s new project, “Natural Domain: Exploring the Southern Highlands,” is a series of assemblages about the nature and culture of the Southwest Virginia/Northeast Tennessee region. Each site-specific piece combines drawings & paintings, topographical maps, and natural specimens. During open studios (located at the William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Virginia), the artist shares the process and progress of this work.
OPEN STUDIO: Thursday, February 8th, from 6-7 p.m. Sponsored by the Nature Conservancy. Public invited. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-artist-suzanne-stryk-studio-tour-tickets-796142994127?aff=oddtdtcreator
Suzanne will be the featured speaker at the Blue Ridge Discovery Center’s Winter Naturalists Rally on February 17th, 9-9:45 a.m. Her topic will be “Taking the Pulse of Place: Connecting to the Natural World through the Arts.” Register here for this talk and a full day of field trips in the wintery mountain landscape: https://blueridgediscoverycenter.org/mount-rogers-winter-naturalist-rally-2024
