New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist In Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and installations transform familiar objects into compelling meditations on collective memory, desires, and failures. Recently, Shin has been using fallen trees as raw material for installations that touch on life cycles and the impacts of climate change. Shin’s engagement with Laumeier focuses on North American ash trees, which are under threat from the Emerald Ash Borer, an insect whose populations have increased exponentially due to global warming. She aims to draw awareness to this issue, as well as related topics around climate change and conservation, by highlighting their connection to the all-American sport of baseball. Learn more about Home Base.

Exhibition Opening

ARTIST TALK / 11:30 a.m. / FREE
Join Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist In Residence Jean Shin for a meet and greet at her new installation Home Base, 2022 on view in Laumeier’s South Lawn.

DEMONSTRATION / Wood Turning / 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. / FREE
Learn about the process of wood turning with an on-site demonstrate from artist Jeff Hornung, who is also a wood turning instructor at Craft Alliance and a 2022 Laumeier Art Fair award winner.