​Angela Gilmour

Points of Return

May 1st – June 25th 2023
The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord (MA.) USA

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Points of Return on view at The Umbrella Arts Center (Concord, MA.) across five themed spaces. A journey has been mapped out by curators A La Luz, plotted to allow visitors fresh and engaging insights into wide-ranging aspects of the climate crisis, its end destination that of resolute optimism. For, while it may seem that we are racing toward a closing act, as our planet’s average temperature rises year-on-year, solutions remain within sight. We have not yet reached that dreaded “point of no return” and artists are in the unique position of being able to offer scientific data in new ways. Through dynamic display and crossing several artistic disciplines, this 27-artist show provides commentary, reflection, and creative restorative strategies.

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“As visually intriguing as the installations comprising ‘Points of Return’ are, the narratives surrounding such thought-provoking work are equally fascinating.”

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“The curators define one of the exhibition’s aims as providing ‘entry points’ for viewers that will enable emotional connections to a myriad of environmental affronts. However daunting experiencing the effects and grasping the magnitude of the issues surrounding climate change is, ultimately the exhibition is about hope.”

— Pamela Ellertson, Art New England