Catherine Reinhart: lightlightlighlighlight Artist Talk

9/12/25 11:00 AM - 9/12/25 12:00 PM
Location: Prairie Meadows Art Gallery

Please join the Art department Friday, September 12th @ 11:00 a.m. in the Prairie Meadows Art Gallery for an artist talk with Ames, Iowa artist Catherine Reinhart. Catherine will talk about the current work lightlightlightlightlightlight, her ideas, and her process. This is a great opportunity to support, hear and ask questions!

lightlightlightlightlightlight is a solo exhibition from the Iowa artist Catherine Reinhart that will be displayed from September 1 - October 3 at the Prairie Meadows Art Gallery in the Rasmussen Center. The exhibition features interdisciplinary works about grief, care, labor, and time. With artworks spanning fiber, sculpture, and installation, lightlightlightlightlightlight visually explores the themes of grief - collective and personal, and labor - maternal, manual, and artistic. Using materials such as human hair, thrifted textiles, and gold leaf, this exhibition is a meditation on revaluing broken objects and invisible labor in our societies.

From the artist, “I have always been interested in the remnant, the residual, and the absence. Leftovers are a kind of evidence of action. An imprint. I like the sadness of these abandoned materials. I ask, 'What is Lost & What is Held?'."

Support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.