4/1: new works by CLAUDIA BERNS at The Plaines Project

TRAVERSING CURRENT: SEARCHING FOR WOMB AND MOTHER
new works by CLAUDIA BERNS
April 1-15

Opening Reception: Friday, April 1. 7-10pm
Performances start at 8:30
Open hours by appointment: 607.351.8629

The Plaines Project
1822 S Desplaines Street

TRAVERSING CURRENT: SEARCHING FOR WOMB AND MOTHER showcases photography and sculpture installation from artist Claudia Berns.  This work was born in the hills of Steuben, WI – where Claudia photographed women in green pastures and cold rushing springs.  Berns is interested in the way women connect to their bodies and nature, and explores how that connection creates a universal communion. In her installation Claudia presents her passion play with fort building, musical performance, branches and nesting. During the opening reception, Claudia is pleased to welcome Hornswaggler Arts along with musical performances by Shree Shrine, Hyperslob & His Animal Magnetism, and Big Sister – Little Sister.

CLAUDIA BERNS (b. 08-01-1985 in Shakopee, MN) is an artist/photographer/adventurer and attended her first residency at ACRE. Berns received her B.A. in photography in 2007 from Columbia College, and has exhibited her work in galleries through out the midwest. She has spent a better part of the past three years working in a remote area of the Minnesota-Canadian wilderness, and is attending school for midwifery in Maine in the fall.