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EMILY DICKINSON RENDERED OPENS MARCH 3 AT WAVE HILL w/1 cut

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BRONX, N.Y. — “Emily Dickinson Rendered,” on view from March 3 to May 25, brings to Wave Hill ten contemporary artists who have been drawn to Dickinson’s observations about nature through her writing.

While known to be reclusive, especially later in life, Dickinson enjoyed walks in the woods and working in her garden. From the writing desk in her Amherst, Mass., home, she could view the world outside her window. Curator Jennifer McGregor commented, “For artists in the show, what fascinates is not just Dickinson’s poetry, but her example as an artist and the intimate, tactile quality of her relationship with nature. The artists explore different facets of her life and work in relationship to their own.”

For “When they come back – if Blossoms do,” Brece Honeycutt overlays Dickinson’s poems in Wave Hill’s Wild and Flower Gardens in concert with the unfolding of the spring season. Utilizing Glyndor Gallery’s Hudson River views, Francis Cape’s secluded desk and photograph of the garden in winter allude to Dickinson’s struggle with her absent god. Peter Edlund’s oil paintings are based on specific poems. Marina Zurkow’s hanging brugmansia-shaped sculptures contain animation of Dickinson-inspired garden characters.

“Emily Dickinson Rendered” is the first of three exhibitions Wave Hill will present in 2007 that explore Nineteenth Century American writing about nature through the lens of contemporary.

The influence of Nineteenth Century notions about nature is felt throughout Wave Hill, in its landscape, architecture and Palisades views. This series has been conceived in response to Wave Hill’s connection to that period, beginning as a former estate from 1843, and to provide an opportunity for contemporary artists to interpret writings of Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau (June 6–August 26), Bronx resident Edgar Allen Poe and Wave Hill House resident Mark Twain (September 13–December 16). Curated by Jennifer McGregor, The Dickenson exhibition will have a reception on April 15 from 1 to 4:30 pm.

On March 31, a lecture by Marta McDowell, horticulturist and author of Emily Dickinson’s Gardens: A celebration of a poet and gardener, will be presented.

Wave Hill is at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue. For more information, www.wavehill.org or 718-549-3200.

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GALLERY NIGHT PROVIDENCE, NEW SEASON BEGINS IN MARCH

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The new season of Gallery Night Providence is poised to begin. Nineteen galleries, museums and historic sites come together to celebrate Providence’s treasure trove of historic and contemporary fine arts and fine crafts.

From Eighteenth Century silverware to contemporary Native American painting, Gallery Night has celebrity guides, brochures, maps, a website and art buses to lead visitors through the city’s visual wonders. It’s fun, it’s fabulous and it’s free.

Founded in 1996, Gallery Night Providence takes place on the third Thursday of the month from March through November. The city’s hot art spots open their doors from 5 to 9 pm for anyone to visit one or all of the 19 locations and join in a visual arts party.

Parking is free at any one of the eight parking lots situated through the city, or ride the art bus and get on and off at any of the locations. For more information including parking lot address, art bus stops and special exhibitions, visit www.gallerynight.info.