Upstate Art Weekend - Fleeting Bloom, Fixed Form - June 25 to July

"Fleeting Bloom, Fixed Form" brings together the works of Hudson Valley artists Julia Whitney Barnes, Natalya Khorover, Natalie Wargin, and April Warren to explore the tension between nature’s transience and the desire for permanence. Each artist serves as a witness to the garden’s inevitable cycle of bloom and decay, utilizing a diverse array of media to arrest time in its tracks. Whether it is Khorover’s transformation of discarded single-use plastic into intricate botanical relief, Whitney Barnes’s use of painted cyanotypes to capture ephemeral flowers and plants, Warren’s precise yet abstract examinations of floral form, or Wargin’s evocative paintings of cyclical growth and rebirth, these creators collectively turn the temporary into the enduring. Much like the seeds preserved by Hudson Valley Seed Co., this exhibition reminds us that while the bloom may be fleeting, the act of artistic creation allows us to hold onto the essence of the garden long after the petals have fallen. See works by these artists alongside their original seed pack art.

June 25-August 24, 2026