Hilary Lorenz’s Cross-Pollination: The Moth Migration Project

On View at the Denver Botanic Garden January 15 – April 3, 2022

Hilary Lorenz’s immersive installations highlight the capacity of artmaking to forge powerful and unexpected connections between people. When #SSB interviewed artist Hilary in 2017 for an early iteration of Moth Migration at Albuquerque’s 516 Arts she said, “I knew I wanted to work with moths. Moths conjure up images of nightime, lights, creepiness and they are food for bears. Grizzlies can eat 40,000 moths per day! The concept of the exhibition is that cross pollination refers not only to how insects and creatures pollinate plant life, but also the cross pollination of ideas in art and science.”

Cross-Pollination: The Moth Migration Project features more than 16,000 printed paper moths alighted on surfaces throughout the gallery. Each unique artwork was created by the artist or crowd-sourced via social media from individuals across 27 different countries. Discover this collaborative project celebrating moths as pollinators, but also as metaphors for the exchange of art and ideas, connecting friends and strangers across the globe united through their love of nature.

Lorenz is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of nature, community building and printmaking. She holds an MA and MFA from the University of Iowa in printmaking and intermedia. Lorenz is a Fulbright Scholar and a Mid-Atlantic Fellow for the National Endowment for the Arts, and her works have been featured in exhibitions throughout the U.S. and globally.

The Moth Migration Project is ongoing and accepting artwork contributions from artists of all levels—learn more about the Moth Migration Project.

Denver Botanic Garden: York Street Location
1007 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
720-865-3500

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