In “The Intertwining of Art and Nature,” Janice T. Payne (Florida Weekly) Until September 21, 2025, I am writing about “Mangrove Intertwined: Florida Landscapes” at the multimedia art exhibition at the Baker Museum. Payne said, “The bold exhibitions at the Baker Museum combine the importance of art, advocacy and mangroves…” and the Baker Museum is located at 5833 Pelican Baybrevird, Nipe, Nipe. Please refer to the article in Florida Weekly).
The mangroves are spending a moment.
Mangrove plants with thick, tangled branches and partially submerged roots are a common sight along southwestern Florida and subtropical coastlines around the world. It is also a powerful symbol of ecological interconnectivity.
These robust plants provide essential habitat for hundreds of species, filter pollutants from brackish waters, thrive there, and protect the coastline from rising waters as the climate warms. They even have their own special day on July 26, designated as an international mangrove day by the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organizations.
“They also provide space for reflection, recreation and mental health,” said Diane Brass Feliciano, curator of the new multimedia art exhibition “Intertified with Mangroves: Florida Landscapes,” which was held at the Baker Museum in Naples. “They don’t have to do anything for us, but they do.”
Joining Baker’s staff as a curator of contemporary art in May 2023, Brás-Feliciano recently opened and created a purpose-driven exhibition wrapped in ideas for entanglement in nature. “The overall concept of the show is that we are all intertwined, we are all intertwined,” she said. “So you can’t say you don’t care about the environment, because you’re part of it. When you destroy an ecosystem, we’re destroying ourselves.”
The show features nine artists from all over South Florida, whose work is deeply embedded in our natural environment. Their paintings, paintings, prints, photographs, videos and sculpture installations celebrate the beauty of the Everglades landscapes and creatures while expressing deep concern about the ecological threats facing the region. [. . .]
For the complete article, go to https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/art-and-nature-entangle/
[Show above: This piece, titled “Nesting,” by Gretchen Scharnagl, is part of the “Entangled in the Mangroves” exhibit. DANIEL PORTNOY / COURTESY PHOTO for Florida Weekly.]
