"Where Have All the Bees Gone?" -- watercolor, 2009, by Helen Klebesadel -- is part of the new March exhibit at the Vertin Gallery in Calumet.CALUMET -- "The Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees," recent watercolors by Helen Klebesadel, will be on exhibit from Mar. 6 through Apr. 1, 2009, at the Vertin Gallery in Calumet. An opening reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 6.
Klebesadel is a Madison artist who has been very active in social issues, most recently those related to the environment. Her paintings reflect her love for nature and her concern to protect and save it. Klebesadel's work addresses the disappearance of bees, her love for flower gardening, her attachment to crows, dancing trees, etc.
"All of her recent work has a metaphorical dimension, referring to human love, our interdependence and our need to remember that everything is connected," says local artist Joyce Koskenmaki.
Along with her work toward environmental and social justice, Klebesadel is a consummate watercolorist. She has taught watercolor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and gives many watercolor workshops which are widely attended. Her day job is the Director of the Women's Studies Consortium for the University of Wisconsin Systems. She was the past president of the National Women's Caucus for Art and was the Director of the Board of the National Women's Studies Association. Presently, Klebesadel is also an appointee to the Wisconsin Arts Board.
"Unfortunately, because of death in the family, Helen will not be present at the opening," Koskenmaki explains. "I will give a short talk about Helen and her work."
Klebesadel's lecture on Art and Activism, which was to take place at the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock, has been postponed to a later date.
The Vertin Gallery is at 220 Sixth St., Calumet. Call 906-337-2200 for more information.
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