Virtual Gallery at Wilder:

The Lamorinda Arts Council (LAC) presents the photography work of featured artist Jennifer Lothrigel at their virtual Art Gallery at Wilder during the month of June. Access Lothrigel's artwork on line at www.lamorindaarts.org/online-galleries/ and purchase it with one click.

Jennifer is a photographer and writer who lives in Lafayette California. Her work is a meditation on belonging, lineage and connection to body and place. She has multiple bodies of photographic work that she has focused on in the past few years and the work that she is showing comes from two of those bodies of work.

The first series is titled Briones and is about her relationship to the place she lives. She lives within walking distance to Briones Regional Park and has been photographing while on her hikes for many years. This series not only represents her reverie and awe for this beautiful place but also explores what it means to belong in a place and to have a relationship with the natural world. She has explored the question: How can I live with the same level of harmony that I see in nature? This is a question and a practice that she lives with. She says, "Briones is my teacher."

The second series that she is sharing work from is called 'Wind Mother,"named after the Hungarian Goddess Szelanya. Szelyanya controls the wind, creating both soft breezes and wild storms. These photos explore how ancestral patterns are carried both in the body and are woven through a lineage. Relying on family relics and her body, she focuses on the balance of honor and release, mythic and mundane. Visit http://jenniferlothrigel.com/ to see more of her work.

This virtual exhibit runs June 3 through July 1. For more information about the Lamorinda Arts Council visit https://lamorindaarts.org/ or call 925.359.9940.