The Center encourages guests to take time to enjoy desserts, hot chocolate and cider and the works of other award-winning exhibiting artists including accomplished quilting artist, Deb Brockway; syndicated cartoon artist, author and playwright, Patrick McDonnell; and internationally acclaimed watercolorist James Fiorentino.
Retired Princeton Day School teacher Liz Cutler, who led the school’s sustainability club to inspire students to observe and care for nature, is showing her botanical art in memory of her son, Isaac. Together, they walked Greenway Meadows park throughout his lifetime.
“I collect carefully, conscious of which flowers are ephemeral or how many are growing in a patch, and whether my taking one or two will matter to their survival. As I write this, the late afternoon light throws long shadows from trees now bare of their leaves, stark, winter closing in. It’s a different kind of beauty. There is nothing left to pick, but my closet desk drawers burst with labeled bags of sunshine: flowers and leaves, stems and stamens, even an intact eastern Swallowtail butterfly I found dead on the road. They beg to be slowly and quietly drawn into a picture for a second life through art, to remind me that mine is a story of grace and gratitude, and to help others see, perhaps for the first time, the beauty of nature. I lose myself in the meditation.” Liz Cutler
Come to the Johnson Education Center to see Liz Cutler’s pressed flower art and hear about her inspiration and meditative creation process. Enjoy desserts and warm beverages and experience the feeling of being surrounded by a wildflower meadow in the cold of winter.
In the event of inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled to Thursday, Jan. 25. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by artist Liz Cutler’s presentation at 7:00 p.m.
Art sales will benefit the land trust’s work to preserve and care for land, maintain public trails, and inspire a conservation ethic.
About D&R Greenway Land Trust: D&R Greenway Land Trust is an accredited nonprofit that has reached a new milestone of over 22,000 acres of land preserved throughout central New Jersey since 1989. By protecting land in perpetuity and creating public trails, it gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors. The land trust’s preserved farms and community gardens provide local organic food for residents of the region—including those most in need. Through strategic land conservation and stewardship, D&R Greenway combats climate change, protects birds and wildlife, and ensures clean drinking water for future generations. D&R Greenway’s mission is centered on connecting land with people from all walks of life. www.drgreenway.org; info@drgreenway.org. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
- Liz Cutler with Princeton Day School Garden
- Summer Night Garden
- David and Goliath
There is no charge to attend; reservations are required at info@drgreenway.org or (609) 924-4646.