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Upcoming Exhibitions

Katherine Rosing
Harbingers

Harbingers is an immersive installation of organic, tattered fiber columns pierced by flame, suggesting a ghost forest in the aftermath of wildfire. Dozens of these forms, nearly 10 feet tall, are suspended from the ceiling with paths through the installation inviting viewers to contemplate the impact of extreme weather patterns like drought and the fires that follow, not only on forests, but on human survival.

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Diana Mercado
La Casa en la Montaña

IA&A at Hillyer presents La Casa en la Montaña, an exhibition by Diana Mercado bringing together works from her two London exhibitions, Memories of the Andes (2023) and A Tale of the Andes (2025), within a new curatorial framework. The exhibition features 16 paintings, including a work that, together with a poem written for the exhibition, forms the conceptual and emotional bridge between the two original exhibitions. The title presents the house as a metaphor for the country left behind—an inner space shaped by memory, migration, and ancestral presence. Throughout the exhibition, the mountains remain a recurring symbol: constant, protective, and enduring across distance and time.

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Heather McMordie (curator)
Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Our Shared Skies

Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Our Shared Skies reconsiders the role of artists in wildlife conservation and explores the possibilities of art informed by science. The exhibit features work by over two dozen artists and writers from six countries. With a focus on creatures of flight, each artwork explores a different aspect of the complexity of wildlife conservation.

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Upcoming Programs

First Saturday

Saturday, October 3, 2026, 1 to 1:45 p.m.

Guided Tour by Katherine Rosing

Join our featured solo artist, Katherine Rosing, who will guide visitors through her installation titled Harbingers. Designed as an immersive, multimedia installation, Rosing’s exhibition resembles a ghost forest in the aftermath of a wildfire.

Free to the public (a donation of $10 is suggested)

Second Saturday

Saturday, October 10, 2026, 1 to 1:45 p.m.

Curator Talk: Re-Inhabiting Conservation

Join Heather McMordie, Creature Conserve’s Director of Curatorial Programs, and Marissa Mireles Hinds, Creature Conserve’s 2026 Curatorial Fellow, as they discuss Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Our Shared Skies. McMordie will share about her curatorial process and the role of art in wildlife conservation, and Hinds will discuss the artworks that are inspiring and inform her November program, “The Conscious Museum: A Supper Club.”

Creature Conserve, a global nonprofit outreach organization based in Rhode Island, USA, that brings artists, scientists, writers and other creatives together for wildlife conservation. Learn more at www.creatureconserve.com.

Free to the public (a donation of $10 is suggested)

Third Thursday

Saturday, October 15, 2026, 6:15 p.m.

Guided Tour by Hillyer Director

Hillyer Director, Tim Brown, will lead a guided tour of all three exhibitions that are currently on view throughout the months of October and November. Visitors can also take advantage of our extended evening hours, which occur on the third Thursday of every month.

Free to the public (a donation of $10 is suggested)

Third Thursday

Saturday, November 19, 2026, 6:15 p.m.

Conversation with Diana Mercado

During our monthly third Thursday program, our featured solo artist, Diana Mercado, will be joined by Dr. Katie Larson, Vice President of Exhibitions at IA&A, to discuss topics related to her current exhibition La Casa en la Montaña.

The Conscious Museum-A Drop In Supper Club

Saturday, November 19, 2026, 6:15 p.m.

‘The Conscious Museum’ is a free, communal exploration of the ecology of food, the future of conservation, and the consciousness of our environment and the winged creatures who allow for its existence. This three-course, farm-to-table supper club will invite the artists from the exhibition and other guests from conservation, physics, community farms and sustainability to come into dialogue with our invited supper club guests to eat together and ideate together, creating our own museum of conscious thought.

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