Join artist Laura Mentor for an evening reception at the historic Trail’s End Lodge at Floracliff. She will discuss her show of paintings and collages, Place Value, assembled to coincide with the recent Bluegrass Land & Nature Symposium.

Her meticulous depictions of local biodiversity reflect an artist’s reverence for the tapestry of Nature. Compositions are interwoven with common information graphics which, in effect, illustrate our lives apart from Nature. The intention is to bring to light our assumptions about place value.

Existential pressures at work against Nature, the arts, science, education, etc., call us to reimagine the agency art can exercise in a time of crisis.

Exploring the potential of the arts to educate, engage disparate viewpoints and motivate change has driven Laura’s work in mixed media. This experimental work has been created over many years, alongside her work in stained glass for public libraries and hospitals.

Laura Mentor has been a public artist in KY since 2004. Folk dancing, historic costuming, shape note singing, vegetable gardening, hiking and embroidery are some of her pastimes. She and her husband Steve Bennett lead plein air drawing and painting events at Floracliff several times a year.

Floracliff has multiple entry gates. The meeting location for this program will be emailed to all registered participants a few days before the program.