Eye on Art: UMass Lowell art professor showcased in Groton School show

April is fickle, no doubt about it. One day, it’s 60 degrees and balmy, and the next, it’s snowing. But there’s plenty of art to keep you engaged and enthralled no matter what it’s doing outside.

The Department of Art and Design at UMass Lowell announces a new solo exhibition by associate professor Yuko Oda, “Decaying into Bloom,” curated by Jennifer Ho.

The exhibition is at The Christopher Brodigan Gallery at the Groton School at 282 Farmers Row in Groton. It features her recent artworks and encourages viewers to consider the ways in which plants and animals mutate or hybridize. The exhibition runs through May 10. It is free and open to the public from Monday-Friday,from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a. m. to  8 p.m. , and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In addition to viewing the artworks, the visitors will have a chance to respond to the exhibit through making drawings in the adjacent gallery. Oda explores the beauty of nature and it’s destruction by experimenting with combining opposing materials. Her processes serve as a symbol of the infiltration of human activity on the natural world. These works are deceiving in the sense that they are articulated so skillfully and with such elegance, and yet they awaken us to deeper discussions of nature that go beyond beauty and remind us of the necessity to heal and protect it.

For questions, contact Jennifer Ho at [email protected].

GALLERY NOTES

AT GREENWALD GALLERY — “Chronic: An Artist’s Story,” featuring the art of Tor Voner, is on view through May 3 at the Arts League of Lowell’s Greenwald Gallery, 307 Market Street, Lowell. A reception takes place April 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. and the gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Visit www.artsleagueoflowell.org for information.

AT ICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER — “Icons: Old Believers and Their World” showcases over 60 masterpieces from the Oleg Kushnirsky Russian Icon Collection at the Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton. It is on view through Aug. 30 and includes treasures that are rarely seen. The exhibit provides an opportunity to experience the artistic ingenuity and spiritual depth of icons painted during the golden age of Old Believer painting in Imperial Russia. Visit https://tinyurl.com/35ttjvc5 for info.

Nancye Tuttle’s email is [email protected].