The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture is pleased to present Mutual, a new exhibition by Montana-based artist Kirsten Kainz, opening May 8.

Spanning the Jessie Wilber Gallery, Lobby Gallery, and the Emerson’s new pop-up gallery space in Galleria Hall, this immersive exhibition invites visitors into a vivid and thought-provoking exploration of our interconnected relationship with the natural world.

In Mutual, Kainz channels her enduring fascination with nature into a dynamic range of work, including bejeweled sculptural pieces, collage, and a striking “hall of heads” installation in the Lobby Gallery. In Galleria Hall, a powerful large-scale polar bear set within an arctic environment anchors the pop-up space, complimented by a natural musical composition by local composer, Kasey Clemens.