Vernal Closing Reception & Artist Talk
Saturday, May 31, 2025
4 PM to 10 PM
RSVP Required.
This event is free to attend.
Please join us for a special closing reception with the artists of Vernal, our inaugural exhibition at Buffalo Prescott. The evening begins with an artist panel featuring Jessica Wildman Katz, Suzy Poling, Jane Sasso, Paula Schubatis, Melissa Webb, and Renee Willoughby. Post panel we invite you to enjoy the Vernal exhibition one last time and celebrate the final weeks of Spring.
4 PM | Artist Talk featuring all exhibiting artists
5 PM | Closing reception begins
Buffalo Prescott
11411 Buffalo St,
Detroit, MI 48212
About the Vernal Exhibition:
At a pivotal time in current history where individuals find themselves in need of existing in both light and dark–Vernal offers artistic expressions with fresh perspectives and budding hope. Marking the birth of spring, this exhibition is embedded with care and intention, an idealized vision of untamed nature conveying possible futures where we learn to coexist rather than dominate. Through immersive installation, soft sculpture, and posthumanist video work, the artists explore a reflection of what could be.
Vernal embraces both the delicate and the resilient, illuminating a sense of growth, verdancy, and inevitable change. In this season of emergence, the exhibition offers not just a glimpse of restoration, but a call to imagine a less human-centered future where we learn to thrive in symbiosis with the natural world.
Featuring new and recent work by:
Shaina Kasztelan
Evan Mazellan
Sara Nickleson
Suzy Poling
Tony Printz
Jane Sasso
Paula Schubatis
Rachel Elise Thomas
Melissa Webb
Jessica Wildman Katz
Renee Willoughby
Curated by Samara Furlong
4 PM | Artist Talk featuring all exhibiting artists
5 PM | Closing reception begins
Buffalo Prescott
11411 Buffalo St,
Detroit, MI 48212
About the Vernal Exhibition:
At a pivotal time in current history where individuals find themselves in need of existing in both light and dark–Vernal offers artistic expressions with fresh perspectives and budding hope. Marking the birth of spring, this exhibition is embedded with care and intention, an idealized vision of untamed nature conveying possible futures where we learn to coexist rather than dominate. Through immersive installation, soft sculpture, and posthumanist video work, the artists explore a reflection of what could be.
Vernal embraces both the delicate and the resilient, illuminating a sense of growth, verdancy, and inevitable change. In this season of emergence, the exhibition offers not just a glimpse of restoration, but a call to imagine a less human-centered future where we learn to thrive in symbiosis with the natural world.
Featuring new and recent work by:
Shaina Kasztelan
Evan Mazellan
Sara Nickleson
Suzy Poling
Tony Printz
Jane Sasso
Paula Schubatis
Rachel Elise Thomas
Melissa Webb
Jessica Wildman Katz
Renee Willoughby
Curated by Samara Furlong
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