Shirah Miriam “Mimi” Aumann
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Drury on C-Street will open a unique exhibition featuring Missouri artist Shirah Miriam “Mimi” Aumann from 6 to 8 p.m. today. The exhibit, “Hemp and Pots – Grass and Trees” will feature 44 multi-media pieces, including the installation of “Tree Whispers,” which portrays the deforestation of the Earth for paper. The Drury on C-Street gallery is at 233 E. Commercial St.
“This exhibit is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the viewer to the strength and beauty of these natural fibres and get the environmental message across in a powerful and visual way,” Aumann said in a Drury news release.
Aumann creates handmade papers and sculptures using tree-free, native plant fibers. She studied weaving for several years with Drury weaving instructor Harriet Mears, mother of Ellen Mears Kennedy, a noted papermaker.
The exhibition will open with a “creative conversation” at 5:30 p.m., featuring Aumann as well as Mike Lewis, executive director of Growing Warriors, a Kentucky-based organization that teaches veteran families the skills to grow naturally grown produce. Growing Warriors recently planted a successful crop of hemp — a historic moment in Kentucky after decades of federal prohibition of industrial hemp.