Opening Reception at The Gallery: Wild Order: Studies in Natural Form

Park Event · Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Aug 29, 2026 · 12:00 PM–3:00 PM

Join the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park for the opening reception of Wild Order: Studies in Natural Form.

Curated by Yana Mikho-Misho, this exhibition features works from artists Yasmeen Kwan, Pavla Margo, Christopher Owen Smith, Juliette Thimmig, and Rebekah Wilhelm.

Nature has long served as a source of observation, but Wild Order looks beyond representation to explore the systems, rhythms, and material intelligence that shape the living world. Bringing together five contemporary artists working across printmaking, mixed media, drawing, and painting study, the exhibition examines how organic forms are translated, reconstructed, and reimagined through distinct artistic practices.

Rather than depicting nature directly, the works engage with its underlying logic: growth, repetition, adaptation, and balance. Botanical studies, layered compositions, relief surfaces, and three-dimensional painted forms reveal how natural structures can become visual languages, where observation gives way to interpretation. Moving between order and unpredictability, the exhibition embraces the tension between careful construction and organic evolution. Nature emerges not simply as subject matter, but as a catalyst for making, shaping process, material, and imagination. Wild Order invites viewers to slow down and consider how the patterns of the natural world continue to influence the ways artists see, build, and transform their surroundings.

Collaborative Partnership

This exhibition is part of a collaborative partnership between the Conservancy for CVNP and the Museum of Creative Human Art and runs August 29-October 25, Saturdays & Sundays, 11 am-3 pm.

Source: National Park Service (public domain).