June 28, 2018

#cultivateawildernessmindset

In 2016 I returned to the idea of walking as creative practice, walking as art, and cultivating a wilderness mindset—I put it on hold during 2017 […]
April 22, 2018

Paper Words and Earth Day

  Thirteen years ago today, I created a massive installation in RittenHouse Square Park in Philadelphia in honor of Earth Day. I made 100 abaca fiber […]
December 10, 2017

Embrace the wild

I return to a phrase and a variation of the phrase from Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking” (first published in 1862 in The Atlantic), whenever I need to […]
November 6, 2016

Here Stands

I celebrated this year’s equinox installing Here Stands, with friend and collaborator Holly Wren Spaulding. Throughout the long days of walking and hanging abaca fiber paper […]
August 21, 2016

Wayfinding on view through September 25

MCLA GALLERY 51 TO EXTEND ‘WAYFINDING: A solo show by Melanie Mowinski NORTH ADAMS, MASS. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will extend the exhibition of Melanie […]
May 27, 2016

Tree Rubbing Love

I made a tree rubbing yesterday, one of the firsts in a very long time. It’s a rubbing of the word love inscribed into a tree along […]