Eco-Artist Mira Lehr Has Spent Five Decades Documenting the Changing Environment. See Her New Show Here

While museums around the globe are
closed to the public, we are spotlighting each day an inspiring
exhibition that was previously on view. Even if you can’t see it in
person, allow us to give you a virtual look.

“Mira Lehr: High Water Mark”
Mannello Museum of American Art

What the museum says: “A ‘high water mark’
indicates a literal measurement for the highest point the water
level reaches in a given area at a particular time. However,
alternate meanings of the term suggest maximum value in various
other sectors of life. It seems fitting, then, that this phrase
should be applied to the work of an artist whose career spans five
decades, building toward a well-earned peak.

“Lehr’s recent work has been lauded by critics for the
meaningful and contemplative commentary she offers on a timely and
contentious subject, the state of our natural world. However, her
sense of wonder and optimism about humanity’s ability to rise to
the occasion with solutions guides both her life and work.”

Why it’s worth a look: In 1969, one year
before the first ever Earth Day, architect and visionary
Buckminster Fuller gathered a consortium of researchers,
scientists, engineers, philosophers, and artists to participate in
what he called the “World Game,” a symposium dedicated to finding
ways to save the planet. Fuller surrounded himself with likeminded
individuals, including Mira Lehr, whose participation in that
gathering set her on a course that would affect her entire
career.

Now, 50 years later, Lehr is 85 years old and still working on
making eco-conscious art. As a resident of Florida, with her studio
precariously nestled along the coastline of Miami, Lehr can’t help
but be informed by the natural world and the massive change it is
undergoing. With her show closed to the public, Lehr wrote directly
to her viewers, repeating Fuller’s phrasing from 1969: “We are
called to be the architects of the future, not its victims.”

For those interested, Lehr has also uploaded videos and a digital photo tour of the show for viewers to
watch.

What it looks like:

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