“Meet Me in the Forest” free guided tour at Cafesjian Art Trust

Meet Me in the Forest invites you into the forests, gardens, and natural worlds artists create—places that hold mystery, mythology, and history. The exhibition foregrounds the complex and layered relationships between nature and humankind. Natural worlds are main characters in these stories, places where transcendent beauty, existential danger, and humanity converge and collide.

Meet Me in the Forest features twenty-one contemporary works of art across media, including paintings, textiles, mixed-media, glass, ceramics, photography, and installations. Drawing upon the CAT’s collection, new exciting acquisitions, and important regional and national loans, the exhibition includes work by leading artists Carrie Mae Weems, Ebony G. Patterson, and Ana Mendieta, alongside work by other nationally recognized artists and emerging new talent.

Meet Me in the Forest is organized by the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum’s Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Linnea Seidling, Assistant Curator of Glass. The CAT expresses gratitude to the Des Moines Art Center, Farnsworth Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Bockley Gallery, and Gladstone Gallery for generously lending works of art to the exhibition.
Artists Featured
Ebony G. Patterson

Erica Rosenfeld

Amanda Michelle Smith

Paul Stankard

Hannah Secord Wade

Carrie Mae Weems

Nancy Wissemann-Widrig

Emma Wood

Hiroshi Yamano
Christina Bothwell

Kate Clements

Inka Essenhigh

Pao Houa Her

Mayme Kratz

Kelly Sinnapah Mary

Ana Mendieta

Lori Nix

CAT features one exhibition at a time in the 2000-square-foot gallery. Each exhibition is on view for five to six months at a time. The gallery is a welcoming space for close-looking, contemplation, and connection.

Confirmation of RSVP required the Sunday before our tour . Please put on your calendar right away!

All of our tours here have been wonderful learning experiences in this jewel box of treasures!
After the tour, those who wish to join in will go next door to Churchill restaurant for happy hour—coffee, tea, wine, dessert or food, and great conversations!