SacRED Seeds • Eternal Blooms // Semillas Sagradas • Flores Eternales at Austin Central Library, 2nd Floor Art Gallery – Austin, TX

As part of The Light That Grows Here and in conjunction with the Austin Studio Tour, local artist Lacey Richter will present a durational performance within the exhibition space. Drawing inspiration from the show’s themes of native plant wisdom, ecology, and spiritual interconnectedness, SacRED Seeds • Eternal Blooms weaves movement, gesture, and symbolic ritual to embody cycles of transformation and renewal.

Through a series of intimate vignettes incorporating seeds, flowers and prayerful meditation, Richter holds space in honor of the recent Hill Country floods and all who have been affected. Viewers are invited to bear witness to their own grief through participation as a sacred offering, creating a shared moment of remembrance and healing.

Photo credits: Anya Gallaccio, to see if time was there, 2017. Collection of The Contemporary Austin, with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, Laguna Gloria Sculpture Park, Austin, TX. Artwork copyright Anya Gallaccio, photo by David Carrales.

SacRED Seeds por Mano, Photo featuring Mountain Laurel Seeds outside of St Luke UMC, Austin, TX 2022