A handful of bees, leaf skeletons, mule hair, and four broken teeth — found treasures such as these form visual stories in Jennifer Adams’ “From the Garden and Beyond,” on exhibit in the UW Tacoma Art Gallery through December 2. 

Gallery hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1-4 p.m. and Fridays 1-5 p.m.  Admission is free.  The UWT Gallery is located at 1742 Pacific Ave.
Adams mixes gifts from the natural world with street finds — rotten boards from an old planter, baling wire in the shape of a bird, an old silver spoon crushed in the woods — and a few thrift shop purchases.

“I love the old, the worn, the forgotten and ignored. My work incorporates these items,” Adams says.  “I use these things to address memories and dreams, and to put emotions in order. I seek the overlooked and discarded. I want to showcase them.”

She holds a B.F.A. in photography from San Jose State University and has served as a visiting artist at the Tacoma Art Museum and at the Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art.

Adams is a teaching artist and has taught art and photography at Tacoma Community College, Metro Parks Tacoma, and with Youth in Focus for at-risk youth.  She has held a residency at the Tacoma Art Museum, and several residencies at the Museum of Glass.

Jennifer’s freelance clients include Sub-Pop Records, SPIN Magazine and Word Magazine in the UK. She was recently exhibited in the Frye Art Museum’s Northwest Women in Photography Show, as well as the 2004 Tacoma Art Museum Biennial Show.

For more information, call (253) 692-5642.