Juliana Laury returns to Ravensgate for her third installment of an annual art collection titled “Cemetery Walks”. 

She uses large scale vintage frames as an unlikely container for a material called “encaustic” (a mixture of beeswax and resin) which has historically been used as a painting medium, however, in 2020 Juliana began to reimagine it by pouring it, and has since unlocked new possibilities which she brings to this body of work. 

The cemetery walks series is a vehicle for talking about death in a modern age. As a mother of three young children, Juliana uses peaceful walks in cemeteries in order to destigmatize an inherent fact of life for both her sons and herself. This show will integrate both spoken and framed poetry to further stretch the conversation between the various meaning-making languages we are given at birth.

The opening reception for Cemetery Walks 2024 is Friday, September 6th from 6-8pm. There will be a poetry reading at 7pm by Juliana and Vincent Tavani.