A Light I Knew Well – Karlena Fletcher
January 19 – March 31, 2021
An Inside Look at the Exhibition, including a Conversation with the Artist Karlena Fletcher and Meghan Young, BU ’21 February 11, 2021. View the video of the conversation.
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Artist’s Statement
I dedicate this exhibition to my late ‘Granny Tia,’ who carried a fondness for sentiment that to this day remains unmatched. Losing her instilled in me a longing to preserve what is beautiful, only to later realize that life gives beauty in mundane places and grants meaning in the subtlest ways.
This exhibition is the culmination of two years of closely observing my surroundings in hopes of capturing patterns of light I encounter in my present or remember vividly from my past. Each work of art operates as a visual poem that narrates this act of appreciating and preserving my many homes.
Karlena Fletcher is a current BFA candidate at Boston University set to graduate in May of 2021, and recently completed an internship with Unbound Visual Arts. In addition to her own artistic practice, she is passionate about increasing accessibility to art in underprivileged communities. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas and raised all over the world, Karlena considers her experiences in other cultures to be a critical influence in her journey as an artist. Her Instagram @artbykarlena Her personal website is karlenafletcher.myportfolio.
