This exhibit explores the powerful, often overlooked connections between the earth’s most persistent plants and the creatures that sustain them. This group show, featuring work from Artists in Residence and current RoE Fellows, highlights the vital role of pollinators—bees, butterflies, birds,—in nurturing ecosystems, while celebrating the resilience of “weeds” and medicinal plants that have adapted, persisted, and transformed across centuries. By juxtaposing botanical and pollinator specimens with original art and interactive experiences, the exhibit reveals how these persistent species (long categorized as nuisances) hold knowledge of survival, regeneration, and balance that resonates today, as ecosystems face escalating pressures from climate change and human intervention. “Resilient Roots” invites visitors to reconnect with the natural world and consider how insights from the early modern world—its plant lore, ecological observations, land management practices, and human/nonhuman relationships—can inspire new ways to repair and restore the fragile environments that sustain us all.

Featuring work by Missy Dunaway, Aliza Fassler, Bo Kim, and Suzette Marie Martin.