“how do we talk about this”
A Show of Recent Paintings by Thya Merz
At Wilderbee Farm’s Mead Werks
May 2nd – July 27th 2025
Artist’s Reception, June 22nd, 3-5pm
On December 14th 2012, after a long, excruciating day as a Head of School that serves pre-school and elementary students in lower Manhattan, I left my office and rode the subway to my studio in Brooklyn.
Before I could go home, fall asleep, and rise the next day to be present for my faculty, my students, and their families, I needed to process what had just happened at Sandy Hook ES. Above is the small piece I created in that moment.
I Tried Calling, Thya Merz
Now, living 3,000 miles, and more than a decade away from that moment in time, I still turn to art making as a vehicle to understand, and enter into difficult conversations.
My show at Mead Werks is a display of my most recent attempts to not turn away from the almost incomprehensible “moments” we are experiencing at this juncture in our history.
Seeking Safe Haven No 2, Thya Merz
Please join me for an:
Artist’s Reception
Sunday, June 22nd, 3-5pm
Wilderbee Farm’s Mead Werks
223 Cook Ave Ext, Port Townsend, WA