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Awake in Every Sense A new art installation by Rachel Hayes, in partnership with LAND studio, opens Saturday, June 25, at the Cleveland Botanical Garden.
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his summer, in partnership with LAND studio, the Cleveland Botanical Garden will open Awake in Every Sense, the artwork of Rachel Hayes. The artist will begin her installation the week of June 20, and the exhibit will open to the public on Saturday, June 25. Rachel’s work has been featured all over the country and world and is truly a feast for the senses, especially the eyes!
Hayes was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She received her BFA in Fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. Often using fabric to create largescale work, she is interested in inserting color and form into both built and natural environments. Hayes is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Award in Painting and Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship in
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Sculpture, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship in Sculpture, Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture and a Charlotte Street Fund Award. She has attended the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program in New York, New York; Sculpture Space Residency in Utica, New York, and Art Omi International Artists’ Residency in Ghent, New York, among many other accomplishments. Hayes has collaborated with the Italian fashion house Missoni, culminating with a solo exhibition during Milan Design Week. Recently, she exhibited a site-specific installation with Istanbul74 during the 16th Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey. Her work has been covered by The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Cut, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Artforum, among others.
