Michelle Forsyth

Canopy mock-up, February 24-April 8, 2009.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

For a period of ten weeks during the spring 2009 semester I was a Visiting-Artist-in-Residence at the University of Southern Maine. While there I worked with the students to create an elaborate cut-paper installation for USM Art Gallery entitled Canopy. The students were Aimée Chaput, Rachel Church, Mary Cloutier, Patricia Flynn, Tonya Meikle, Carmen Menjivar, and Nicholas W. Reddy.

Inspired by the Great Fires of ’47 that ravished much of southern Maine, including the town of Waterboro, I photographed the re-grown forest canopy in Waterboro. I then created an installation that replicated the colors depicted in one of the photographs. Canopy consisted of several hundred thousand hand-screened, hand-cut, and wire-mounted, leaf-shaped pieces of paper suspended from monofilament.

Canopy wall text, February 24-April 8, 2009.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

Canopy, February 24-April 8, 2009.
Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

Canopy in Progress, February 2009.
USM VAIR Studio, Gorham, ME.

Students in photograph include Nicholas W. Reddy, Aimée Chaput, Rachel Church, and Patricia Flynn.

Installing Canopy, February 2009.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

Canopy Opening, February 27, 2009.
Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

Canopy in Progress, February 24-April 8, 2009.
Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament.
USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.

Student in photograph is Nicholas W. Reddy.

Students in photograph include Nicholas W. Reddy, Rachel Church, Aimée Chaput, Carmen Menjivar, and Mary Cloutier.

Student in photograph is Nicholas W. Reddy.

Students in photograph include Patricia Flynn and Mary Cloutier.

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Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. Student in photograph is Nicholas W. Reddy. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. Students in photograph include Nicholas W. Reddy, Rachel Church, Aimée Chaput, Carmen Menjivar, and Mary Cloutier. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. Student in photograph is Nicholas W. Reddy. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. Student in photograph is Nicholas W. Reddy. *Canopy in Progress,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. Students in photograph include Patricia Flynn and Mary Cloutier. *Canopy,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME. *Canopy,* February 24-April 8, 2009. Screenprint on hand-cut Arches 90lb. Hahnemuhle photo ink jet paper, watercolor on paper, ColorAid paper, sandpaper, glassine, wire, beads, rubber stoppers, sequins, yarn, eyehooks and monofilament. USM Art Gallery, Gorham, ME.