LYNN — Lynn Arts will be displaying the exhibit Charting Our Course and Connecting Our Communities by North Shore Artist Lisa Boemer until May 11. On Sunday, Boemer and Lynn Arts will screen the documentary Entangled, produced by David Abel, filmmaker and contributing reporter for The Boston Globe.
“I’m an artist who paints on NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) navigational charts, and the exhibit I have at the gallery in Lynn are my Right Whale paintings,” Boemer said.
Boemer said the exhibit is in collaboration with students at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, who have three pieces on display with Boemer’s work.
Boemer participated in a STARS Residency and the school. According to the Mass Cultural Council, STARS Residencies are three-day-plus stays where practicing artists, scientists, or humanists go to a school and work with students and teachers to create “rich cultural experiences.”
Boemer’s residency at the school was one week long.
“On these charts, it (highlights) the Right Whale critical habitat. So, one thing we did with the charts is we cut them into tiles and pieces and then students designed and collaged on them whatever they wanted. Some individuals (drew and) wrote an expression, while others took electrical wire and made a pattern on it. They did some really cool stuff,” Boemer said.
She said the title part “Charting Our Course,” came from her art of the Right Whale, and “Connecting Our Communities,” came from the connection between the students and Lynn and their neighborhood.
Also on display is a ropeless trap made by company EdgeTech out of Wareham.
“Basically these Right Whales are in danger of going extinct, and they’re protected. And the two main ways that they’re killed is through entanglement in the ropes for the lobster traps, and also boat strikes,” Boemer said.
The traps made from EdgeTech prevent entanglement of the Right Whale.
Entanglement will be screened at LynnArts from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
