JAMES PROSEK: Memory, Trees & Shadows — A Visual Conversation with Josephine Nivison Hopper, Edward Hopper, and Sarah Sockbeson
May 8, 2026 – October 4, 2026
Opening Reception May 8, 6-8 pm
The Edward Hopper House Museum is proud to present a major new exhibition by artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek. Through a stunning series of over twenty new works—including watercolors of native grasses, plein air canvases, and innovative sculptures—Prosek invites visitors to explore how we classify, name, and communicate our place within the natural world.
James Prosek: Memory, Trees & Shadows
A Visual Conversation with Josephine Nivison Hopper, Edward Hopper, and Sarah Sockbeson
At the heart of Memory, Trees & Shadows is a central bronze tree stump. From its base, a cut-steel shadow of a living tree stretches across the gallery floor, serving as a powerful meditation on what persists in memory and matter after loss.
Opening Reception May 8, 6-8 pm
The Edward Hopper House Museum is proud to present a major new exhibition by artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek. Through a stunning series of over twenty new works—including watercolors of native grasses, plein air canvases, and innovative sculptures—Prosek invites visitors to explore how we classify, name, and communicate our place within the natural world.
James Prosek: Memory, Trees & Shadows
A Visual Conversation with Josephine Nivison Hopper, Edward Hopper, and Sarah Sockbeson
At the heart of Memory, Trees & Shadows is a central bronze tree stump. From its base, a cut-steel shadow of a living tree stretches across the gallery floor, serving as a powerful meditation on what persists in memory and matter after loss.
Artist James Prosek at the Edward Hopper House Museum preparing the installation for exhibition.
The exhibition also addresses urgent contemporary themes, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and Indigenous land stewardship. A key highlight features three collaborative works with Penobscot artist Sarah Sockbeson, blending intricately woven ash and sweetgrass baskets with Prosek’s sculpted clay flowers—a metaphorical weaving of diverse cultural perspectives.
Sarah Sockbeson and James Prosek,Spring (Moccasin Flower or Pink Lady’s Slipper), 2025, (basket by Sockbeson: black ash, sweetgrass, dye, clay, oil, and watercolor, moss, food coloring; flower by Prosek: clay with oil and watercolor) Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Argenis Apolinario
A Visual Conversation with the Hoppers
Conceived as a primer to Framing Nature, planned for the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in 2027, this exhibition is tailored specifically for the Edward Hopper House to create a unique "visual conversation" between Prosek’s contemporary pieces and the historical work of Josephine Nivison Hopper and Edward Hopper.
Drawing from loans from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Provincetown Art Association Museum, private collections and the museum's collection, the exhibition showcases drawings of trees by Edward and Josephine Nivision Hopper in charcoal, graphite, and watercolor. By placing Jo Hopper’s expressive, near-abstract tree portraits alongside Prosek’s fascination with shadows and mark-making, the exhibition highlights the shared legacy of observing and preserving the natural landscape.
Conceived as a primer to Framing Nature, planned for the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in 2027, this exhibition is tailored specifically for the Edward Hopper House to create a unique "visual conversation" between Prosek’s contemporary pieces and the historical work of Josephine Nivison Hopper and Edward Hopper.
Drawing from loans from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Provincetown Art Association Museum, private collections and the museum's collection, the exhibition showcases drawings of trees by Edward and Josephine Nivision Hopper in charcoal, graphite, and watercolor. By placing Jo Hopper’s expressive, near-abstract tree portraits alongside Prosek’s fascination with shadows and mark-making, the exhibition highlights the shared legacy of observing and preserving the natural landscape.
"This exhibition fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and engages broader communities. It deepens awareness of local landscapes, environmental challenges, and the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature."— Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, Executive Director
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalog featuring an essay by Carter Foster, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, and a leading scholar of Edward Hopper’s drawings. It will be available in mid May.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalog featuring an essay by Carter Foster, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, and a leading scholar of Edward Hopper’s drawings. It will be available in mid May.
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