AQUA TERRACE
A Row Home Backyard Sustainably Reimagined
CREATED BY NANCY AGATI
LOCATED IN DVAA’s BACKYARD
On-View Beginning April 4 - April 21 Opening Reception April 6, 4-7 PM
About the exhibition:
As part of Everyday Future Fest (EFF), Da Vinci Art Alliance proudly announces Aqua Terrace, an ongoing in-ground sculptural installation by Nancy Agati.
Nancy Agati’s Aqua Terrace is a permeable surface mosaic installation permanently located in the backyard of Da Vinci Art Alliance. Designed to engage and educate the public about water absorption, runoff, and flooding within urban areas of Philadelphia, Aqua Terrace is an in-ground sculptural installation which uses oyster shells, asphalt, concrete, rock, stone, dirt to build out shallow, swirling patterns.
Working in collaboration with Nancy Agati, the courtyard seating has been designed and built by students in the Sculpture Program at Saint Joseph’s University.
Aqua Terrace is an art piece all can enjoy as the months start to get brighter.
Aqua Terrace will be on view in in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s backyard starting April 4th and running indefinitely. The opening reception will take place on Saturday April 6th, from 4-7pm.
ABOUT NANCY AGATI
Nancy Agati’s work examines patterns and forms found in nature through physical investigations of materials. Her multidisciplinary work includes; works on paper, printmaking, sculpture, textile, site-specific installation, and public art. Agati holds a BFA from Alfred University, School of Art & Design, NY, and an MFA from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
She currently resides and maintains an active studio practice in the Germantown/Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. Nancy Agati has exhibited her work widely throughout Philadelphia and nationally including exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY, The Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, and Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.