L I V (I N) G Estuary: Artificial Oyster Pot Community Event & Exhibition Closing

A Solo Exhibition Created and Curated by
Ashley Rivers | The Nature of Fire

Showing at the Tully-Levine Gallery in the ArtXchange
From June 6th – 27th
515 22nd Street South, St Petersburg, Fl 33712

Exhibition Event Timeline
Opening Event: June 6th from 3:30-5p
ArtWalk: June 13th from 5-9p
Closing Event & Artificial Oyster Pot Community Creation Event:
Facilitated in collaboration with Non-Profit: Oyster River Ecology, on June 27th from 3:30-5p and Free to the public for all ages.

Thank you to the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance for the 2025 Individual Artist Grant that is assisting in making this project happen!

(Short Verbiage about the exhibition)
An estuary is a point of convergence- it is the space between, where freshwater rivers and salty ocean waters merge. This point, where the union of different elements and organisms come together to meet at a single point- where adaption and growth occurs, and the life of our special little oysters grows- indicates and symbolizes the very setting this exhibition is meant to be portrayed in.

This collection is directly influenced by the oyster shell and its deep, layered, and detailed ridges. Created through a combination of growth, environmental factors, and the deposition of materials, the ridges of the oyster shell act as a metaphor following my artistic identity and experiences lived.

The art is intended to achieve an inspiring and transformational impact on those who experience it by sharing the importance of not only restorative efforts of personal growth, but the importance of restorative efforts on/for the environment.

This exhibition is the space between.