Adelphi University is pleased to host the “Patterns and Shadows” installation of artist Marcia Widenor’s hand-dyed and knitted linen thread work. On display will be “After the Tsunami,” among various other instillations in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery and the Fine Arts Exhibition Hall of the Adele and Herbert J. Klapper Center for Fine Arts, 1 South Avenue, Garden City. The exhibit will run from Sunday, February 28 to Wednesday, March 24, with a free reception taking place on Saturday, March 6.

Ms. Widenor takes inspiration from the materials that surround her, and creates art that in some ways mirrors past memories while also catering to the need for a feeling of safety and calm. She takes household items including linens, handmade flax paper, handspun flax string, and Japanese kozo paper yarns to create whimsical replicas of tents, trees, nests, and more.

“After the Tsunami” was created as a reflection of the devastation associated with the tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004. She began knitting daily as news of the disaster continued to break, and continued for a year, incorporating the phases of calm that later followed. Ms. Widenor used thin white line flax that she dyed various shades of blue, gray, lavender, and green to create the work, which was more than 60 feet long upon completion.

“Hung from the ceiling, it cast wavelike shadows,” she says. “The ocean had shown its power and was quiet again; the project was done.”

The Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery is open Sunday through Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Adele and Herbert J. Klapper Center for Fine Arts Gallery is open Sunday through Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information about this and other upcoming art exhibitions, visit http://www.adelphi.edu/artmuseum/exhibitions/.