about the artist

heather enders at the Arnold Arboretum
Summer 2012

 

heather enders is a New England native with a desire to explore the country further. she graduated with a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art + Design in 2012 from the Studio For Interrelated Media department. she has experience in event planning and gallery management having put on several shows and running the Godine Family Gallery with co-manager and friend, Kimberly O'Toole.

currently she has departed from the gallery and event planning world as well as the busy hub of Boston, where she has spent the past five years, to experience and take in a more natural beauty in Central Massachusetts. She has spent the previous six months taking care of Tower Hill Botanical Garden as an intern for the horticultural staff. getting down and dirty with the plants she loves, heather used this experience to gather inspiration for future art and craft projects.

heather enders has been called a 'champion for the underdog', in her artwork, where she passionately finds voices for environmental issues that seem to get lost in the busy blur of today's digital world. enders has found a tranquility and beauty in nature that she cannot find anywhere else, and finds it deeply saddening that we as a society keep separating ourselves more and more from the natural world. the earth is a living breathing organism that we have the power to destroy and the responsibility to protect.